Hi Jack, Yes, if you could do something along those lines, it would be most helpful. Would putting a progress bar like gmail be a better option or should it be just a loading gif....either would work for me for now.
Thanks, Anoop On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Jack Killpatrick <j...@ihwy.com> wrote: > > Hi Anoop. > > I spent considerable time tuning the code for performance, but yes, IE does > lag behind, especially when approaching 1000 items or more. I found Safari > and Chrome to both be quite fast and Firefox nearly as fast as those. The IE > issue stems from the code that moves the items from the original UL or LI > into the separate lists used for each submenu. > > I messed around a little with implementing a built-in Loading... message, > but found IE's behavior so annoying (it likes to appear hung when it's not > and workarounds only delayed the load time) that I decided not to include > that in the plugin. I'm on vacation right now, but early next week could > take a look at a workaround you might be able to use to show a message and > then hide it after IE is done chugging way. Let me know and I'll put some > thought into it. > > Thanks, > Jack > > > Anoop kumar V wrote: > >> I am using listmenu and it works fantastically well... except only on >> firefox. >> >> On IE 7 it is quite slow, the lag is very noticeable - the menu appears >> after about 6-7 seconds and the counts come much later after about 8-10 >> seconds. Since this is an intranet app, I need to ensure that IE 7 works >> very well. I have about 2000 elements and they are not at all balanced >> across the alphabets... >> >> Are there any tips that I could follow such that the menu displays quicker >> in IE? Or at the very least is there a way I can show a "Loading... " text >> or an animated gif while the menu loads.. >> >> But thank you for this wonderful plugin it is really well made, I only >> wish IE would catch up soon ;-) >> >> Thanks, >> Anoop >> > > >
