Chrome AJAX on page-load causes “busy cursor” to remain

Question

In Google Chrome, AJAX called within $(function(){....}); seems to keep the page loading.

I have a site with a few pages with tabs. Because I\'m using cheap godaddy

Answer 1

Google Chrome shows Loading Indicator as long as there are no new queries to servers. While the loading indicator is shown, all new requests are causing Chrome to extend the time the indicator is shown. Furthermore, when esc is pressed while the indicator is shown, all requests are aborted! These include AJAX requests and even Flash requests! Take a look at this question: i thought it was because of Youtube, but it turned to be Chrome's usual behavior.

The only way to avoid "extending" the time Loading indicator is shown, is making the requests after the loading indicator is hidden: i.e. when all queries to server are completed. JQuery's documentation on .load() says:

The load event is sent to an element when it and all sub-elements have been completely loaded. This event can be sent to any element associated with a URL: images, scripts, frames, iframes, and the window object.

So, if you're sure that there are only images, scripts and frames on your page, window.load() will be fired just when you need it. Adding setTimeout() to it will work as you like. Here is an example: http://jsfiddle.net/7fDYE/22/

If there are other requests being made before your request, you should wait for them to be completed! For example, you know that besides the images/scripts etc. you have 3 more AJAX requests before the page loads. You can have something like this:

var loaded=0,needsToBeLoaded=4; //3 AJAX + window
function onLoad(){
    loaded++;
    if(loaded==needsToBeLoaded){
         //do the AJAX request   
    }
}
window.load(onLoad);
// add onLoad() to all 3 AJAX request handlers

I'm not sure what you can do with Flash requests...