This is a really excellent idea. Using a small picture for a background logo, this page could give the user the impression "Freenet is looking for the file you requested, but hasn't found it yet."
This will look much better, and it would let the user know that Freenet isn't not-responding, it's searching for the page. Matthew Toseland wrote: > If we're sure that what is connecting to us is a web browser, and the data is > not in cache, we should show a loading screen when a user clicks on a link. > With javascript this could be updated in real time, without it it could still > be shown with a series of redirects. > > ADVANTAGES: > - Reduce the level of user aggravation by showing them that something is > happening. > - Possibly reduce the number of browser connections needed and thereby reduce > the impact of running a non-optimised profile. (We WILL still need a custom > browser profile however for security reasons). > - Look better. > - We could probably get rid of the 2MB stream-to-browser file size limit if a > loading screen is displayed: We could just show the loading screen until the > data is available and then send the whole lot to the user. > > https://bugs.freenetproject.org/view.php?id=2781 > > Thoughts? Should this be a priority for 0.8? Does anyone want to implement it > (I'm pretty busy atm!). Does anyone know Javascript well? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
