AJAX Problem - Firefox and IE6 issue

VK · Mar 12 '08, 08:35 PM

Re: AJAX Problem - Firefox and IE6 issue

On Mar 12, 9:06 pm, violinandvi...@ fastmail.fm wrote:

I have just put 4 different ajax bits on this page:http://jimpix.co.uk/default-ajax.asp
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The ajax spits out chunks of images / news content, and users can view
the chunks via next / prev links.
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When I first view the page in Firefox, there is a short delay while
the content first loads in the ajax sections.
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When I first view the page in IE6, none of the ajax content appears to
start with. It only appears if I click a 'next' link.
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Initially the body tag contained this, to fire off the 4 relevant
functions:
<body id="root" onload="sendReq uest(MyCurrentV ar + ',' +
MyCurrentCat); sendPhotoReques t(MyPhotoVar);
sendNewsRequest (MyNewsVar); sendWPRequest(M yWPVar)">
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I then got rid of that, and used this instead:
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window.onload = function()
{
sendRequest(MyC urrentVar + ',' + MyCurrentCat)
sendPhotoReques t(MyPhotoVar)
sendNewsRequest (MyNewsVar)
sendWPRequest(M yWPVar)
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}
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But I get the same result regardless.
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Any advice much appreciated.

Are these send*Request sync or async? Do not forget that the page is
not displayed until the first execution break in onload handler. If
onload one starts a long operation, it may take a lot of time before
the initial blank screen will be repainted by the actual content. I am
not saying that it is your problem but it is a very often problem for
many current script-intensive sites. In my solution I am always using
onload over overlay to release the context so to let the page to be
initially drawn:

<script type="text/javascript">

function init() {
// do your stuff
}

function releaseContextA ndInit() {
window.setTimeo ut('init()',10) ;
}

window.onload = releaseContextA ndInit;
</script>

P.S. That excludes situations when one indeed doesn't want to display
the page until all its content is fully prepared.

AJAX Problem - Firefox and IE6 issue

AJAX Problem - Firefox and IE6 issue

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