Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:46:05 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: benchmark <zslist@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firefox slow/hang load images and yahoo mail Message-ID: <426EB69D.6030901@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <a0082888050426143464a3a149@mail.gmail.com> References: <a0082888050426143464a3a149@mail.gmail.com>
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benchmark wrote: [ ... ] > A few problems I noticed: > a) firefox is very slow loading any site with images. For example, > loading www.nyt.com, the text content comes up very quickly, but then > it takes forever to load the images. > > My question: is this a problem with my graphics or it's firefox? it > seemed to me to be a problem with firefox. Some of the adservers used on websites don't respond correctly to IPv6 AAAA queries, and cause DNS timeouts. Try running bind with the -4 option to disable IPv6, and see whether that helps, and/or try switching to using a different nameserver, if you are using someone elses (ie, your ISP's). -- -Chuck
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