Re: Konqueror and NY Times sluggish KDE 3.0 to 3.1 Beta 2
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 08:27:46AM -0800, Michael Hoodes wrote:
> 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.
I've noticed the same thing with The Register at
"http://theregister.co.uk"; or "http://theregus.com";. Both of these
load much quicker with either Mozilla 1.x or Konqueror 2.2.2.
--
Roy Bixler <rcb@ucp.uchicago.edu>
The University of Chicago Press
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