@BobW
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3.19 takes my processor to %100 and never lets go. I can type in the address bar and search field but the page never loads.
I don't monitor CPU usage (what app does that?) but OWB is stalling at some sites like
http://utilitybase.com. At UtilityBase part of the page loads and then the D/L counter at the bottom right of the window stops, mouse clicks don't respond and menus (for all programs on the OWB screen) stop working. If I switch to another screen, mouse and menus work. After 2 to 5 minutes the page finishes loading and everything is back to normal. I accessed the same page with IBrowse and it loads really fast. I am using a ?A1/OS4.1 with a dialup connection but haven't had this problem before. IBrowse uses multiple channels and when a file gets stuck, IBrowse continues loading data in the other channels. OWB seems to be single channel because when a file gets stuck, it stalls.
EDIT: I did further checking and OWB 3.18 also stalls at UtilityBase. I checked the page again with IBrowse and one of the image files can't be found by IBrowse either; the Network window shows the image file is located at a different WEB site which apparently can't be accessed (PortableE_small_logo.PNG). However, IBrowse loads the rest of the page and displays an error icon for the missing image. It seems like a bad idea for a page to have images that are located on a completely different WEB site & server.
IBrowse shows the file stuck in the "lookup" phase which probably indicates that OWB is making a synchronous call to a TCP function like gethostbyname() and stalling when DNS servers don't find the site. I think that leaving the GUI I/O frozen is an OWB bug though.
EDIT2: The WEB site where the missing image file was located appears to be back up and OWB is no longer stalling at UtilityBase. I can imagine that a page with multiple images located on other WEB sites could present serious stalling issues with OWB and probably should be addressed in a future update.
Edited by xenic on 2009/11/9 16:37:56
Edited by xenic on 2009/11/9 16:52:30