> onRequest I'd create an iframe element with a src pointing to a > file, that, on the server side (assuming php) is just a big long > sleep(), like sleep(10000000000). That should force the browser into > a "loading state".
Hmm, yes, but consuming resources on the server, and IIRC if the connection is severed at the client end, they won't be freed until min(your_sleep_period,max_exec_time). I think you'd be better off trickling bytes to the client way outside of your HTTPD, so you don't tax your server proper at all. Something like a tarpit daemon. I still think this whole idea is pretty strange, though. -- S.
