Re: [cobalt-users] FW: Re Graphics don't load

["Sqlcoders.com Programming Dept" <coders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >I have noted that just recently I have noticed when using the admin
> >interface, sometimes the graphics don't load. So far (knocking on wood
> >now), my customer sites are NOT showing this behavior, but the admin
> >interface sure is.
>
> That's odd  we have the same issue.

Here too,
occasional images in the GUI, almost always the small ones(<2k or so).
even though its a 56k modem, it happens here too.

interesting comment about it being relative to the speed of your connection,
wonder if that's why everyone but me can see the pages served by my custom
server?
:: wanders off muttering to self and making mental notes ::

>
> We have developed an intranet product based on the Qube 3. One of the long
> term mysteries in an otherwise very good experience has been the dreaded
> missing graphics. Typically a complex page would have one or two graphics
> missing in a random way. I always put is down to the browsers, but our
> development servers (Compaqs) don't cause this behavior, so I assume that
it
> is the Cube. Strangely it seems to happen more the faster your link to the
> Cube i.e. local lan to local lan seems to exacerbate the issue (but this
may
> be subjective because you can reload faster and maybe see it more often).
>
> It is a very repeatable. We have tried all the standard fixes and drawn a
> blank:
>
> * taking out php
> * taking out mySQL
> * taking out of apache everything we can think of
> * testing with a  graphics test page (just a table with 200 small
graphics).
> The results are random i.e. from zero to 1 in 10 missing
> * testing under load (made no difference)
> * testing a variety of browsers. Opera had virtually no dropouts, IE 5.5
had
> the most
> * Converting the whole site to text only and issuing lynx browsers (joke!)
>
> If anyone knows how to cure this annoyance we would love to hear about it.
>
> Regards
> James Ringrose
> Intranet-Zones, Inc.
>
>