Konqueror and NY Times sluggish KDE 3.0 to 3.1 Beta 2
Subject: Konqueror and NY Times sluggish KDE 3.0 to 3.1 Beta 2
I have been using Konqueror for browsing the NY Times for as long as
it's been possible from early versions of KDE (1.x?, 2.x) and recently
(since 3.0 and now 3.1 Beta 2). I have noticed sluggish behavior that
occurs consistently with the 3.n versions of KDE. It pauses (for more
than 20 seconds to 30-50 seconds) with an image indicator (bottom
left) indicating n/n+1 images and the percentage indicator (bottom
right) showing from 96-99%. Normal acceptable new page display for me
is 2-4 seconds. This slow response occurs during the AM peak (6 AM
Pacific) which pretty much includes the whole United States
wake-up/start of business peak. This occurs on a broadband connection
on either Woody or Sid with a 2.4.17 kernel. I also assume there is an
upstream cache (attbi). I assume that Konqueror pauses when a page
is not in attbi cache.
Logically the time that this happens (6 AM - 9 AM) explains the
delay.
BUT - When I go to mozilla or Opera at the same time using the same page
of origin, response on new pages is 2-4 seconds. Konqueror at the
same time stays sluggish. I don't know if this is a Debian problem
(that's what I use) or general KDE.
Is this a known "bug"? I would really dislike going to Mozilla or Opera
for my AM NY Times browsing but will do so if Konqueror remains
sluggish.
Michael
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Michael Hoodes http://www.hoodes.com Seattle, WA
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