Performance difference between IE, Netscape, Mozilla

Hi guys

While the project I'm working on is still far from finished, I just thought
I'll check compatibility across
IE, Netscape & Mozilla.

Although the HTML is fine I do notice a performance difference between IE on
the one hand
and Netscape + Mozilla on the other hand.

Just using the output on the bottom of each page eg. "<!-- Render time: ~
190 ms -->" I noticed
that the same page renders in 190 ms in IE but consistently will render in
about 270 - 290 ms
in Netscap and Mozilla.

I also noticed that the console output in the JBoss server console
outputs the following when receiving a Netscap/Mozilla hit on said page

***Netscap/Mozilla hit****
>>09:26:17,964 INFO  [AbstractEngine] Begin service /courier/courierprices
>>09:26:18,214 INFO  [AbstractEngine] End service
>>09:26:18,344 INFO  [AbstractEngine] Begin service /courier/courierprices
>>09:26:18,374 INFO  [AbstractEngine] Begin service /courier/courierprices
>>09:26:18,374 INFO  [AbstractEngine] Begin service /courier/courierprices
>>09:26:18,374 INFO  [AbstractEngine] Begin service /courier/courierprices
>>09:26:18,435 INFO  [AbstractEngine] End service
>>09:26:18,525 INFO  [AbstractEngine] End service
>>09:26:18,655 INFO  [AbstractEngine] End service
>>09:26:18,755 INFO  [AbstractEngine] Begin service /courier/courierprices
>>09:26:18,765 INFO  [AbstractEngine] Begin service /courier/courierprices
>>09:26:18,805 INFO  [AbstractEngine] End service
>>09:26:18,895 INFO  [AbstractEngine] End service
>>09:26:18,925 INFO  [AbstractEngine] End service

and when receiving a IE hit on said page

***IE hit****
>>09:28:02,524 INFO  [AbstractEngine] Begin service /courier/courierprices
>>09:28:02,695 INFO  [AbstractEngine] End service

From my point of view it seems like the server is doing much more to field a
Netscape/Mozilla connection

PS. This is not that important as I suspect that most users will be on IE
anyway. Nevertheless
I would like to understand this difference. I dont like IE winning this one
by that far.


Thanx in advance

Ivanhoe Abrahams


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