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Old 16-04-08, 06:03 PM   #181
 
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Re: Slow page loading times

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Yep, I still get hangs during page loading on firefox. It's not a crash because the program still responds, it's like the rendering engine or something just stops. I've tried using Opera and it's blisteringly fast, a real breath of fresh air.

Re-installing Firefox didn't help, I think it must be a browser issue. A shame because Firefox has been brilliant, I don't want to use anything else!
I have had this issue with Firefox and tend to find that every few weeks i will use a program called Firetune which basically speeds things back up rather then doing a uninstall and reinstall.

The other choice is try and use K-Meleon whcih i find is MUCH MUCH quicker than firefox.

Hope this helps anyone would still love to know why it is firefox only started acting this way once i moved over to Sky?

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Old 16-04-08, 07:42 PM   #182
 
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Re: Slow page loading times

FireFox has had a few problems with the last 2 or 3 upgrades, they have made things worse instead of better. I have the idea that most of their work is going into FireFox3 and version 2 is just being kept going until 3 is ready for general release.

I'll give K-meleon a try and see how it compares

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Old 19-04-08, 02:14 PM   #183
 
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Re: Slow page loading times

My page loading has seemed slow for days,

My ISP is 90.198.219.20
living in Plymouth

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Old 29-04-08, 01:11 PM   #184
 
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Old 30-04-08, 02:46 PM   #185
 
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Re: Slow page loading times

can anyone one tell me how to put a post on this site so i can get some info on things i want to find out

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Re: Slow page loading times

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I have had this issue with Firefox and tend to find that every few weeks i will use a program called Firetune which basically speeds things back up rather then doing a uninstall and reinstall.
thanks for the tip, firetune did what all the recommended speed hacks failed to do.
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Re: Slow page loading times

Hi all,

I've been having really slow speeds for the past day or two now and I'm getting fed up.

This isn't just for loading pages in Firefox, this is for everything. Check http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/12098316954155884104.html] these speed test results. What I don't get though, is that my router says its connected at 3MB down and 448kbs up, which is about the norm for it (connect package btw).

I've tried resetting it a couple of times, but it makes no difference. Any thoughts on what could be going on?

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GunForHire - please change your profile as it states you are on base at the moment.
the speed issue could be down to throttling (by BT) / bad profile (if you use an extention, it may have triggered a change in your profile, which takes upto 3 day to correct) or a wireless issue

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