IE7 Browser performance degraded - RT applet

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I am testing and upgrading my code for ie7.0 compatibility. Besides issues with base targte no longer being recognized unless placed in the >head> - the only other issue I have encountered has been that forms using the RT (Rich Text) java applet editor via the browser take about 3x as long to load. They used ot load instantly, but now take so long you actually see the Sun Java orange cup ICON fill the applet placeholder while the applet proceeds to load. I am not sure if this is due ot my version of Java, b/c I also have a websphere server on my system and some extra java things, or if anyone else has experienced this in general? I have not tested the view applets because I dont use them really. I am using Java v 1.6.0_03.

I also noticed that when one of these RT applets loads, it kicks off my java debugging console (doesnt happen in IE 6).

Java Plug-in 1.6.0_03

Using JRE version 1.6.0_03 Java HotSpot™ Client VM

We are on Domino server 7, Windows Xp, IE7…

Anyone else experienced any degredation in the hjava applets in the MSIE 7 browser?

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Subject: IE7 Browser performance degraded - RT applet

“Besides issues with base targte no longer being recognized unless placed in the >head> - …”

Yes, Microsoft finally fixed that bug. <base target …> was never meant to work in any other place and there must not be more than one per html page. :slight_smile:

As for the applet speed: Did you really just update IE from 6 to 7, or is this another machine or did anything else change? Has the Sun VM been used before? Microsoft’s own VM was very old and only available, if Windows XP was installed as a pre-SP1a version (pre-SP4 for Windows 2000), that was updated later on. But it generally gave better load times, due to tighter integration with the browser.

Did you check if the applet is actually cached on the local machine?