I just started implementing jQuery in the College site that I work on. I really like it, but on the pages I have used it on, I seem to get a 3-4 second lag sometimes. The puzzling thing is the "sometimes" part since this only happens about 25% of the time.

The first place I am running into this is on the homepage. I have implemented a content slider using jFlow. Sometimes when the page loads there is a 3-4 second lag when you can see all of the slides. I submitted this problem to the tutorial page where I learned how to make the content slider, but have received no response. All of the pictures in the content slider are pretty small, so I don't think that is causing the lag.

The second place where this problem happens is on a page where I have used a simple jQuery technique to stripe every other li in an unordered list. Again, about 25% of the time there is a 3-4 second lag before the striping effect kicks in. This is a very lighweight technique and there are no major graphics on the page so I don't know what is causing this.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

College Homepage with content slider: http://www.jalc.edu/
Striping issue page: http://www.jalc.edu/students.php
jFlow Content Slider tutorial: http://www.webdesignbooth.com/step-by-step-to-create-content-slider-using-jflow-a-minimalist-jquery-plugin/