Quoting John-Mark Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Rob Kendrick wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:46:02 GMT
> > Dave Higton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> I have the impression that recent versions of NetSurf have poorer
> >> multi-tasking while a page is being loaded.  I just observed !Alarm
> >> freezing for 16 seconds, during which nothing but the mouse cursor
> >> moved, of course.
> >
> > How recent?  Can you compare to earlier versions to find the revision
> > it seems faster in?
> 
> Indeed. Also, can you give any indication of what stage NetSurf may be at 
> in handling whichever page causes the problem? The status bar contents may 
> shed some light on the issue, particularly if it's started fetching. If 
> it's stalled /before/ fetching, then it could be having difficulty 
> performing DNS resolution.

But I thought DNS resolution was non-blocking?

> Effectively, without much more information, we're basically poking around 
> in the dark.

Yes, I understand the problem.

I don't think it will happen to order, which is the first and biggest
obstacle.  I think it's while fetching, but I can't be sure.  Is there
something that I can observe in NetSurf's frame that will tell me?  Or
can I turn up the log level and get a timed log of function calls?

Dave


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