Stop the browser “throbber of doom” while loading comet/server push iframe

Question

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 th

Answer 1

I had the same problem, and the solution was to use Ajax instead of hidden iframe. So instead of generating iframe somewhere in the page:

$("#chat .msg_list").prepend('');

I used jquery ajax call to load iframe contents into some div:

$('#chat #chat_comet').load('chatFrame?id=$userId');