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Reaction delays in IE (V6) but not in NS (V8) stan 04-14-2006
Posted by stan on April 14, 2006, 12:45 am
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I am running a fairly large html file (larger than recommended). It
runs OK in NS but in IE I am getting a significant delay in in reaction
time. Please see a demo of the problem at:

http://www.capitalcityrealty.ca/test.html

The test file is about 2mg (extremely large for in order to clearly
demonstrate the issue). The delay I am experiencing is close to 20
seconds on IE. As mentioned, there is NO delay with NS. By delay I
mean that after clicking on an internal link, I have to wait before I
am able to click on another link, or before I can use the scroll bar.

I would like to know why I am getting the delay in IE but not in NS,
and if there is anything that can be done to "fix" the delay in IE.

Stan


Posted by Neredbojias on April 14, 2006, 5:15 am
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declaimed:

> I am running a fairly large html file (larger than recommended). It
> runs OK in NS but in IE I am getting a significant delay in in reaction
> time. Please see a demo of the problem at:
>
> http://www.capitalcityrealty.ca/test.html
>
> The test file is about 2mg (extremely large for in order to clearly
> demonstrate the issue). The delay I am experiencing is close to 20
> seconds on IE. As mentioned, there is NO delay with NS. By delay I
> mean that after clicking on an internal link, I have to wait before I
> am able to click on another link, or before I can use the scroll bar.
>
> I would like to know why I am getting the delay in IE but not in NS,
> and if there is anything that can be done to "fix" the delay in IE.

Your problem intrigued me so I went ahead and loaded the 2mg html file on
dial-up. Interestingly, I got no delay with IE - none. (This is IE XP
SP2.) I then tried it in FF and also got no delay.

Maybe there's something about your own instance of IE that's causing the
problem.

--
Neredbojias
Infinity can have limits.

Posted by stan on April 14, 2006, 9:22 am
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Thank you for your comments.

Based on your comments I checked the newsgroups for issues causing IE
to run slow. The solution that I discoverd worked. I went into
Tools/Internet options/Advanced and unchecked the item: "enable
third-party browser extensions" and then rebooted.

The question that comes to mind is: Is this item automatically checked
upon installation of IE? If it is, then the average user may run into
slownesson with certain sites and not know that there is a simple
solution.

Stan



Neredbojias wrote:
> declaimed:
>
> > I am running a fairly large html file (larger than recommended). It
> > runs OK in NS but in IE I am getting a significant delay in in reaction
> > time. Please see a demo of the problem at:
> >
> > http://www.capitalcityrealty.ca/test.html
> >
> > The test file is about 2mg (extremely large for in order to clearly
> > demonstrate the issue). The delay I am experiencing is close to 20
> > seconds on IE. As mentioned, there is NO delay with NS. By delay I
> > mean that after clicking on an internal link, I have to wait before I
> > am able to click on another link, or before I can use the scroll bar.
> >
> > I would like to know why I am getting the delay in IE but not in NS,
> > and if there is anything that can be done to "fix" the delay in IE.
>
> Your problem intrigued me so I went ahead and loaded the 2mg html file on
> dial-up. Interestingly, I got no delay with IE - none. (This is IE XP
> SP2.) I then tried it in FF and also got no delay.
>
> Maybe there's something about your own instance of IE that's causing the
> problem.
>
> --
> Neredbojias
> Infinity can have limits.


Posted by Neredbojias on April 14, 2006, 4:57 pm
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declaimed:

> Thank you for your comments.
>
> Based on your comments I checked the newsgroups for issues causing IE
> to run slow. The solution that I discoverd worked. I went into
> Tools/Internet options/Advanced and unchecked the item: "enable
> third-party browser extensions" and then rebooted.

It is enabled in mine, so maybe you have an extension installed that's
causing the problem? Also, I wonder if such extensions can be "invisibly"
installed.

> The question that comes to mind is: Is this item automatically
> checked upon installation of IE? If it is, then the average user may
> run into slownesson with certain sites and not know that there is a
> simple solution.

It probably is and that probably can happen. Microsoft isn't known for
always implimenting the best approach to things. Besides, once you make
your first billion, you don't care...

--
Neredbojias
Infinity can have limits.

Posted by Jim Moe on April 15, 2006, 3:32 pm
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stan wrote:
>
> The test file is about 2mg [...]
>
2 milligrams? (mg = milligram). Very lightweight file.

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