David Gerard wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Feb 2002 16:20:58 -0800,
> tradervik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> :I checked this out on my high powered PC at work (1Ghz, 512 Mb, NT) and
> :noticed
> :something interesting:
> :Total page re-display time for IE and Moz seems about the same (about a
> :second).
> :Moz may even be a little bit faster. However, when you press
> :forward/back in IE, the
> :page immediately changes whereas, in Moz, the page does not change
> :immediately.
> :In IE, some time is then spent redrawing. In Moz, when the page does
> :change, it
> :appears all at once.
>
>
> IE does the same trick at startup - so its startup *seems* faster than
> Mozilla's (feels faster to the user), even though it isn't really.
>
>
>
For that matter, Windows does the same trick at startup. Your desktop
loads,
but then it is 5-10+ more seconds before you can actually do anything.
