Randy C'mon even YOU have more hair than that Popeye character.

Great to hear the front page is getting such a good rap - my comment (and others) is why does each internal page need a large FT graphic (as well as paid banner) that takes up most of the screen, when less deep sized navigation tabs worked fine before?

Still very slow today for me, to echo last few posts of Premex and Chuck.

I am not technical minded at all, but do wonder if those smiley/emoticon flash banners are slowing things? You may recall there was a huge sized banner a year or so back that many reported slowing things. When Dan/Mikel got rid of it, reports were things sped up for many users.

Those smileys (apart from being incredibly irritating) seem to take over the screen, and even when you navigate to send an email to members, or similar off board stuff, seem to 'overhang' that page, so I have Little doubt there is a VERY large amount of graphics and code in them compared to the more usual static banners.

If the ad company is paying you many times more than usual for the smileys, and that pays the bills ...... more power to you. But if they are only paying regular rates can someone PLEEZE ask for a change of scenery?