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Tony Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 4 Nov 2008, John-Mark Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Rob Kendrick wrote:
>> > On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:46:02 GMT Dave Higton
>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> > > 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?
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>> 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.
>>
>> Effectively, without much more information, we're basically poking
>> around in the dark.
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>Harriet Bazley reported this problem to the bug tracker, in June 2007.
>http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1729711&group_id=51719&atid=464312
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>Her description
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> Recent builds of Netsurf display a habit of single-tasking for
> extended periods while 'secondary' downloads are taking place, i.e.
> progress indicated to the right of the main percentage display at the
> bottom of the page. While this is happening nothing on the entire
> desktop updates except for the figures on Netsurf's progress
> indicator, which change very rapdily in tenths of a second.
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>corresponds exactly with what, frequently, still happens here.
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>Tony
If I remember rightly it is looking for a css file when you get that
delay.
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