Slow loading images, best way to display temporary image? JQuery perhaps?

Question

I am using Google Charts to display charting data in my application. Sometimes Google is slow and the charts will take a while to load. This scenario seems to be a common en

Answer 1

You can show one of those fancy loading gifs found at http://ajaxload.info/ while the image is loading. After the image is loaded you hide the loading gif and show the image itself.

check http://jqueryfordesigners.com/image-loading/ for a tutorial.