- From: C.Bottelier <c.bottelier@ITsec.nl>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:02:49 +0200
- To: Micho <MichoKest@terra.es>
- CC: www-html@w3.org
Micho wrote: > I would be an easy to implement and usefull attribute, as when defining big > presentational elements they take a long time to load, producing changes in > the page while it's loading. This way (by displaying a 'loading' text or by > not displaying nothing at all until it's fully loaded), presentation could > be improved, somehow acting as flash's preloaders. We have to consider a few things here: - User agents that do not understand the attribute (yet) should still be able to render the page correctly - Documents using the attribute should still be able to be liniarized without compromising delivered content. - When the document is served over a slow line and the author has chosen not to show anything until the page has loaded completely, the user could / would get the impression the document is empty. - when should the preload be replaced with the real content. (Regarding refreshes of contents using scripting, animations, etc...) - Is it necessary to 'hide' changes produced by loading, or is this *always* a side effect of bad design? Christian Bottelier
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