loading updated images at certain points might be possible, but this is for a page that's loading a lot of images already, so it might defeat the purpose. However, that would be a solution I'm willing to go with if possible.

I'm sur ethe actual load bar might be pretty inacurate, but it still does a fairly good job at representing how much \has loaded on the page.

Tony, I'm afraid I don't really understand what you were saying