Safari hangs during Ajax async call, unable to issue a wait message to user
Safari 4.0.4, Mac
When Ajax is called in Sync mode, a wait message and/or image can be displayed to the end user. In Async mode however, any wait message (or screen redraw except a JavaScript alert statement) is simply ignored by Safari which just hangs with the spinning ball until the server-side Ajax program return its data.
I have tried multiple ways to find a workaround, always failed.
Firefox, Opera and IE shows the correct behaviour.
Simple testcase available:
http://atdb.aero/v5/dev/waitinajax/wait.html
The called php is simply:
<?php
sleep(10);
+echo '({ "msg": "I slept during 10 seconds" })';+
?>
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
When Ajax is called in Sync mode, a wait message and/or image can be displayed to the end user. In Async mode however, any wait message (or screen redraw except a JavaScript alert statement) is simply ignored by Safari which just hangs with the spinning ball until the server-side Ajax program return its data.
I have tried multiple ways to find a workaround, always failed.
Firefox, Opera and IE shows the correct behaviour.
Simple testcase available:
http://atdb.aero/v5/dev/waitinajax/wait.html
The called php is simply:
<?php
sleep(10);
+echo '({ "msg": "I slept during 10 seconds" })';+
?>
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
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