On 04/01/07, Mike Alsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > since blockUI is generally a very useful thing i'd like
> > to propose a fairly simple workaround: just don't do the
> > blending when firefox/linux is detected - only display the
> > popup.
>
> @bander: Thanks for the feedback.  3 seconds is an interesting value
> because that's exactly how long the server sleeps in wait.php.
>
> @moe: Thanks for the update.  That's a bummer about alpha trans on
> FF/Linux.  I think your solution is a good one and I'll add that in.
> There's already a hack to handle Opera 8 which doesn't support opacity
> at all.
>
> Is FF/Linux the only browser/platform with performance issues using
> alpha trans?  Anyone having problems on any other platform?
>
> Mike

Perhaps a better option would be for the overlay to use the same
background (image or colour) as the page? The effect would be the same
as having a page with only the loading message on it.

For general issues with alpha transparency performance could you have
a timeout (something low like 150ms) that uses an opaque overlay as a
fallback if it is exceeded while applying alpha transparency? You
would then not need to do browser/OS detection (there may be cases
where alpha transparency is fine in FF/Linux).

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