On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 13:13:50 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 08:52:06 -0500, John Lyons wrote:
>> I Had a problem loading these websites with Arachen >> http://www.walmart.com >> http://www.kmart.com > The WalMart sites loaded in 3 min 36 seconds with my old > minimal Arachne machine (386 with 8 megs). I do have have > a 56k modem. > Now let's try Kmart. Ok, I got it in 2 min 22 secs. That > doesn't seem too bad for the hardware, as most of the time > is consumed by verifying or other graphic processes. > Both sites loaded without problem with Arachne for me. What problems > did you have? How long is "forever"? The WalMart site loaded in 1 min, 12 seconds for me, and the KMart site in 39 seconds. No problems using my 33.6 modem and Arachne 1.70, rev 3, running on a ramdrive. John was complaining also about the way the sites were rendered and displayed. If such were the case we can usually find fault with the web site itself in the design of the web page. There are some sites that I visit almost every day. Sometimes the sites are downloaded very fast and at other times they seem to take forever. "http://www.cnn.com"; is an example. The problem probably has to do with the traffic on the server. On slow news days the site downloads fast. On days when we have lots of fast breaking and very exciting and sensational news stories the site downloads very slowly. On days when WalMart and KMart are announcing special sales and spectacular savings there will be a lot of people going to their web sites. Also there will be more people going to those web sites on the 1st and on the 15th of the month because those days are paydays when nearly everybody has lots of money and anxious to go shopping to spend it all. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
