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Originally Posted by mhuggins
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.
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Thanks for clearing that up. I can wrap my head around it
I'm not reading much in favor of this... Is is serving a real or perceived function? Perceived functions are, okay, in my book. Flash uses allot of slight of hand so to speak to keep the users attention... I can see this working on that level.
Not being the 'average user', however, means I could thumb my nose at it if the content doesn't meet my expectation.
It almost seems like someone is trying to capture that tiny void of non'internet between pages being displayed. Advertising space between content. You have the users undevided attention at the moment the mouse button is clicked to navigate, and your pausing the whole experience.
The perfect spot to blip a blot...
*shivers*