Applet Slow, Laggin ... Image handling, etc.

I had an applet developed and its slow to respond. When I click a item it takes few seconds for the data to show.
1) What things are available for testing the performance of an applet? What things could make an applet run slow?
2) This applet will need to handle lots of images (1000-2000 @ 25-50k in size). What is the best way to handle image display in an applet to improve speed and performance? Can they be stored in the server memory or an index so that they can be retrieved faster than being pulled from the file system?
3) Is webstart faster than applet?
Any suggestions on how to improve the applet performance would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.

First you need to test your applet locally on your workstation running all on the same host to eliminate network and browser problems. If the applet is fast enough, the problem is your client/server connection or your browser.

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JustSomeGuy wrote:
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