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Bug 41409 - ebuild list on left side of page should be in separate frame!
Summary: ebuild list on left side of page should be in separate frame!
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Infrastructure
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] gpackages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Kurt Lieber (RETIRED)
URL: http://packages.gentoo.org
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Reported: 2004-02-12 12:35 UTC by Craig Sowadski
Modified: 2011-11-11 15:59 UTC (History)
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Description Craig Sowadski 2004-02-12 12:35:57 UTC
It would be nice for some of us modem users if the huge ebuild list on the left side of the page didn't have to be reloaded everytime you click a link on the page. I beleive this can be done with frames. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.goto http://packages.gentoo.org
2.click on "search for packages by catagory"
3.left side of the page must be reloaded "wasting alot of uneeded bandwidth"



Expected Results:  
the left side shoud be in a seporate frame so the rest of the page can be
updated without loading the huge list
Comment 1 Kurt Lieber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-02-12 12:39:41 UTC
this would also be at the expense of compatibility for all/older browsers, which I don't think is in the overall best interests of the Gentoo community.  

Disabling images on that page would probably decrease your download times more than anything.  I believe most modern browers give you the ability to turn off image downloading.
Comment 2 Craig Sowadski 2004-02-12 15:52:01 UTC
I see your concern,, yet I liked the old package database better than one that takes a good 45 seconds to load a page everytime a link is pressed.. Maybe there is another solution?? How about only keeping 2 or 3 days of recent ebuilds in the list??

Craig
Comment 3 Craig Sowadski 2004-02-12 16:00:14 UTC
Even without images, each page seems to be about 150KB - 200KB of data.


Craig