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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > > > > > ===== > > www.bluewolverine.com > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > > http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net > > Donation Program. > > Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the > > Open > > Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us > > add new > > features and functionality. Click here: > > http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Dynapi-Help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > Dynapi-Help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/22/03 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help
