posted 14 years ago
If you're using FireFox, you might consider firing up some tools like FireBug and ySlow to see what's going on between client and server. I had a tree that when working in server mode would constantly dump 3MB down to the client, and that was unacceptable even on a LAN. But AJAX mode fixed that.
One thing that might make a difference is the depth vs. breadth of a tree, since the broader a level that's requested, the more nodes even an AJAX request has to send.
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.