Originally Posted by JRF
It would appear that the popup add has some type of code in it that causes the rest of the FT to load after the popup has loaded. By blocking the popup, FT does not finish loading.
Actually, the page will still load, but only after a long delay. That's what I meant in the OP - if the page hangs during loading, put your cursor in the address bar and hit the "enter" or "return" key on your keyboard, and the page loads much more quickly than simply waiting for the "hang" to end.