[Typo3] Tmenu Performance Issue

[Rob De Vries]

Hey Sandy,

this is a well known issue.
your page size without the menu is 12.73KB
Your page size with the menu is 438.84KB

2. Will more levels produce more overhead and therefore slower speed?
In this case, definatly

1. Is there a way of speeding this up?
yep, replace the huge hunk of code with a simple ext JS and style your 
menu with a ext style sheet (css)

You could use some of the techniques explained in here 
http://tinyurl.com/53t9l
(my first post isn't the best solution after all)

I would also like to point out that a table isn't the best way to build 
a menu. Using a list is a better solution. Take a look at this 
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/
You can achieve better results with a list,  it is easyer to style your 
menu and it makes your website also more accesible.
Even if you don't care that your website validates as 4.01 or xhtml, 
most of there 'techniques' will increase your website size and improve 
your website loading speed.

hope it is of some help

rob