On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, arachne-digest wrote:
> Another thing which was lost in 1.67 was the 0-100% "fuel gauge"
> bar on the bottom line. It works for file and image downloads and
> for *some* page downloads but rarely, if ever, for the first page
> download of a new URL. Can we have it back please?
This is still present - only reason why you don't see it that page doesn't
return Content-length header (typical for dynamicaly generated pages...)
> BTW, does the "held connection" need to be enabled somewhere or is
> it a permanent feature?
It can be disabled, but it should be enabled by default.
> 1. At MAIL screen, hit F8 (clear cache), then SHIFT-~ (turn images
> off).
> 2. Enter http://chat.arachne.cz/ then ENTER (to launch this URL).
> After the page loads, ALT-M (to check your free memory).
> 3. Enter http://arachne.virtualave.net/chat.pl?id= then ENTER.
> After the page loads, ALT-M (to check your free memory, again).
> 4. Then CTRL-LeftARROW (internally reload the chat.arachne.cz
> page).
> 5. Then CTRL-RightARROW (internally reload the arachne.virtualave
> page).
> 6. Keep switching back-and-forth between the two pages (remember
> that these are already loaded on you machine, so all you are
> doing is swapping internal pages)
> 7. See how many times you can swap these pages...<g>
Yes, it is reproducible bug. Unfortunately I have no idea what causes this
problem. I think I should completely get rid of malloc() in entire
Arachne...
> This 1.68 seems to be faster (without being able to give any
> quantitative measurement, since I am not clocking it), but it
> does appear to be.
It is! it downloads images much faster, this is one thing I am really sure
about because I know what was wrong with previous verisons (it was partly
because Bernie pointed me to problem in NeedImage() function...)
> ..oh...and I can now "Signin" on eBay.....good work, Michael..!!!
> <g g g> ...and all my MyYahoo functions still work...<g>
Hmm, I increased cookie size, but deja.com still doesn't seem to work,
which is bad. Cookies are very weird - this time I tried to implement
exactly what is in RFC specifications, and it is still not enough.
> ..oh..BTW...I LIKE the new narrow toolbar....<g g g>
At least one positive response ;) But I already decided to enable both
small icon toolbars. But I will use new 14 icons this time...
> PLEASE Michael, put all the new buttons on the right of the screen
> (in two lines).
it will be 4th screen layout, ok.
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