About the xml.apache.org site = slow netscape

[Philippe Lavoie <ph...@cactus.ca>]

I think that xml.apache.org is generated using docbook I thought I'd mention
it here. Perhaps I should sent to the webmaster at xml.apache org instead ?

Anyway, browsing the site at xml.apache.org is usually an exercise in
patience as Netscape takes more then 20 seconds to render the pages. The
reason is quiet simple. Netscape is very (I do mean VERY) slow when there is
more then tables embed table more then 3 times.

So

<table>
  <table>
    <table>

is fine, but add another table and it will become slower then a duck after
an oil spillage.


I know it would mean work, but would it be possible to revise how the site
is generated so that it limits the number of tables to 3 ?  Not really
expecting an answer, but if someone would like to use <DIV> and other stuff
like that to create the proper look and feel it would be nice and make
browsing xml.apache.org/cocoon that much more enjoyable.

Have fun guys.

Philippe Lavoie
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Cactus Communications Internet	   email: philippe.lavoie@cactus.ca

Re: About the xml.apache.org site = slow netscape

[Brandon Ibach <bi...@infomansol.com>]

Quoting Philippe Lavoie <ph...@cactus.ca>:
> I know it would mean work, but would it be possible to revise how the site
> is generated so that it limits the number of tables to 3 ?  Not really
> expecting an answer, but if someone would like to use <DIV> and other stuff
> like that to create the proper look and feel it would be nice and make
> browsing xml.apache.org/cocoon that much more enjoyable.
> 
   I've found that, with a little work, almost anything that can be
done by nesting tables can also be done with row and column spanning,
which Netscape seems to handle a little better.
   I, too, cringed a bit when I saw the 5 (or so) layers of nested
tables in the java.apache.org example stylesheet in Cocoon. :P  It
looks great, but does quite a number on my browser. :)

-Brandon :)