Why is jQuery Ajax so slow on IE7?

Question

I am having a problem with jQuery AJAX calls on IE7. This simple code works fine on FF and Opera. But on IE7 it takes 3-5sec. - that's 20 times slower than FF! Loading content is pure HTML and inline JavaScript code. No JS rendering. I even turned of the inline JavaScript code. Bu still slow.

$('#block').load('some url');

How to overcome this problem ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

How to overcome this problem ? Any help would be highly appreciated.

Detect IE7 on page load, and provide a discrete suggestion that users who don't like slow loading should upgrade.