"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message 
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> scott wrote:
>> I don't understand why or how a web browser could significantly add any 
>> time to how long it takes to show a web page.  Surely, 99% of the time is 
>> spend waiting for the content, and 1% spent arranging the page and 
>> rendering it?
>
> Unless it's heavy in Javascript or CSS or something that's going to make 
> it take a long time. Or unless the browser tries to refresh the 
> partially-loaded page too often.

I must say that if a page takes a long time to load due to heavy Javascript 
I often end up closing the browser because it makes me nervous. Especially 
if it looks like a simple page but I can hear my computer grinding away at 
it, makes me wonder what exactly is going on in the background.

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