Mysterious & Obnoxious "Window-Pane" Effect with Table

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Jim Wilson

When I break my page into two tables for faster display, I
suddenly get a very unprofessional transparent "window-
pane" effect because the cell backgrounds suddenly become
the last elements to display.

Does anyone know what causes this - and if there is
anything I can do about it?



Here are a couple of examples of what I mean:
(be sure to clear your cache between them).

One table: Slow but correct display
http://www.hamiltonwolcott.com/tests/testpage_1t.htm

Two tables: Faster, but incorrect display
http://www.hamiltonwolcott.com/tests/testpage_2t.htm

TIA for any suggestions,

Jim
 
Because the background image for the
"inner" table is 321 by 321
and 9kb in size while the page background
image is 96 by 96 and 2kb in size.
On a server that allows you one port 80
connection the page background loads and
displays first because it is the first called.
If allowed multiple port 80 connections it still
loads / displays first because it is smaller.

Try to reduce the file size of the background image
for the "inner" table.

hth
 
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