Name: skT88420 Date: 06/02/99


There needs to be a way to specify to the plug-in 1.2.1 class/resource loader
that ALL files it needs are in the jars, and it should not look in the applet
page directory for files. Applet performance suffers dramatically because it
is trying to load resources (and classes loaded by Class.forName) by looking
for the files under the http directory containing the web page. Below is a
transcript from the console showing the number of network connections it tries
for just ONE resource file: 28 connections! All known not to exist. Multiply
this by the number of resources and Class.forName calls, and by the network
delay. This adds up very quickly and can be problematic even on a local LAN
when the network is conjested or the server is busy, let alone an intranet or
internet where network latency can be a much larger factor.

(Note 1: I know I could reduce this a little by specifying property files for
_en_US, but I'd like this applet to be usable internationally without
specifying property files for every possible locale, and international users
will suffer even more to have to wait for all these network connections.
By specifying that all files are in the jar, it will try all the file names
against the jars it has just downloaded and not bother the network.)

(Note 2: Note that the "no proxy" and "with cookie" requests are repeated
several times for the same file. Fixing this would help some, but I'd like a
parameter to OBJECT or EMBED that will tell the plug-in NEVER to make these
requests, as all files it needs are to be found in the jars.)

Thanks!


Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class
no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class
with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
No holding
CacheHandler trying caching.
http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class
CacheHandler file name: null
No cache available, using remote copy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class
no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class
with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.properties no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.properties
with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class
no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
No holding
CacheHandler trying caching. http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class
CacheHandler file name: null
No cache available, using remote copy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.properties no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.properties with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
No holding
CacheHandler trying caching. http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class
CacheHandler file name: null
No cache available, using remote copy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.class with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.properties no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en_US.properties with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
No holding
CacheHandler trying caching. http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class
CacheHandler file name: null
No cache available, using remote copy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.class with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.properties no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName_en.properties with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName.class no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName.class with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
No holding
CacheHandler trying caching. http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName.class
CacheHandler file name: null
No cache available, using remote copy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName.class no proxy
Opening http://...URL of page directory.../...resource packagename path.../ResourceName.class with cookie "PAGESELECTION=webhacks; o:visit=2".
(Review ID: 83830)
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