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

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?
>
> This has been happening to me with the local copy of PLT  
> documentation, with both 4.1.2 and 4.1.5.
>
> My first guess as to cause is that it's a combination of two  
> factors: (1) loading the index pounds the JavaScript interpreter or  
> GC; (2) something unusual about my browser configuration is  
> preventing the index from being cached as a file or as JS data.
>
> Knowing if anyone else has this problem might help debug.  Thanks.
>
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