Are you using any javascript libraries? Dojo?
regards, Martin On 1/30/08, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---- caped crusader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > Hi > > > > I have a JSF application with some quite unusual performance problems. > > Loading pages in IE7 takes 4 times as long as in Firefox (v2.0.0.11). > > > > When I test the application locally, response times are good, and pretty > > similar for IE and FF. When I test our actual deployment, pages take on > > average 6 seconds to load in Firefox, and about 23 seconds in IE7. The > pages > > that are being rendered are very simple, with perhaps 10-12 links and a > > handful of form fields. Much as I'd love to tell our users to just use FF, > > most of them use IE and making them switch is not an option. > > I've already looked at the performance page on the MyFaces wiki, and > > implemented the server-side tips there. > > > > I'm using > > > > MyFaces 1.1.4 > > Tomahawk 1.1.3 > > Firefox 2.0.0.11 > > Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11 > > > > Are there any other obvious areas anyone can think of to target? > > One thing that comes to mind is that Firefox might be caching some resources > while IE is not caching them, and so repeatedly fetching something. This > difference might not show up when the server is local, but be much more > significant when the server is remote and more heavily loaded. > > I suggest you enable logging of all requests on your server and then compare > the list of URLs fetched by firefox with the list of URLs fetched by IE for > the same page. This can be done on your "local" server, not the remote one. > > I would also enable the "live headers" plugin in firefox and have a look at > the http headers for pages, making sure that they have the appropriate > caching headers set. > > Regards, > Simon > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces
