When you download a document, the text is displayed immediately as it arrives to your computer. After all of the text arrives, images are loaded. You can scroll text and click on links before the entire document is loaded. If you click a link before the entire document is loaded, the current document will be cancelled and the new document will be downloaded in the same window.
The Back button returns to the previous file. After using the Back button, you can click the Forward button to move forward.
The URL field displays the URL (or address) of the current file. You can open a file by entering its URL here. URLs are case sensitive and must not begin with a space.
The activity indicator is activated while Mosaic is transferring information or waiting to receive information. The activity indicator moves at a constant speed and does not indicate how fast data is being transferred.
The status message area displays:
The progress indicator shows the time remaining for a file to load. Since some servers do not provide file size information, the progress indicator does not always display.