Progress indicator and growlers
Summary
For slow to load pages (e.g., Forecasts in RAFT) we’ve built in a progress indicator to show users that the page is loading.
In addition, on pages that a user may work on at different times throughout the day, i.e., a complex form that requires them to make multiple updates, we've provided a way for users to save their changes as they work while staying on the page to continue making changes. In this case, the system uses a growler -- a dialog box in the top right corner of the page that rotates a short message, indicating the change has been saved and the forecast has been updated.
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Problem
Users need to see that the requested action (for instance, opening a large workset) is in progress.
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