[plug] Java plugin in Mozilla slow....

[Ben Jensz]

James Devenish wrote:

>
>The first two digits of Sun's Java version numbers are actually the
>slowdown factor relative to an arbitrary speed of '1'. So, 1.4 is slower
>than 1.3 is slower than 1.2, etc. (This is qualitatively true.)
>  
>
Well the only version obviously available was 1.4 :o)

>In that case, you'll need Java
>1.4.2-b29-please-muffle-my-screams-so-my-neighbours-can-sleep.
>  
>
Hey, nothing wrong with the Procurve web interface.  I've seen a lot 
worse.  The web interface on our Cisco 827 at work is basically 
non-functional for anyone who knows what they are doing.  i.e. you have 
stuff all control over what type of modes etc you can configure in terms 
of ADSL connectivity.

>Just out of curiosity...I assume your browser is downloading all the
>Applets from the switch and invoking them with the Applet parameters
>from the switch's web pages. 
>
I'm doing it no different from what I did under Windows with Mozilla.  
All I had installed on Windows in terms of Java was the JRE.

>Downloading an Applets can also involve
>downloading its dependencies. Can you check that your machine is not
>downloading dependencies from somewhere other than the switch (i.e.
>it's not trying to download them from the Sun or HP websites, which is
>the sort of thing that slows down performance by "a couple of minutes"
>as you describe). 
>
Well either way, unless it was downloading several meg of data, it 
would've been quick as we're on 1.5Mbit ADSL (the Java for Linux was 
13Mb and only took a couple of minutes).

>If not...what can you see when things are taking "a
>couple of minutes". Is it while the Applets are loading, or while they
>are gathering info from the switch? Does the interface work correctly
>and quickly once the Applets have finished their initial loading?
>  
>
Basically the whole time I was waiting, the Mozilla status bar said 
"loading Applet".  Like I said in my first email, Windows / Mozilla / 
JRE doesn't do the same thing, it loads up within a few seconds.


/ Ben