To understand what I mean, start IE, and navigate to http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/sc.html. When the page loads, don't do anything and press CTRL+F. In the Find what inputbox, type 'shape' (without the quotes) and press ENTER. On my computer - Windows XP Pro, IE 6.0 SP2 stops responding and it is using more than 80% of CPU time.
damn, i was too curious to try and yes, you're right :D i don't know why, but i suppose somehere is a loop searching in DOM. that's my first bet Cristian Amarie "Neo The One" wrote in message news:37AB8974-BE79-452F-AF2B-9B3B832B54F9@microsoft.com... > To understand what I mean, start IE, and navigate to > http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/sc.html. > > When the page loads, don't do anything and press CTRL+F. In the Find what > inputbox, type 'shape' (without the quotes) and press ENTER. > > On my computer - Windows XP Pro, IE 6.0 SP2 stops responding and it is > using > more than 80% of CPU time.
