[jQuery] Re: Slow response to AJAX calls in IE7

Are you sure it's the call? Or is it the response callback? Are you
doing something like writing to the DOM after the AJAX response? A
little code would be helpful to see what's going on.

On Jul 30, 7:05 pm, Justin <wald...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am developing quite a complex user interface in jQuery that relies
> on an AJAX call to retrieve JSON.
>
> We have noticed that the code runs slow in IE7. IE8 and IE6 are
> acceptable. Firefox and Chrome really quick.
>
> I have traced the problem back to the AJAX call, which IE7 seems slow
> to process. What takes less than a second in the other browsers will
> take IE7 3 or 4.
>
> I have googled for an answer it seems there is some consensus that the
> native XHR in IE7 is slow, so it may not be a specific jQuery problem.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> Does anyone have a solution? Please consider that this will be a
> public website, so the solution cannot involve altering settings on
> users' machines.