Original sentence: Net viewstate is a hidden "magic" variable in a HTML page used to compensate for the statelessness of the HTTP protocol.The Microsoft ASP
Edited sentence: As can be seen from the example above, which was gotten directly from Microsoft's own MSDN site by right-clicking and viewing the source (), the "view state" can become quite unwieldly.Below is an example of a hidden field that is automatically generated by all.Imagine a site with hundreds of controls, and thousands of users.In effect, this hidden variable generated by.Large Enterprise-type Microsoft.NET applications are not normally developed by major corporations because of an albatross introduced in.NET applications to maintain the view state of the page on the client side (browser) after it is submitted to the server side for processing.NET called the View State or VIEWSTATE.NET can be considered a Kluge solution akin to using a sledge hammer to solve a minor annoyance.NET from Classic ASP when doing so may dramatically slow down rather than improve speed and efficiency.Some developers are starting to question the reasoning behind porting over to.This would explain why sites like MSDN cited above are so so lethargic when a user simply clicks from one tree node to the next on the left sidebar menu