[plt-scheme] firefox locking up 15 seconds for each plt documentation search

From: Dave Herman (dherman at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Sat Jun 6 22:24:44 EDT 2009

Both OS X and Windows for me.

Dave

On Jun 6, 2009, at 9:18 PM, Todd O'Bryan wrote:

> Also fine for me on Linux. Are all the problems on OS X, possibly?
>
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Dave Herman<dherman at ccs.neu.edu>  
> wrote:
>> I should've complained earlier! Yes, I figured everyone just put up  
>> with
>> this. :) It's so bad that I never use F1 and just keep a page open  
>> to the
>> docs. Even then, any search still locks up the browser for a  
>> painfully long
>> time.
>>
>> Thanks for bringing this up. I should've said something sooner.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Jun 6, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
>>
>>> I just got private email from someone that he doesn't experience  
>>> this
>>> problem (on Linux with Firefox).  And Eli has said in the past  
>>> that he
>>> doesn't experience it either.
>>>
>>>
>>> Matthias Felleisen wrote at 06/06/2009 06:48 PM:
>>>>
>>>> I have complained about this often. Happens on safari and others,  
>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 6, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone else's entire Firefox 3 lock up completely for  
>>>>> around 15
>>>>> seconds *every* time they either load the PLT "Search Manuals"  
>>>>> or enter a
>>>>> query in the "...search manuals..." field that's at the top of  
>>>>> each page?
>>>
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