animated gif freezes when url is changed

Question

I want to show an animated gif when the user searches a term and the page is redirected to the results page. The problem is that the animated gif freezes while the redirection happens. Is there a workaround for this? Maybe css3 animations instead of an animated gif?

Thanks.

What browser does this happen on? – Blender Sep 17 '12 at 21:33 — Blender, Sep 17 '12 at 21:33
It is happening to me in Firefox 15.0.1 – codelove Sep 17 '12 at 21:34 — codelove, Sep 17 '12 at 21:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 21:35

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A hack to get around this is to set the image to "reload" every few milliseconds. This gives the effect that the gif is still animating.

setTimeout('document.images["myImageId"].src="../images/ajax-loader.gif"', 200);

answered Sep 17 '12 at 21:35

Dave Zych

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