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2008-02-05 , 04:24
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Originally Posted by Betty Woo View Post
With Flash on, 39 seconds to load the page to the point where it stops downloading and lagging. Without Flash on, 33 seconds. Without running any other applications.

It's also bizarrely rendered. It looks like it's downloading and looking like it should until the very last thing and then - BaM - the ad boxes get shoved around within the large, mostly vacant New York Times masthead box while the fonted name is dwarfed, the layout (that looked perfect before that last bit was downloaded) gets wonky and the photo that should appear right under the masthead is now suddenly half way down the page, shoved over to the right.
I swear to you, I just tried it and there were none of those problems. I ran it side by side with my PC's monitor and they were pretty much the same (though the ad banners were different).

I just tried it again, it loaded completely in about 10 or 15 seconds, rendered identically to the PC browser.

Do you have any particular applications running or even just installed on your N800? It could be that they're somehow interfering with the browser, especially apps that are still in beta.

I'm running mine without any applications as I keep it as "plain vanilla" as possible for the tutorial videos, so people don't get confused by stuff they don't have on their tablet.


However, from reading posts on some of the other threads, slow loading times and wonky layouts don't seem to be particularly rare.
They are rare in my experience, but then it probably depends on which websites you visit.

As far as NYtimes.com goes though, there's a severe difference between what I'm seeing on my N800 and what you're seeing on your N800.
 
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2008-02-05 , 04:27
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You might have "Fit width to view" checked.

1. Open a browser.
2. In the lower right corner, press the little magnifying glass.
3. De-check "Fit to view".

Ironic.
 

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2008-02-05 , 04:31
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Yup, looks like it's fit to view that's the culprit.

When I switch it on it ruins the NYTimes page completely and takes ages to load, when I switch it off it looks absolutely normal and loads quickly.
 
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2008-02-05 , 04:35
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TabletKev, that's such a good tip I'm going to do a mini-tutorial about it right now!
 
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2008-02-05 , 04:42
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Originally Posted by krisse View Post
I swear to you, I just tried it and there were none of those problems. I ran it side by side with my PC's monitor and they were pretty much the same (though the ad banners were different).

I just tried it again, it loaded completely in about 10 or 15 seconds, rendered identically to the PC browser.
Oh, I have no doubt it's not a regular occurrence for users or I doubt the Nxxx would be so popular.

Originally Posted by krisse View Post
Do you have any particular applications running or even just installed on your N800? It could be that they're somehow interfering with the browser, especially apps that are still in beta.
Well... I went nuts for a while but then realized I haven't a clue what half of these things are, really, so in the last couple of days, I'd uninstalled quite a few ones.

However, if I'm truthful, this problems been with me since Day 1 when I flashed the N800 last Tuesday when I first got it out of the box.

I just didn't realize that it's not a normal operation until, well, I thought about it and wondered why nobody seemed to be complaining about the downloads and went looking for some advice on in other threads.

I imagine if I hadn't had this problem, my radio woes would have been easier to figure out... .

Originally Posted by krisse View Post
running mine without any applications as I keep it as "plain vanilla" as possible for the tutorial videos, so people don't get confused by stuff they don't have on their tablet.
I think I'm pretty reasonable in my applications. I've removed Pidgin, Gizmo, anything mappy, etc.

I just tried the NYTimes again - 45 seconds this time, without flash.
 
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2008-02-05 , 04:43
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Betty, try it with Fit Width To View switched off, as Tablet Kev suggests.

I suspect that will cure all the problems you've been having.

I have it switched off, but as soon as I switched it on I got exactly the same problems as you. When I switched it off again, the problems went away.
 
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2008-02-05 , 04:48
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Originally Posted by TabletKev View Post
You might have "Fit width to view" checked.

1. Open a browser.
2. In the lower right corner, press the little magnifying glass.
3. De-check "Fit to view".

Ironic.
Yup. Now it looks pretty and only takes 28 seconds to load. I'll take that for a dollar!

My iGoogle page is taking me about 16 seconds to load and now, at least, my widget things are only shoved over half a page. So at least I can read them.

'Ironic' isn't the half of it 'Counter-intuitive' is another word (that I'm allowed to type without resorting to **s )

How very strange.

Many thanks TabletKev.
 
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2008-02-05 , 04:49
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TabletKev, that's such a good tip I'm going to do a mini-tutorial about it right now!
Hurrah!

I know I'm never unique enough to be the *only* one to have experienced this problem... .
 
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2008-02-05 , 04:53
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Originally Posted by Betty Woo View Post
Hurrah!

I know I'm never unique enough to be the *only* one to have experienced this problem... .
I was just lucky enough NOT to have that option ticked. If it had been, I might never have worked out the problem.

Thank you TabletKev!
 
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2008-02-05 , 05:03
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Okay, here's the express tutorial with photos too!

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...-slow-and.html
 
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