havent tested this but im almost sure that netscape waits until the entire
page is downloaded until being displayed IF there are tables on the page.
write a small test script to see if Im right.
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> Hi,
>
> I have a script which slowly processes several thousand lines of text. I
> want to give users a feeling for that the process is not dead. Thus, I am
> using:
>
> ...
> print "processing ";
> print"
> ";
> flush();
>
> for($i=0;$i<count($total);$i++) {
> print".
> ";
> flush();
> // do something time consuming
> }
> ...
>
> Works perfect in IE 5.5: It shows the word "processing" followed every 2
> seconds (denpending on what I am doing) by a new period.
>
> But, in Netscape nothing shows up until the entire process has finished.
> When I push "stop" on the Netspace menu it shows what was transfered so
far
> and "Transfer interrupted!" But, I would rather have it the way it is in
IE.
>
> Any idea how to improve the code above?
> Thanks!
>
> Der Heiko
>
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