On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 15:38:13 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 11:15:29 -0800, Sam Ewalt wrote:
>>> sometimes when I load a page (pictures are off) then decide to look >>> at the pictures, since the stupid webmasters didnt write any text for >>> instance - anyway, I download pictures and they seem to download, but >>> for some reason not all will display, they just show as a red box? I >>> can make it download again by right click on image, then reload then >>> back but its a bit strange, not sure where that bug is (maybe in the >>> jpeg->bmp part?) >> I always surf with "pictures on" and from time to time I get red >> squares instead of a picture >> multiple pictures--but it doesn't happen consistently >> I can't prove a relationship, but it also seems to happen more when >> the cache is relatively full >> I'll try your "right click then reload then back" procedure and see if >> it does anything for me >> Maybe Glenn has some understanding of the "red sqaure" problem and >> can elucidate > If you are using either v1.69 or v1.70..... > The problem is that with "Multitasking Yes" and "HTTPkeepAlive Yes" > Arachne is too fast for some sites. > We endup with some images not grabbed because Arachne was faster in > making requests than the site was able to accomplish with only 2 > connections open. (as you may already know, Arachne is limited to only 2 > simultanious connections). > Try turning off one or the other. > (Multitasking No, or HTTPkeepAlive No) > See if you then get all of the images at that site at that time. > Again, this will not always happen at the same site at a different time. > (it depends upon how many users are making requests of that server at > that particular time) <snip> Last year I proved to my own satisfaction that surfing with a cache that is too full can often be the cause of the red squares. I surf with both Multitasking and HTTPkeepAlive off. I am using Arachne 1.70. Last year I found a URL that had many very high resolution large JPGs and with very little text. (The URL consisted of a collection of photographs of fine antique pistols, some of them being shown approximately as actual size. This web page no longer exists.) It took a very long time to load. All the images were displayed, but only when I would access the URL when the cache was almost completely empty. I tried the same experiment over and over, always with the same results, always getting red squares whenever I would try to access the page without having an almost empty cache. I reported the experiment to the list and I posted the tested URL. A few other list members tried it and they reported getting the same results. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
