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html rendering rate.... or something...

  • 15-08-2000 11:05pm
    #1
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭


    This is a bit hard to explain, but here goes...

    Webpages are displayed in chunks as they are downloaded... peice by peice... er if you know what I mean.
    In a lot of cases I come across pages (large with heavy table usage) that load the header and the basis of the page, but then pause for ages before rendering the whole page at once.
    While this delay would happen, I'd 'view source' on the page, only to see that there is html that has not yet been rendered... and if I hit the 'stop' button, the rest of the html is dumped and rendered instantly.

    My question is...
    Is there any registry tweaks or other trickery I can use to make the pages render more frequently while being downloaded?
    - What's this now?™ -


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  • #2
    dogs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 380 ✭✭dogs


    Its really just bad site design. When your
    browser starts processing nested tables
    it has to start with the innermost first
    then work its way out. If you've ever played
    with HTML you'll notice you never really
    have to specify the dimensions of a cell
    since the browser will figure them out itself.

    So if the page your viewing consists of a table
    with a table inside it, which contains an image, that image has to be downloaded first before the browser can work out how it all fits together. So short answer, Nope, there's not a lot you can do about it that I know of (except maybe use lynx instead). Webmonkey has a short piece on it at http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/26/index2a_page2.html?tw=design


  • #3
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    If you must use nested tables, at least keep the nested table as simple as possible, and never, ever nest three levels deep - i.e., nesting a table within a table that's nested within a table. We're building Web pages here, not those little Russian dolls.
    LOL smile.gif
    Where's the M$ Word 'paperclip guy' when you need him?!
    - What's this now?™ -


  • #4
    Cerberus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭Cerberus


    If you can't even view the source then it is possible that the html is being created serverside with asp. Blame poxy asp books for telling people that you should use asp even if you don't need to use asp. Nah, don't bother blaming asp books - just blame Micro$soft - more fun x10... smile.gif


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