Extend time loading gif is shown

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I have just implemented a loading gif on all my ASP pages that shows a loading Progress until page has loaded.
However, often the load is so fast that the spinner i barely shown.
How do i extend the time the loading gif is shown - to eg. 2 seconds

My code is html with JavaScript:

HTML

<body onload="init()">
     <div id="loading" style="position:absolute; width:100%; text-align:center; top:300px;"><img src="Images/loading.gif" border=0></div> 
     <script>
 var ld=(document.all);
 var ns4=document.layers;
 var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all;
 var ie4=document.all;
 if (ns4)
 ld=document.loading;
 else if (ns6)
 ld=document.getElementById("loading").style;
 else if (ie4)
 ld=document.all.loading.style;
 function init()
 {
 if(ns4){ld.visibility="hidden";}
 else if (ns6||ie4) ld.display="none";
 }
 </script>

Posted 7-Jun-16 1:55am

Kristian_dk

Updated 7-Jun-16 4:41am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-07T04:41:00

All Internet users want faster Internet. When someone really needs some GIF or any other resource, this person wants to see it immediately, and only the result of the loading, such as fully shown animated image, and never the process of loading, no matter how graphical and sophisticated your show is. If Internet throughput for every user was much faster, no one would need your "loading progress" show. Believe me, every time the user sees your "spinner", this person hates it.

And now, you want to slow down the loading process, with the sole purpose: to show the user how good your "spinner" is or your programming skills are. Two seconds of the user's torture, no less! Do you really hate your users so much?

Conclusion: simply stop being an enemy for your users.

—SA