Comments on: Ajax loading screens http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens scratched tallies on the prison wall Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:50:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: boole http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-101964 boole Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:48:08 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-101964 In my case, I would rather user see a loading dialog instead of seeing a white slab wondering where their domain check (which could take a while) submission has gone.... make sense? In my case, I would rather user see a loading dialog instead of seeing a white slab wondering where their domain check (which could take a while) submission has gone…. make sense?

]]> By: Martijn http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-101240 Martijn Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:09:59 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-101240 Watching a loading indicator is much more user friendly then letting the browser load it on it`s own. Users want a visual reference to what`s happening on the screen. The browser loader top right of the browser is often not seen by people (non-experienced users). Watching a loading indicator is much more user friendly then letting the browser load it on it`s own.

Users want a visual reference to what`s happening on the screen. The browser loader top right of the browser is often not seen by people (non-experienced users).

]]> By: RST http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-99694 RST Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:55:13 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-99694 I also welcome Ajax as possible. If you do not like these technics, it does not mean that everybody should give up with it. As everybody has it's own opinion, you have talked your position. But it's YOUR point of view. But much more things here also required from developer. Ajax can also be the technique of prefetching. Than follow that link and it will probably opens much quicker. As I said professional developer can do a lot of useful stuff. Need just a head with a good imagination, and a brain that can make these iseas real. So be possibly careful before saying 'Stop'. I also welcome Ajax as possible.
If you do not like these technics, it does not mean that everybody should give up with it. As everybody has it’s own opinion, you have talked your position. But it’s YOUR point of view.
But much more things here also required from developer. Ajax can also be the technique of prefetching. Than follow that link and it will probably opens much quicker. As I said professional developer can do a lot of useful stuff. Need just a head with a good imagination, and a brain that can make these iseas real. So be possibly careful before saying ‘Stop’.

]]> By: EToS http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-99571 EToS Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:52:21 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-99571 I dont agree actually, even though an ajax page may take 10 seconds to load it still can save bandwidth, now for most people thats nothing, but for people who measure hits in thousands,hundreds of thousands its a very useful tool. it can also save server CPU because code for other parts of the site will not need reloading to change a small element of the page (if your site does a lot of initial DB activity like mine does you'll understand). that said, i dont overuse ajax.. and i think anyone who uses it needs to look at how needed it really is before implementing it. I dont agree actually, even though an ajax page may take 10 seconds to load it still can save bandwidth, now for most people thats nothing, but for people who measure hits in thousands,hundreds of thousands its a very useful tool.

it can also save server CPU because code for other parts of the site will not need reloading to change a small element of the page (if your site does a lot of initial DB activity like mine does you’ll understand).

that said, i dont overuse ajax.. and i think anyone who uses it needs to look at how needed it really is before implementing it.

]]> By: nicolas http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-98730 nicolas Thu, 31 May 2007 11:50:16 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-98730 Make your own Ajax loading indicators with http://www.webscriptlab.com/ Make your own Ajax loading indicators with http://www.webscriptlab.com/

]]> By: L E http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-39659 L E Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:29:05 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-39659 I agree with Jackson... Embrace the idea of moving computer operations to the web... Every day I find a way to do somthing that I have wanted to do for years... Technology is not linear. 2 - 4 - 8 - 16 - 32 - 64 - 128 - 256 - 512 A 1980 ford pickup gets you from a to b the same way a benz does; the benz is alot more comfortable. I agree with Jackson… Embrace the idea of moving computer operations to the web… Every day I find a way to do somthing that I have wanted to do for years… Technology is not linear.
2 - 4 - 8 - 16 - 32 - 64 - 128 - 256 - 512

A 1980 ford pickup gets you from a to b the same way a benz does; the benz is alot more comfortable.

]]> By: Jackson Capper http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-23066 Jackson Capper Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:33:47 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-23066 Some people are soooo picky! As soon as the web actually takes on a decent form and actually looks like an exciting dynamic technology experience, people complain and want back their boring 90s viewpoint of the web as a bunch of static HTML documents. If you don't like ajax, well go back to your desktop applications and hold onto them REAL tight because the web is not going to go backwards. Some people are soooo picky! As soon as the web actually takes on a decent form and actually looks like an exciting dynamic technology experience, people complain and want back their boring 90s viewpoint of the web as a bunch of static HTML documents. If you don’t like ajax, well go back to your desktop applications and hold onto them REAL tight because the web is not going to go backwards.

]]> By: outbreak » Another reason to hate AJAX (written on October 11th, 2006 by Marko Mrdjenovic) http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-19853 outbreak » Another reason to hate AJAX (written on October 11th, 2006 by Marko Mrdjenovic) Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:20:50 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-19853 [...] Maybe I forgot to mention this in my talk about why I hate AJAX but this is a very good point against a lot of AJAX use. If I have to wait for the content I might as well see the whole screen redrawn - it’ll wake me up after the loading is done. If you’re able to guarantee an instant response do it, otherwise don’t. How would you feel about “suggests” that you can see 10 seconds after you typed something? [...] [...] Maybe I forgot to mention this in my talk about why I hate AJAX but this is a very good point against a lot of AJAX use. If I have to wait for the content I might as well see the whole screen redrawn - it’ll wake me up after the loading is done. If you’re able to guarantee an instant response do it, otherwise don’t. How would you feel about “suggests” that you can see 10 seconds after you typed something? [...]

]]> By: Tom W.M. http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-19794 Tom W.M. Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:04:35 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-19794 I fully agree. Google Reader, in paricular, annoys me. It may be blasphemous, but I wish that it had been implemented with frames! That way, I could right click on the "All items" page, select This Frame > Show Only This Frame, and bookmark the page. That I must click "All items" to actually *see* any feeds *every time* I open Reader is ridiculous--the old interface didn't make me do this, after all. I fully agree. Google Reader, in paricular, annoys me. It may be blasphemous, but I wish that it had been implemented with frames! That way, I could right click on the “All items” page, select This Frame > Show Only This Frame, and bookmark the page. That I must click “All items” to actually *see* any feeds *every time* I open Reader is ridiculous–the old interface didn’t make me do this, after all.

]]> By: as days pass by » Blog Archive » Looking at rawdog http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-19787 as days pass by » Blog Archive » Looking at rawdog Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:45:21 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/10/10/ajax-loading-screens#comment-19787 [...] Well, I’ve finally got hacked off with Google Reader (not least because I am sick of Ajax loading screens), and started looking around for my own feed reader. (I did this before, but now I’m going to do it properly.) I don’t like gregarius, after trying it, and I remembered that rawdog popped up in a search I did once because it has a plugin that uses templates from my old weblogging system, Vellum. So, I thought I’d give it a shot. It looks good so far; fulfils the few requirements I have for this sort of thing, which are: [...] [...] Well, I’ve finally got hacked off with Google Reader (not least because I am sick of Ajax loading screens), and started looking around for my own feed reader. (I did this before, but now I’m going to do it properly.) I don’t like gregarius, after trying it, and I remembered that rawdog popped up in a search I did once because it has a plugin that uses templates from my old weblogging system, Vellum. So, I thought I’d give it a shot. It looks good so far; fulfils the few requirements I have for this sort of thing, which are: [...]

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