Black-out time before page actually loads

[josvanr]

HI

When I point my browser to my site http://www.josvanriswick.nl I see a
black
page, before the page is actually shown. On slow connections, this is
really
annoying. I tried everything I know to speed this up: use small-size
and
low-quality images (high jpeg compression), not use too much images,
specify
all image sizes (height and width) in pixels in the <img> tag. Despite
these
actions, there still is a black time-out before the page is shown. What
is
the browser doing during this time? The effect seems to be the worst on

internet explorer. Firefox and mozilla work better... What can I do to
prevent
this? At least I'd like to show some text, so users know that something
is
being loaded...

Jos

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

HI

Hi. Please set your line length to something less than 80 characters.
Thanks.

When I point my browser to my site http://www.josvanriswick.nl I
see a black page, before the page is actually shown. On slow
connections, this is really annoying. I tried everything I know to
speed this up: use small-size and low-quality images (high jpeg
compression), not use too much images, specify all image sizes
(height and width) in pixels in the <img> tag. Despite these
actions, there still is a black time-out before the page is shown.
What is the browser doing during this time? The effect seems to be
the worst on

Some things for you to consider.

1. 51 images on the main page. Waaay too many.
2. Many errors on the page:
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http://www.josvanriswick.nl/
3. Needs more optimization. Enter your URL here:
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
4. Add a proper DOCTYPE, preferably HTML 4.01 Strict.
http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html

internet explorer. Firefox and mozilla work better... What can I do
to prevent this? At least I'd like to show some text, so users know
that something is being loaded...

It might be that seemingly unnecessary JavaScript. Remove that and see
what happens.

Why is your page so long? There are meters of blank space below the
last of the content?

http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Tableless_layouts

Win2K, Firefox 1.0.4

 

[David Dorward]

When I point my browser to my site http://www.josvanriswick.nl I see a
black page, before the page is actually shown.

Tables being abused for layout are a hindrance to incremental rendering.
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Tableless_layouts

 

[josvanr]

Hi

These seem very useful hints!

thnx

jos

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Hi

These seem very useful hints!

Ok. May I offer the following as a useful hint as well?
http://www.safalra.com/special/googlegroupsreply/