Mysterious & Obnoxious "Window-Pane" Effect with Table

[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

 

[Steve Easton]

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