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If you want to use one of those nice little animated GIFs that appear while the content is loading (yes, that’s so totally Web 2.0-ish!), but you have no idea at all how to create it yourself: take a look at this nice website.

• Ajax loading gif generator – Link #1:
  www.ajaxload.info

[Update from 2009-01-02]

Interesting how people find blog posts and praise their services there. I got one comment (that I deleted) and one contact eMail that deals with a new service for preloading images. Here’s the text of the eMail (quoting):

Hi!

I would like to share a new service for Ajax developers. This service provides free animated gif’s for Ajax loading – http://preloaders.net. This could be counted as an analogue for http://ajaxload.info, but with a much more advanced functionality (such as selecting a preloader size and speed). Plus it has 3D loading gif’s which is a completely new feature in the industry.

With best regards,
Timur Gafforov (end of quote)

So, here is the link, as it seems to be a nice service:

• Ajax loading gif generator – Link #2:
  preloaders.net