[Shop-talk] OT - Java is sloooow

[Karl Vacek]

Here's the NWS site I visit whenever I want real-time local radar.  Once 
it's running, downloading new maps for a different area, different view, 
etc., still takes some time, particularly when looping beacuse it's 
downloading lots of images (I have 6 Meg DSL, by the way), but what I'm 
complaining about is the initial start-up when I see the Java coffee cup 
logo for a half a minute or more.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/radar.php?product=NCR&rid=LOT&loop=yes


>> I still think it's Java.  Like Adopey, they seem to hate PC's and want to
>> make everything they write run poorly on a PC so the user will blame the 
>> PC.
>>
>
> When you start a java applet that's on a website, you have to down
> load the applet.  If it's big, that can take some time, if you or they
> have a slow or overloaded network connection.
>
> Are any of these on public sites that you can tell us what you're doing?
>
>
> -- 
> David Scheidt
> dmscheidt at gmail.com