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Originally Posted by 3ncryptabl3_lick
There's no point in being condescending to me.
I know the rationale behind a loader. FOR FLASH! What I don't get is why anyone would want to use this concept, to... to do what exactly? Preload a static page? Show that a page is loading? I'm not sure I follow...
I saw this once. I laughed at it. 'user friendly' was not the term that first came to mind.
I wana see more, please show examples of them in use... The links above? I couldn't find a single use of them...
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I didn't intend to come off as condescending, so I apologize. The reason I was looking to use an image like this is for portions of my website that utilize AJAX.
Usually when navigating from page to page, you see the IE globe spin or Mozilla's spinner in the corner, which tells the user that something it happening and to please wait.
Well with AJAX, communication is happening on the back-end, and the user can't see this. In order to let my users know that "we heard you and are working for you", it is necessary to display something to them, whether it be the word "Loading" or what have you. I personally feel that a nice graphic displayed nicely with this text will make the site generally appear nicer than a simple text block with the word "Loading".
I hope this helps to explain where I am coming from in my search.