Re: [squid-users] IE versus firefox problems

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.

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