That's precisely the point -- when it comes to the [Awards/StarAlliance] Method, the KVS Tool is a [specialized] web browser, so it cannot possibly be slower than another browser (such as MSIE) on the same machine/connection, unless there is something there is something interfering with it. Furthermore, being a text-based browser it should be (and typically is) faster.
OK, but is it purely just connecting direct to the ANA website? If so is there something in your coding that is slower that the latest FF/Chrome/IE browsers?? There seems to be a lot of 'connecting' and 'waiting' involved in the process judging by the progress bar at the bottom that just doesn't happen when using my webbrowser.
I've just tried again with three attempts on each method and it is routintely taking betwen 4-5 seconds for a search on the ANA website (either fresh or changing day) and is taking 20-25 seconds to do the same search in KVS. If the
only thing it is doing is going directly from my computer to the ANA website then I can't understand how it takes longer
