> On Jan 7, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Sam Ruby <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Craig L Russell > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> When a document is being fetched (press the .pdf file name in the left area) >> can the cursor spin? It's not clear what is going on while the document >> loads into the right pane. > > It looks like the browser security model limits the interactions that > are possible between frames (apparently the concern is that some bad > guys would create tiny frames that would take over your banking > transactions). So while I could start the cursor spin at the > beginning of the fetch, it wouldn't stop once the load is complete. > > One thing I could do is load something that will display instantly > (perhaps with the text "loading..." and some neutral background > color), and then follow that up milliseconds later with a request for > the PDF.
So the user would see "Loading..." in the right pane, shortly to be replaced by the actual document? Sounds good. No animation needed. Craig > > - Sam Ruby Craig L Russell Architect, Oracle http://db.apache.org/jdo 408 276-5638 mailto:[email protected] P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!
