Thank you for the answer! - I've been doing it in the following way, which
doesn't seem so neat although it works:
var junk=document.getElementById(submitButtonText).innerHTML
document.getElementById(submitButtonText).innerHTML = Working...
// fetching the info from the server
For this matter, Emy works exactly the same as iUI.
A link in a Li element with a selected=progress attribute shows up the
loading GIF. This attribute is set by internal Ajax mechanism showByHref.
This is the only purpose and default use of this loading gif. If you want
to use it on a button or