or create a image based layer, you don't need to use a vector layer to make something clickable, you just need to handle the clicks
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Ivan Grcic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, no matter what u do showing 1000features in IE will be sloooow! > Yes, its a crappy browser :) > I suggest to try using cluster strategy! > Regards > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Jani Patokallio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I have an OpenLayers-based site (http://openflights.org) that renders >> airport markers and flight vectors on a world map, and while it's >> reasonably snappy on Firefox, it's very slow on IE. I've turned off the >> alpha hack, but this did not seem to make any difference at all. >> >> Searching through the archives, there was a mail (*) that suggested >> that, instead of using a separate mousedown event handler for each >> marker (which is what I'm doing right now), you should "replace it with >> an event handler on the container and then using the target property to >> determine if one of the smaller elements had been clicked". If the >> container of a Marker is its Layer.Markers, how do I set an event >> handler on it and determine the target? >> >> * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00084.html >> >> Also, ideas for how to speed up rendering at the world level, when there >> may be >1000 airports on the map, are welcome. My current thinking is >> to load all markers into the layer, but listen to the map's zoom events >> and call marker.display(true/false) to toggle them on/off when zooming >> in/out. There are no faster-rendering clickable alternatives to PNG >> icons, right? >> >> Cheers, >> -jani >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users@openlayers.org >> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > > > > -- > Ivan Grcic > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@openlayers.org > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Zac Spitzer - http://zacster.blogspot.com +61 405 847 168 _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users