Sent by Bob Osola on 31 December 2002 15:03
I am developing an ASP-driven intranet application served over SSL. All
clients are IE6. My usual way of including CSS files (for all apps, not
just intranet/IE6 ones) is:
<style type="text/css">@import ("filename.css");</style>
However, this method resulted in a noticeable unpleasant flicker on
pages with form elements. Such pages could be seen unstyled for a brief
moment before the CSS took effect. I have never seen this before, so
assumed it was perhaps related to a rendering slow-down caused by the
SSL overhead. In trying to cure it, I fooled with some JS hacks and
simplified the CSS (which was pretty basic stuff anyway), but still the
"before-and-after" effect remained. Then, on a whim, I tried referencing
the CSS file using the good old-fashioned method of:
<link rel="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" href="filename.css">
And, lo and behold, problem solved. The CSS was now applied
instantaneously, making the whole app feel much more responsive. So I
wondered: does the speed of CSS rendering differ in any other browsers
depending on which method is used to call the source file? Or have I
stumbled on an odd IE6 bug?
Regds,
Bob Osola.
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