James Clash wrote:

> Fabian Guisset wrote:
> 
>> James Clash wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just tested many DHTML sites with the latest
>>> nightlies and experienced some major problems
>>> (hang, considerably slower, etc.)
>>>
>>> A search in bugzilla revealed the relating bug
>>> - http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117061
>>> Unfortunately this bug hasn't made it into
>>> Mozilla 0.9.8.
>>>
>>> I hope Stuart Parmenter (the assigned person) gets this
>>> fixed real soon ... so voting on this bug is appreciated!
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This is not the only problem with DHTML performance, but there is work 
>> going on. See also bug 21762 for the tracking bug.
>>
>> -Fabian.
>>
> 
> Good to hear - but what I still don't unterstand is the fact that
> the regression has been reported on 2001-12-27 and although this 
> regression is having a great impact it hasn't been fixed for 0.9.8 ?!
> 

I am in part to blame for this, I haven't done what Brendan has asked me 
to do yet -- I plan to, soon enough.
rjesup's patch was apparently more an experimental workaround that 
nobody tested than a real patch. It's interesting that so many people 
care about that bug but nobody is able to test a patch.


> Also took a look at the tracking bu 21762 and also there people are
> concerned if this bug is also in the 0.9.8 release.
> 


Of course people are concerned that DHTML perf sucks, and so are we... 
it's just not easy to fix, as S�ren pointed out.

Sorry for the vague answers and arguments, I can't do much better at 
this point

-Fabian.


> -- 
> James
> 



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