[wp-hackers] AJAX and responsiveness

[Matt Mullenweg]

Tom Armitage wrote:
> Or, you could do what's more obvious, and have a the animation
> indicate that something's going on, and THEN update the UI to act as
> confirmation. Which is the obvious way around.

I would rather not introduce the equivalent of a spinning hourglass to 
WP. I think the cases in which this mode of interaction would be 
sub-optimal are conceivable but far far fewer than the ones where the 
current interaction hurts.

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