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I have a webpage that proceeds (when user clicks 'Next') to a complex server-side operation. Internet Explorer sometimes gives the user the impression that nothing is happening at this stage, so I wanted to display a "loader" gif and the message "Please wait..." However, the loader gif e.g. http://ajaxload.info stops spinning as soon as Internet Explorer changes its href location giving the users (who are "special") the impression that the website has "hung" and they close the page!

I thought an <iframe> element was what I needed to stop the spinning loader image from "hanging" but it isnt - does anyone have a clue what Im talking about and how I can achieve this?

Very confusing, thanks for your understanding :P

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  • iFrame should not have anything to do with that. I've had the same experience — IE seems to stop animated GIFs sometimes in these kind of situation. I'd guess that there's not much you can do, but maybe someone proves me wrong. – polarblau Jan 10 '11 at 13:57
  • Which version of IE? Also, re-tag to include some variant of 'internet-explorer'. – David Bullock Jan 10 '11 at 14:08

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