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djlurchg 
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 Topic: Flash: Why?
Posted: 10 April 2006 at 5:09am |
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Why are you using a Flash image for the "Processing Request" popup. For that matter, why use the pop window. Of course it's "processing request", duh. Is there a programmatic reason? There seems to be no useful UI reason unless pages are taking 30 seconds to create.
I use FF and Flashblock, so I don't even know that the flash image says. IMHO this "feature" should be dumped.
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Joined: 03 September 2001
Location: Bournemouth
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 11:19am |
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This feature is used on parts, such as the search, that can take sometime to complete.
It informs the user that their request has been posted and is being handled.
The reason for using Flash is that I wanted to use a Gif, but in IE once a page is submitted Gif animations stop running, the only way to get the animation to work for IE is to use a Flash animation as IE doesn't stop the Flash animation from running once the page is submitted.
The reason for using a pop-up, is that it is not a pop-up, it is a hidden layer that appears once the submit button is clicked, this was the only practical way of implementing this feature.
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djlurchg
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 5:16pm |
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Alright then. I looked into the code and here's a snippet (that you need to comment out) for anyone wanting to disable the popup window.
//Show progress bar
var progressWin = document.getElementById('progressBar');
var progressArea = document.getElementById('progressFormArea');
progressWin.style.left = progressArea.offsetLeft + (progressArea.offsetWidth-210)/2 + 'px';
progressWin.style.top = progressArea.offsetTop + (progressArea.offsetHeight-140)/2 + 'px';
progressWin.style.display='inline'
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Mikey
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 8:36pm |
Why would you want to dump this feature??? It's common courtesy to let your visitors know that something is happening 
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Handyman man?
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wistex
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Joined: 30 August 2003
Location: United States
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 1:10am |
I like it. Lets users know the page isn't stuck. 
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Mikey
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:18pm |
Precisley  Stops them hitting 'submit' mutiple times too.
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Handyman man?
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Roman
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Joined: 21 January 2004
Location: Australia
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:44pm |
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I like it - rarely is user feedback problematic IMO.
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djlurchg
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 4:11pm |
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Why?
For starters, because the 97% Flash penetration figure put out by Macromedia is an outright lie.
Second, Popups are evil.
Third, if the search takes THAT long to complete, a new algorithm is needed.
Fourth, the VBB implementation of an intermediate page is the standard for forum software.
Guys/gals: it's great that you like it. The cool thing about having access to the source code and being an ASP coder is that it can be disabled :)
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Flash: Why?