diff --git a/htroot/js/yacysearch.js b/htroot/js/yacysearch.js
index e1cffc202..a0c7c18a8 100644
--- a/htroot/js/yacysearch.js
+++ b/htroot/js/yacysearch.js
@@ -1,3 +1,56 @@
+function Progressbar(length, parent) {
+  // the description, should be translated
+  var DESCRIPTION_STRING = "Loading results...";
+
+  // the number of steps of the bar
+  this.length = length;
+  // the current position, expressed in steps (so 100% = length)
+  this.position = 0;
+  // the current percentage of the bar
+  this.percentage = 0
+
+
+  // use this function to display the progress, because it updates everything
+  this.step = function(count) {
+    this.position += count;
+    // update the bar
+    this.percentage = this.position*(100/this.length);
+    this.fill.style.width = this.percentage + "%";
+
+    // if the end is reached, the bar is hidden/removed
+    if(this.position==this.length)
+      removeAllChildren(this.element);
+  }
+
+  // the actual progressbar
+  var bar = document.createElement("div");
+  bar.className = "ProgressBar";
+  bar.style.width = "100%";
+  bar.style.height = "20px";
+  bar.style.margin = "10px auto";
+  bar.style.textAlign = "left";
+
+  // the actual bar
+  this.fill = document.createElement("div");
+  this.fill.className = "ProgressBarFill";
+  this.fill.style.width = "0%"
+  bar.appendChild(this.fill);
+
+  // a description for the bar
+  var description = document.createTextNode(DESCRIPTION_STRING);
+  var textcontainer = document.createElement("strong");
+  textcontainer.appendChild(description);
+
+  // the container for the elements used by the Progressbar
+  this.element = document.createElement("div");
+  this.element.style.textAlign = "center";
+  // get hasLayout in IE, needed because of the percentage as width of the bar
+  this.element.className = "gainlayout";
+  this.element.appendChild(textcontainer);
+  this.element.appendChild(bar);
+  parent.appendChild(this.element);
+}
+
 function AllTextSnippets(query) {
 	var span = document.getElementsByTagName("span");
 	for(var x=0;x<span.length;x++) {
@@ -18,14 +71,13 @@ function AllMediaSnippets(query, mediatype) {
 	}
 }
 
-function AllImageSnippets(query) {
-	var div = document.getElementsByTagName("div");
-	for(var x=0;x<div.length;x++) {
-		if (div[x].className == 'snippetLoading') {
-				var url = document.getElementById("url" + div[x].id);
-				requestImageSnippet(url,query);
-		}
-	}
+function AllImageSnippets(urls, query) {
+  document.getElementById("linkcount").innerHTML = 0;
+  var container = document.getElementById("results");
+  var progressbar = new Progressbar(urls.length, container);
+  for(url in urls) {
+    requestImageSnippet(urls[url],query,progressbar);
+  }
 }
 
 function requestTextSnippet(url, query){
@@ -42,10 +94,10 @@ function requestMediaSnippet(url, query, mediatype){
 	request.send(null);
 }
 
-function requestImageSnippet(url, query){
+function requestImageSnippet(url, query, progressbar){
 	var request=createRequestObject();
 	request.open('get', '/xml/snippet.xml?url=' + escape(url) + '&remove=true&media=image&search=' + escape(query),true);
-	request.onreadystatechange = function () {handleImageState(request)};
+	request.onreadystatechange = function () {handleImageState(request, progressbar)};
 	request.send(null);
 }
 
@@ -160,55 +212,56 @@ function handleMediaState(req) {
 	}
 }
 
-function handleImageState(req) {
-    if(req.readyState != 4){
+function handleImageState(req, progressbar) {
+  if(req.readyState != 4)
 		return;
-	}
 	
 	var response = req.responseXML;
-	var urlHash = response.getElementsByTagName("urlHash")[0].firstChild.data;
-	var links = response.getElementsByTagName("links")[0].firstChild.data;
-	var div = document.getElementById(urlHash)
-	removeAllChildren(div);
+  // on errors, the result might not contain the expected elements and would throw an error, so we check for it here
+  if (response.getElementsByTagName("urlHash")) {
+    // the urlHash is not needed anymore at the moment
+	  //var urlHash = response.getElementsByTagName("urlHash")[0].firstChild.data;
+	  var links = response.getElementsByTagName("links")[0].firstChild.data;
+	  var div = document.getElementById("results")
 	
