On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Amos Jeffries wrote: > Robin Mordasiewicz wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Amos Jeffries wrote: > > > >>> Robin Mordasiewicz ha scritto: > >>>> I have a site which will not load properly while I am using IE7, but > >>>> using > >>>> firefox it loads instantly. > >>>> > >>>> for example, while visting http://www.thestar.com IE will pause and wait > >>>> for a very long time for the site to open, while firefox is able to load > >>>> the page instantly. Can someone else verify for me wether or not they > >>>> are > >>>> seeing the same problem. > >>>> > >>>> http://www.thestar.com > >>>> > >>> I've noticed that on the right side there are two square areas where > >>> some images initially load. I used firefox to visit the site and > >>> everything went fine, but admittedly those two boxes needed a bunch of > >>> seconds to come up with content. > >>> Could it be that a difference in plugins between FF and IE ? > >>> > >> A quick check of the site presents me with *at least* 6 dynamic adverts or > >> multimedia objects just on the front page. The ads look like an > >> add-sharing include. Those could quite possibly be presenting the rest of > >> use with different content to the stuff that is troubling the original > >> user. > >> > > Amos, while visting the site with IE+squid did you notice that IE > > hangs/freezes for about a minute ? > > > > I did not use IE for that test. > FF did hang for a noticeable time when it should not have though. The > hang with browser title/status-bar set then super-fast display of page > title graphics, another small delay for the rest of the page. And more > short delays for each big object on the page. > Yeah, my problem is that IE hangs/freezes for almost 60 seconds, but firefox just shows a small delay. --
