Java Frame Loads REALLY slow ONCE A day

[TrevorK]

Users in my office are having problems loading our intranet page ( [L=]http://intranet.wd.gc.ca[/L] ) the FIRST time they start their computers everyday. If they turn there computers on later on in the day again, it works fine. If they restart, it works fine. They are using Win95 and IE 5.0.

It seems to be hanging on the java applet menu. Anyone come across something like this before and know the solution?

Thanks

 

[Ladi]

Java applets tend to exhibit this behavior when they are first loaded because the Java Virtual Machine must start, the applet must be downloaded to the local machine, and the applet executed. In general, I would recommend that if there is any way to do without the applet, to recode the page using some other solution.

~Ladi

 

[RedRooster]

Yup, like Ladi said, the applet is compiled on the client machine the first time they run it. It's odd that it happens every day though, perhaps there cache is getting flushed everyday automatically, therefore forcing the machines to re-download the applet everyday when they access it for the first time.
For smaller enterprises, a Java solution makes sense as it won't load the server very much at all.