Internet Explorer poor performance

[AlbertAguirre]

I wrote an online application that displays a large amount of data.
The problem is that with IE the page takes alot longer to display than on Firefox.
IE buffers the output until it is complete, then disaplays.
FF displays as it retrieves data.

Is there a setting such as buffering that I can change to make IE behave like FF and display data as it is retrieved?

- I am using PHP / apache
- I shut off buffering in PHP

-A

 

[RhythmAce]

I don't think there is much apache can do for you. Something like this is usually handled better by improving the script. Have you checked the php forum?

 

[feherke]

Hi

Have you checked the php forum?

Do not know... While the OP wrote :

FF displays as it retrieves data.

I do not think it can be improved from the PHP script. But I agree, neither from Apache.

One pale idea. Maybe the content is sent compressed or chunked and is too hard for Explorer. But for that AlbertAguirre should show us the HTTP headers as displayed in both browsers, using add-ons :
[ul]
[li]FireFox - Live HTTP Headers[/li]
[li]Explorer - ieHTTPHeaders[/li]
[/ul]

Feherke.

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[thedaver]

I was just going to ask whether compression of the content was in use.

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[AlbertAguirre]

nO COMPRESSION used. I think apache is not the answer.
I think I found it.

IE does to progressivley display data in nested dynamic width tables. I change the coding so that the table is fixed and NOT in another table and the problem was solved.

I am hoping theres another way becaus nesting tables is a critical part of design formatting.

 

[thedaver]

Before you commit yourself further to nested tables, spend a little time with CSS and then consider your options. Slowness in rendering nested tables may be symptomatic of "legacy" behaviors you may want to avoid

http://alistapart.com/articles/practicalcss/

Good louck

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[AlbertAguirre]

could you explain?

 

[thedaver]

nested dynamic tables are the LEAST efficient layout method I'm aware of in my experiences as an html dabbler. At least in terms of browser performance.

CSS tables (which can be tested) is the current direction for such layout control and I suspect that browser engines are being optimized to accomodate such algorithms.

Someone else might chime in here. You may want to start a new thread in the HTML forum to pose the Q to real experts.

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