Subject: Konqueror and NY Times sluggish KDE 3.0 to 3.1 Beta 2 I have been using Konqueror for browsing the NY Times for as long as it's been possible from early versions of KDE (1.x?, 2.x) and recently (since 3.0 and now 3.1 Beta 2). I have noticed sluggish behavior that occurs consistently with the 3.n versions of KDE. It pauses (for more than 20 seconds to 30-50 seconds) with an image indicator (bottom left) indicating n/n+1 images and the percentage indicator (bottom right) showing from 96-99%. Normal acceptable new page display for me is 2-4 seconds. This slow response occurs during the AM peak (6 AM Pacific) which pretty much includes the whole United States wake-up/start of business peak. This occurs on a broadband connection on either Woody or Sid with a 2.4.17 kernel. I also assume there is an upstream cache (attbi). I assume that Konqueror pauses when a page is not in attbi cache.
Logically the time that this happens (6 AM - 9 AM) explains the delay. BUT - When I go to mozilla or Opera at the same time using the same page of origin, response on new pages is 2-4 seconds. Konqueror at the same time stays sluggish. I don't know if this is a Debian problem (that's what I use) or general KDE. Is this a known "bug"? I would really dislike going to Mozilla or Opera for my AM NY Times browsing but will do so if Konqueror remains sluggish. Michael -- ___________________________________________________________________ Michael Hoodes http://www.hoodes.com Seattle, WA
