> We need a test file we can use with a variety of older versions. Maybe
> we can track it down to a certain set of commits.
> I have several of the old versions -- I suppose they are all at
> sourceforge somewhere (as Jar files?)

We should also be able to rebuild anything from the svn repository.

> But since I'm not observing it, I can't help much.
>
> What I do know is that when browsers use a lot of string space, things
> can really bog down. I know IE is notorious for this. In my experience
> Opera is by far the best for handling this, so if there is any option at
> all to try on Opera, we should do it. In XTALX I am definitely dumping
> loads of strings, including those JSON strings, to the browser and into
> textboxes and such.

I think that these are two separate problems.

> So, tests that suggest themselves:
>
> 1) Is it the browser?
>
>   try same using Jmol application, not a browser, with all browsers
> closed.

Agreed, it would be much better if we could reproduce the problems in the
Jmol application.

> 2) When did it start?
>
>  how far back before 10.2 can we go before we do NOT see this issue?

Agreed.

> 3) Does it get worse and worse as multiple copies of the
> applet/application are simultaneously running?
>
>  (maybe there's a simple test that we can all reproduce by spinning a
> large enzyme in three different pages or something like that.)\

I have an older 400Mhz machine that is pretty good for performance testing.

But I am currently travelling and cannot get to it until next week.



Miguel



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