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A throbber is a graphic found in a graphical user interface of a computer program (especially a web browser) that animates to show the user that the program is performing an action (such as downloading a web page)

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Cooler ASCII Spinners?

In a console app, an ascii spinner can be used, like the GUI wait cursor, to indicate that work is being done. A common spinner cycles through these 4 characters: '|', '/', '-', '\' What are some other cyclical animation sequences to spice up a…
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Stop the browser "throbber of doom" while loading comet/server push iframe

When using Comet, or Ajax Long Pull techniques - an iframe is usually used. And while that iframe is waiting for the long connection to close, the browser is spinning its throbber (the progress/loading indicator). Some websites, for example…
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Turbolinks: what is the Rails 4 way of showing progress for slow pages?

This question might sound similar to Rails turbolinks long request doesn't show page load. I've recently started new Rails 4 application, which uses Turbolinks library by default - it is awesome: makes the application feel faster/snappier, however I…
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I need examples for adding a throbber during page loads

Does someone have a code example of running an animated throbber during asp.net page loads? More than one example would be appreciated.
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How do you stop browser from 'hourglassing' when Javascript is DONE (stop throbber)?

Writing a small HTML web page with some very simple Javascript in it, I noticed that after it was done, it kept the circle spinning (firefox). I've seen that many times on other pages and always thought that it was a Javascript error or loop…
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Showing a throbber during html page load and rendering

I have a page that renders slowly. The trip across the net is quick. The initial load of the page is quick. You can actually see (if your machine is slow enough), the initial layout of the html components. Then some javascript stuff runs, making…
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pulse jquery without a plugin

I have a simple fade in that I would like to pulse in and out indefinitely. I have found plugins that do this but was curious if jquery already had a loop() api so I could just take care of it in the script.
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Firefox Javascript, stop script

Basically, this script checks if the user is running a certain addon, if yes, it shows an alert... the problem is after it shows the alert Firefox's spinning wheel keeps spinning like it's waiting for something. And if I refresh the page the script…
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Delphi throbber

What is the best solution to show that the application is doing something? I tried showing a progress indicator, but it did not work. UPDATE: ------------- A progress bar works fine, but isn't what I want. I want to show a throbber, like what Web…
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drupal 7 styling the ajax throbber and progress bar

Can I style Drupal's AJAX Throbber and Progress Bar? What are the classes or ids to overwrite?
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can you help me add a "throbber" to this ajax function

Basically, on my page an image is called to div#imagebox when the function is executed. But sometimes the image is large and can take awhile to load, especially if it hasn't been loaded into the cache yet. I would like to give the user some notice…
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Throbber of Doom in Chrome/Safari

Is there any way in JavaScript to Stop throbber of doom in Chrome/Safari browsers, when using push technology (Ajax Comet) with iframe.
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add throbber by start() function instead of show() element

This code adds a gif throbber: function glitch_player_display(arg1,arg2) { jQuery('#loader').show(); // show loading... jQuery.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: ajaxglitch_playerajax.ajaxurl, data: { action:…
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LongPoll: Stop Firefox-Throbber

I use dojo/request/xhr for longpoll requests. In Firefox (not in IE or Crome) the throbber spins during the request. From technical view this is correct, because a request has not finished yet. But this looks not very nice. Is there a way to stop…
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Where in this should I add an AJAX call for a load throbber?

Here's the function that is called when the user clicks a button that generates a shortened url and I'm wondering where I would use an AJAX call for the throbber. It takes a few seconds and I wanted to use a throbber in the mean time. Or would I end…
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