progress bar animation (processing.gif) in sync and async mode
Hi,
I use both sync and async modes.
Before starting any ajax request i display a processing(rotating) gif icon to show that the request is in progress.
when i get the response i will hide the animating gif to show that the process has completed.
this works fine with async and sync mode of ajax in FF but not in IE.
If i use sync mode. that is AJAX.open('GET','path.php',false); in IE the gif file is not visible
because IE is not displaying it. Basically this is also correct because that is the way sync is meant to.
If it is sync mode then no other process will take place until the browser gets the response.
Were as in async mode the request is threaded so other processes are not affected.
But FF displays the animated gif for both the modes of ajax. and IE displays the animated gif only for async request.
If anybody know the reason behind then please post your replies. 'cause i have simplified most of my projects by using sync mode of ajax.
But in IE the progress (processing) animation is not visible so the user will not know what is happening till the browser gets the response.
So, i hope that i have to stick with async mode. in sync mode you can write code in a few lines and it is very easy to have various type of functions which could return bool, array, object etc... since you get the result in the LHS... but that is not the case in async mode... we need to do a lot of gimmick to have a prototype of ajax...
also if i could have references to sites which explains ajax in complete detail then i will update my idea of ajax.
