Could you create a in issue for this problem here: http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit-incubator/issues/entry
Thanks! Emily On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Revv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: In IE, even simple shape(meaning very short path > string) drawn with large pixel coordinate(meaning large shape), the > animation get frozen when I keep moving the mouse over the shape. > > SOFTWARE: IE or host mode GWT Browser > > HARDWARE: AMD Dual-core 2GHz > > ATTACK THE PROBLEM: There are two possibilities why this kind of > things happen: 1) google do a not so good wrapper upon VML and/or 2) > M > $ make a not so good markup language. > Here is the experiment and result (both GWTCanvas code and directly > written VML code behave > the same way ): > 1. make small(the size of the shape) and simple(the path string is > short) shape: animation is fast without any doubt, even when keeping > mouse moving. > 2. make small and complex shape:animation is fast, even when keeping > mouse moving. > 3. make large and simple shape: animation is fast, but when keeping > mouse moving over the shape, the animation stop. > > At last, it turn out to be the problem of M$. What puzzle me: what do > the mouse-move event have to do with the timer event for the > animation. There are two guesses: > 1) mousemove event is of more priority than timer event in IE. > 2) When mousemove event trigged, IE will do some time-consuming things > (specially when the shape is large) even you didn't write any code in > javascript(or GWT's event handling function) to handle the event. > > Does anyone have any idea about this strange behavior of IE. > > > > -- "There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---