Re: [squid-users] IE versus firefox problems

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 ?

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