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iPad doesn't finish rendering websites with lots of images
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First I'm typing this from iPad
Anyway it's pretty bad with rendering many images at once. For example here http://acidcow.com/fun/8608-acid-picdump-165-pics.html
It doesn't render the last 25% or so of the images
Same with images on Gizmodo (article with updated app reviews)
Very disappointing but otherwise the device is excellent. Do you think they can fix this or is this lack of RAM?
You've gotta be kidding me. This page is ridiculous. I've been on the Internet since just about the beginning, and I don't think I've ever seen a page with this many huge images on it. Ever hear of pagination people?
Loaded the full page 3 times on my iPhone 3G over 3G in less than 2 mins.
I had no problem, sure is the RAM?
I had no problem, sure is the RAM?
The best way to experience the web.
it shouldn't work ?
Lol - I don't think this is a big deal, since such a page is very unusual, but still: it's supposed to work
My first-gen iPod touch doesn't render every picture from that page either
it shouldn't work ?
Lol - I don't think this is a big deal, since such a page is very unusual, but still: it's supposed to work
My first-gen iPod touch doesn't render every picture from that page either
Why are you blaming the website? It's the hardware that's at fault. Sure not a lot of websites like this, but some come close like Engadget. It's the Internet you'd expect images to at least work well
That's like saying it is OK for a Mercedes to break down on bad roads (or even, that it should break down), since it's not how roads are supposed to be built (when you basically won't run into problems with any other car on that road)
Sorry, but I couldn't care less about continuing this discussion. Contrary to what you may think, there is a right and wrong way to do things sometimes, it's not all just random preferences. Reread my posts again if you want to continue the discussion, because I don't think you understood them the first time anyway.
There is no way your phone loaded all those images.
He's blaming the website because most people have nerver seen a web page with that many images in their life. This thread just seems like one giant iPad troll thread.
Ok, so the iPad can't load 250 images on a single web page. What are we going to do?!? We can only visit pages with 150 images! How am I supposed to use this thing to surf the web? /sarcasm
Do I wish the iPad had 512mb of ram? Yeah, because it just offers up a few more options. Do I think it's going to hinder my enjoyment of the product on a regular basis? Hell no.
You're certainly the classy type
If you're not interested in discussion, I will happily discount your opinion
There certainly is. Concerning the number of images on a page though, there's merely best practices, and while that specific page is an extreme case, the iPad handles it worse than popular browsers on modern PCs/Macs. So what - right? You're not going to be running into such a page very often.
Maybe you should clarify your position then, because you haven't exactly specified it in great detail.
Your 3 posts in this thread :
(1) "Virtual Memory." - You're providing a possible reason for why the iPad handles this situation worse than a "Mac mini" ? Or: You're providing a reason why the iPad's limited amount of RAM might not be so important?
(2) "Yeah that page is total failure. Frankly, it shouldn't work." - I'm pretty sure the iPad specifically has a problem with the amount of images and not any other possible deficiencies of that page, so are you saying any browser should refuse to render pages with that many images on them ? What's the cut-off point here?
(3) "It's not the correct way to make a website. If it works, fine, but nobody should be surprised if it breaks." - Again, if you're talking about the amount of images, which most likely is what the iPad has a problem with, you could argue that it's not a good idea to do this, but I'd still expect a machine to be able to handle this, or at least it is reasonable to favor machines that are less sensitive in this regard and criticize the rest
I visit that site multiple times a dat
Fair enough. I just don't see why you'd have to cram so many images into a single page. Even pages that only post images (Comixed.com and so on.) usually post about 10 per page at most.
I don't really see anyone in this thread claiming that "it's going to hinder [one's] enjoyment of the product on a regular basis".
I know it's launch day today and you're not supposed to be critical of anything iPad-related, but come on, why not be honest about any shortcomings, especially when they are as relatively unimportant (in my opinion) as in this case
well, first you need a screwdriver and a pry bar. Take a couple of swigs of Tequila, close your eyes, and start in with the pry bar. When you reach the battery, you've gone far enough...
It's got hald a gig. Isn't that twice as much as the touch?
It DOES have 512mb of RAM. Proof: http://www.appleinsider.com/article...nds_huge_dual_battery_512mb_of_ram_in_a4.html
For whatever it's worth:
http://furbo.org/2010/04/03/benchmarking-in-your-lap/ said:
If it's got 512MB RAM (not disputing), how come it can't load that page which weighs in at 200MB?
If it's a timeout issue, did anyone here manage to load the whole webpage (with a fast connection)?
My connection speed is 7Mb
As other people suggested, there is only 256MB of RAM available for applications. Also, while very few web pages are that big, still, because of the RAM limits, Safari on iPad dumps current page when you navigate to a new one. Later when you navigate back, iPad has to download the previous page again. So much for the best browsing experience ever
As other people suggested, there is only 256MB of RAM available for applications. Also, while very few web pages are that big, still, because of the RAM limits, Safari on iPad dumps current page when you navigate to a new one. Later when you navigate back, iPad has to download the previous page again. So much for the best browsing experience ever
That's not true. It only happens if you quit Safari and launch it again.
I can open multiple tabs/cards at the same time, they will all load separately, and when I switch to one of them it will not reload. It's all ready to view
Well, I do not know the details but with so little RAM, it's obvious that iPad will be dropping pages much more often than the laptops.