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Re: [ECS] JAVA applet reload problems with NS Rick Mortensen Sun, 21 Jan 2001 19:47:04 -0500

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Not that it matters for the rest of the world but I have pretty much given
up on the Netscape world.  It used to be my favorite but MS does seem to
behave better so...  Leave out Netscape?  (Grin..)

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Gilmore <omnip@usit.net>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 2:16 PM
Subject: [ECS] JAVA applet reload problems with NS


> Hi all,
> For any JAVA programmers out there:
>
> Is there a way to gracefully detect and cleanup when
> a user clicks reload BEFORE all applets in a page have
> initialized ? This seems to drive Netscape bonkers
> (it uses most sys resources and hangs). I think the
> applets are reloading before the previous instances
> can exit. Perhaps if I could force the browser to wait ?
>
> Also, I seem to be losing around 1% of sys resources
> on every reload, but such losses do NOT occur when
> select a diff page and then change back (only reloads).
>
> NONE of these problems occur with IE4, no matter how
> much abuse I dish out :-).
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://omnipotencesoftware.com
> 423-745-0026
> Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST
>

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