Re: [Dynapi-Help] How to load/refresh w/out seeing it in the browser busy icon

[Bruce T. <blu...@ya...>]

I get the same hidden behavior in both IE and Mozilla.  I can't ever
recall being asked to install a java applet. 

I was just curious.  They do have a ton java script on those pages,
some of it is compress (white space removed).


--- Doug Melvin <do...@cr...> wrote:
> danged email went out blank again.. grrr..
> 
> Anyways, I believe that the asker wanted to _hide_ the client-server
> comm
> from the user.
> 
> nfl.com's behavior was submitted as an example of the preferred
> behavior.
> 
> I have no advice in this area. All I can recall is having used frames
> in the
> past for this..
> 
> Also keep in mind the possibility (or even likelihood) that nfl.com
> uses
> java or active-x for communications.
> Or even could use the built in XML support in IE.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Raymond Irving" <xw...@ya...>
> To: <dyn...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] How to load/refresh w/out seeing it in the
> browser busy icon
> 
> 
> >
> > Ok. I don't know why it don't show the busy cursor. I
> > for one don't like it when the busy icon moves and the
> > busy cursor is shown.
> >
> > What you can do is display a small layer showing that
> > the system is fetching data from the server. That way
> > the viewers will now that data is been fetched from
> > the server. You could display a floating layer to the
> > bottom-right of the browser.
> >
> > --
> > Raymond Irving
> >
> > --- Bruce Tennant <blu...@ya...> wrote:
> > > My web site currently uses an IOelement to retrieve
> > > updates from the
> > > server.  This works well enough, but I was wondering
> > > if it is possible
> > > w/DynAPI to make it invisible to the user?
> > >
> > > The example I have is nfl.com.  If you go to nfl.com
> > > and then to a game
> > > stats page, you'll see the game data and league
> > > scores update
> > > frequently but never see the busy window move (the
> > > icon in upper right
> > > corner).  You can't tell that the page is fetching
> > > more data from the
> > > server.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?  Is this possible w/DynAPI?
> > >
> > >
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