Posted by Spartanicus on 08/15/05 03:56

arthur-temp-3@cox.net (Arthur Shapiro) wrote:

>Today, for the first time, a member sent me a .wmv file. I posted it as a
>simple clickable link, and this seems to work satisfactorily - it downloads
>and Windows Media Player fires up and plays the file. No problems.
>
>The issue is that during the 20 or 25 seconds it takes this over- two-meg file
>to download, there's no indication that anything is happening. (And yes, I've
>put a textual warning that it is probably not appropriate for dialup users.)
>
>Is there something I can do in the code to make it more obvious that a
>download is in progress or otherwise communicate to my users that everything
>is proceeding as expected?

http://www.spartanicus.utvinternet.ie/streaming.htm

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