Mouse pointer as ASP.NET AJAX progress indicator
AJAX, ASP.NET, CSS, UI By Dave Ward on January 1st, 2007Update: If you’re looking for something more graphical, also see my example of using a CSS style as AJAX progress indicator.
The ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel control provides us a quick and easy way to AJAX enable websites without changing our familiar design patterns. It’s certainly much better than using full postbacks in many situations.
However, it lacks usability. While the user waits on the async postback to occur, they are left without any of the usual indicators. We’ve spent decades training our users to wait when they see an hourglass icon. Why throw all that away for a spinning Web 2.0 progress indicator that means little to an average user?
Luckily, the ASP.NET AJAX framework provides us with tools to correct this shortcoming.
