i think you delved to far too fast. looking at the page source shows you that there are iframes
so... how about this: the page makes the call for data in the iframe resulting in the browser giving feedback until the iframe is loaded. Once the iframe is loaded the content is parsed and transfered to the proper div(s) just a guess though On Nov 10, 2007 4:59 AM, Kelvin Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've noticed some LOAJAX-style behaviour in the new Google Mail > interface. For instance, when you click refresh on your inbox, you get > browser feedback even though the actual page does not reload. > > I don't know how this works exactly... Google Mail's javascript is > obfuscated quite alot, but if it uses a similar implementation to > LOAJAX, I would consider this a pretty good endorsement for this > concept. Especially looking at the volume of usage Google Mail has. > > Does anyone know how this works in Google Mail? > > Cheers, > > Kelvin. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
