Question

I have a big performance issue in IE6 even with javascript turned-off.
It’s strange because sometimes when the page is loaded, the header is floated next to the footer, or slideshow is over the the content.

I wonder if someone had same or similiar issues in IE6 and if i minify a generated source code into a one-line, will it help somehow to gain loadspeed in that browser ?

-Want to mention that it should be compatible with ie6 so please, do not post a messages like – use modern browsers.

The problem was in MS png fixer inside css. Even if i turned off a javascript, it still works, so when i removed css lines with ms filter for png transparency, it starts working like it should.

Thanks for any submits.

Answer 1

I doubt that removing newlines would increase the speed in any noticeable fashion.

That is, the performance issues are likely not caused by line count but rather the size/number/type/cost of the elements/operations after the parsing.

The actual lexer that handles the newlines should see them no differently in the stream than any other character. Depending on exactly what context “source” means newlines have some effect semantically at the parser:

1. CSS: none (ignoring embedded newlines)
2. HTML: possible new text-nodes or different content
3. JavaScript: automatic semicolon insertion (or embedded newlines)

However, there is no reason not to try a minified version quickly to see if it makes a difference and, more importantly, to satisfy your curiosity 😉 I would definitely heed the other suggestions as well, such as checking the page (everything) for validity.

Happy coding.