[desktop-discuss] Why this site is so slow

[Roland Mainz]

James McPherson wrote:
> 
> On 10/4/06, W. Wayne Liauh <wp at hawaiilinux.us> wrote:
> > I can think of at least one reason, but would some one please check this site and see why it is so slow?
> >
> > http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
> >
> > (The problem is particularly acute in Solaris.)
> >
> > Is there any way to side step this problem?  Thanks.
> 
> (a) lots of shockwave flash embedded objects
> (b) shockwave flash is not the most efficiently written or bug-free piece of
> software

Actually this is an old, Mozilla/Gecko-specific problem - see [f]
below...

> (c) memory leaks.
> (d) grab the flashblock extension :)
> (e) hassle (blog/email/...) Macromedia (or is that Adobe now?) to fix
> their software

(f) crappy browser (Mozilla, Forefox etc.) which runs all plugins in a
single thread. A browser which runs plugins in their own thread or
process (such as Konqueror) runs that üage very smoothly (Opera has no
problems either).

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Bye,
Roland

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