Re: "Loading" message was RE: GREAT SITE

Hello Dana and everybody else,
I kind of missed the URL what you mentioned. Generally the "Please wait,
Loading" effect has been done with JavaScript or in some cases with Flash.
JavaScript checks if the page and all images on it have been loaded, until
they haven't it displays a layer with the text (for example "Loading...").
When the page and all the images have been loaded turns the visibility of
the layer to "hidden." By checking the load status of individual images and
HTML documents you can actually display how much of the page has been
downloaded and how much has to be downloaded (it can be done in percent or
in kb... whatever you choose. I kind of like the "Please wait, Loading..."
solution on the following pages.

http://www.kimble.com  -  done with Flash
http://www.hackers.com  -  done with JavaScript

Just to inform you.

Best wishes,
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Write Now, Inc. [mailto:writer(at)jlc.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 11:43 PM
>To: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
>Subject: Re: GREAT SITE
>
>That was a really interesting site! Thanks for sharing that...
>...and maybe someone can answer a "how did they do that?" question.
>How do you get a page to show up that says, for example,
>"Loading - Please Be Patient"
>Also, can you control the amount of time that this page would stay up?
>Thanks in advance.
>
>dana b mackonis
>  writer(at)jlc.net

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