-	if (links > 0) {
-		div.className = "snippetLoaded";
-		for (i = 0; i < links; i++) {
-			var type = response.getElementsByTagName("type")[i].firstChild.data;
-			var href = response.getElementsByTagName("href")[i].firstChild.data;
-			var name = response.getElementsByTagName("name")[i].firstChild.data;
-			var attr = response.getElementsByTagName("attr")[i].firstChild.data;
+	  if (links > 0) {
+		  for (i = 0; i < links; i++) {
+			  var type = response.getElementsByTagName("type")[i].firstChild.data;
+			  var href = response.getElementsByTagName("href")[i].firstChild.data;
+			  var name = response.getElementsByTagName("name")[i].firstChild.data;
+			  var attr = response.getElementsByTagName("attr")[i].firstChild.data;
 
             // <a href="#[url]#"><img src="/ViewImage.png?maxwidth=96&amp;maxheight=96&amp;url=#[url]#" /></a><br /><a href="#[url]#">#[name]#</a>
-			var img = document.createElement("img");
-			img.setAttribute("src", "/ViewImage.png?maxwidth=96&maxheight=96&url=" + href);
-			img.setAttribute("alt", name);
+			  var img = document.createElement("img");
+			  img.setAttribute("src", "/ViewImage.png?maxwidth=96&maxheight=96&url=" + href);
+			  img.setAttribute("alt", name);
 			
-			var imganchor = document.createElement("a");
-			imganchor.setAttribute("href", href);
-			imganchor.className = "thumblink";
-			imganchor.appendChild(img);
+			  var imganchor = document.createElement("a");
+			  imganchor.setAttribute("href", href);
+			  imganchor.className = "thumblink";
+			  imganchor.appendChild(img);
 			
-			var nameanchor = document.createElement("a");
-			nameanchor.setAttribute("href", href);
-			nameanchor.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name));
+			  var nameanchor = document.createElement("a");
+			  nameanchor.setAttribute("href", href);
+			  nameanchor.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name));
 			
 			
-			var textcontainer = document.createElement("div");
-			textcontainer.className = "TableCellDark";
-			textcontainer.appendChild(nameanchor);
+			  var textcontainer = document.createElement("div");
+			  textcontainer.className = "TableCellDark";
+			  textcontainer.appendChild(nameanchor);
 			
-			var thumbcontainer = document.createElement("div");
-			thumbcontainer.className = "thumbcontainer";
-			thumbcontainer.appendChild(imganchor);
-			thumbcontainer.appendChild(textcontainer);
-			div.appendChild(thumbcontainer);
-			//span.appendChild(imganchor);
-		}
-	} else {
-		div.className = "snippetError";
-		div.appendChild(document.createTextNode(""));
-	}
+			  var thumbcontainer = document.createElement("div");
+			  thumbcontainer.className = "thumbcontainer";
+			  thumbcontainer.appendChild(imganchor);
+			  thumbcontainer.appendChild(textcontainer);
+			  div.appendChild(thumbcontainer);
+			  //span.appendChild(imganchor);
+
+        document.getElementById("linkcount").innerHTML ++
+		  }
+    }
+  }
+  progressbar.step(1);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.html b/htroot/yacysearch.html
index 6e2998f9d..e213bad6a 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.html
@@ -193,17 +193,27 @@ document.getElementById("Enter").value = "search again - catch up more links";
 	
 	<!-- linklist end -->
 	::<!-- type 2: image search: presents image thumbnails -->
-	<!-- linklist begin -->
-	#{results}#
-	<!-- link begin -->
-	    <div class="snippetLoading" id="#[urlhash]#">loading snippet from <a href="#[url]#" id="url#[urlhash]#">#[urlname]#</a></div>
-	<!-- link end -->
-	#{/results}#
-	<script type="text/javascript">
-	AllImageSnippets("#[former]#");
-	addHover();
-	</script> 
+  <noscript>
+    <p>
+      Sorry, but in order to use the image search, you need JavaScript. But here are the urls, yacy would have looked for the images you want. Perhaps you can find them there. Sorry for the inconvenience. If you want a non-JavaScript image search, beg the developers for it.
+    </p>
+    <ul>
+    #{results}#
+      <li><a href="#[url]#">#[urlname]#</a></li>
+    #{/results}#
+    </ul>
+  </noscript>
+  <!-- linklist start -->
+  <div id="results">
+  </div>
 	<!-- linklist end -->
+	<script type="text/javascript">
+    var urls = "#{results}##[urlname]# #{/results}#".split(" ");
+    // the last element is always empty because the split gets a space at the end of the string
+    urls.length --;
+    if(urls.length > 0)
+      AllImageSnippets(urls, "#[former]#");
+	</script>
 	<br style="clear:left;" />
 	::<!-- type 3: image thumbnail list for one single url -->
 	<table border="0" cellspacing="16" cellpadding="0">