I’ve seen inconsistent load times for Google Apps Script gadgets on my Google Sites. There seem to be two visible phases to the gadget loading process – a “blank” period, and a period with a “loading” animation. Can anyone explain the relationship between these two phases? I suspect but have no way of knowing that my code does not begin to execute until the loading animation is complete. Is this true?
My scripts seem to perform relatively consistently once they reach the loading animation. I have reviewed the available documentation on optimizing performance for Google Apps Scripts, and I have been able to get reasonable load times for my requirements, but the gadget sometimes spends a long time – over 60 seconds – with no content prior to the loading animation appearing.
I have one page with three Google Apps Script gadgets on them, with three very different performance profiles. I am loading data from a spreadsheet in two of them, but I need to iterate through Google Contacts in another which takes quite a bit longer. It appears to me that once one of these scripts hits the “loading” animation, they all begin executing fairly quickly, but nothing I do as a developer influences the time prior to the loading animation.
Interesting question. But I’m afraid there’s really nothing else that we can do.
Well, besides complaining with Google 🙂
I guess you should open an “Enhancement request” on the issue tracker.