Loading speed of Calendar Component

> Hi,
>
> I have been very impressed with the functionality and visual appeal of
> a number of the Woodstock components I have used in my short
> experience with Woodstock.
>
> However (…have you noticed, there is always a ‘however’ following a
> compliment?) I have noticed that the load times on some pages are very
> slow compared with some other frameworks. I am in the process of
> rewriting a Tapestry application. The VW JSF Woodstock app looks much
> better and has more functionality, but load speed in some of the pages
> is much slower.
>
> My investigations lead me to strip down one of my pages and I found
> that the load time was nearly all down to the calendar control. I have
> 4 of these on my page Without these controls, the load time is
> approximately 4 seconds quicker (2 seconds versus 6 seconds on my
> desktop PC). The equivalent (uglier) Tapestry page loads in about 1.5
> seconds).
>
> Is there any way to tune the calendar control?
>
> Regards
>
> Nick Beare
>
> Developer
>
> Vixensoft
>
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>I thought I had tried the various loading schemes (after reading the release
>notes for Woodstock 4.2 releases).
>Interestingly, Firefox and Safari load almost instantly, the problem appears
>to be IE7 specific.
>
>Did you use the calendar component specifically? If so I would be interested
>to know what load speed you achieve in IE7 and also what scheme you used?
>
>I shall investigate the schemes again.
>
>Good thought on customising the Javascript. I shall look at cutting it down
>to the bare essentials.
>
>Regards
>Nick
>
>
>richard ratta wrote:
>  
>
>>Check to see if the calendar.js page is loading separately.
>>If the calendar.js page is loading separately, try using one of the
>>alternative loading
>>schemes (can't remember the incantation exactly) like "webuiAll".
>>
>>There are a few loading schemes that allow you to tune what gets loaded
>>in every
>>page. We tried to make the most likely page load as fast as possible.
>>But it did not include
>>every widget's javascript. There are several schemes, I think you
>>configure them on the
>>body tag.
>>
>>You could consider customizing the js that loads by creating your own js
>>file that contains
>>the "stuff" you need. This will reduce the amount of js loaded and the
>>number files to load.
>>
>>We found that the reducing number of downloads is one of the primary
>>factors to fast page start up.
>>
>>-rick
>>
>>Nick Beare wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I have been very impressed with the functionality and visual appeal of
>>>a number of the Woodstock components I have used in my short
>>>experience with Woodstock.
>>>
>>>However (…have you noticed, there is always a ‘however’ following a
>>>compliment?) I have noticed that the load times on some pages are very
>>>slow compared with some other frameworks. I am in the process of
>>>rewriting a Tapestry application. The VW JSF Woodstock app looks much
>>>better and has more functionality, but load speed in some of the pages
>>>is much slower.
>>>
>>>My investigations lead me to strip down one of my pages and I found
>>>that the load time was nearly all down to the calendar control. I have
>>>4 of these on my page Without these controls, the load time is
>>>approximately 4 seconds quicker (2 seconds versus 6 seconds on my
>>>desktop PC). The equivalent (uglier) Tapestry page loads in about 1.5
>>>seconds).
>>>
>>>Is there any way to tune the calendar control?
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>
>>>Nick Beare
>>>
>>>Developer
>>>
>>>Vixensoft
>>>
>>>**Tel:** 01420 89898
>>>
>>>**Fax:** 01420 541223
>>>**Web:** www.vixensoft.co.uk <blocked::http://www.vixensoft.co.uk/>
>>>
>>>**Head Office: **Market House, Lenten Street, Alton, Hampshire. GU34 1HG
>>>
>>>ViXEN Software Solutions Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. Company
>>>Number 4335138.
>>>
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