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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:54:12 -0700
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Dr. Stockton said:
> Display the message as the last thing but one that gets executed.  The
> last thing is a setTimeout that calls the sort routine after some short
> interval, say 100 ms.  At the end of the sort, remove or alter the wait
> message.
>

Dr Stockton:

    Thank you for the suggestion above.  I'll go back to work on it 
tomorrow.

    ( Been golfing/partying lately :))  )

-Mel