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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 11:00 pm
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ed1
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: TPA, PHL
Programs: NW: SE & WC
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Originally Posted by lin821
You just explained some of the "delay" of page loading I ran into occasionally. I used to think it's due to my light or unprecise touch of the mouse clicks while hastily moving between tabs/windows. (Yes, I have a handful of windows open but not as many as yours. I don't think I can handle more than 10. Don't you need at least 20 eyes to handle those 89 windows you open? ) I would always re-click the link if the destination page didn't load when I returned to it. (Hope you are following me.)

But I may have spoken too fast in terms of the free vs. paid FT. After reading your post, I tried to think of the recent FT ad/banners I saw. I couldn't think of any. Like I said, I am not techie enough to tweak the host thingy. (Yes, I read it somewhere before. ) I double check my Firefox Tools. I have the ....... Plus. (Don't recall if that's an add-on feature or what.) Usually I "implement" the IT tips that's useful to me from the articles/posts I read (from our FT, PC Mag or some lucky sighting ), then I forget about what/where/how I do (it). ()

My point is I am (essentially) using the free version without the ad (thanks to ....... Plus) and I don't have the issue of slow FT. If the ad server, as you had suggested, is one potential problem, we''ll need to know if Dovster and coachrowsey are on the paid FT (or if they use any adblocker). If they are on paid version, then we'll have to rule out this explanation.

ps. Sorry my posts tend to be long because I can only use the layman language to explain myself (and pretend that I think like a potential pro).
For many sites I use, especially FT, I keep several tabs open to make it easier to switch back and forth between different parts of the site. Here on FT I keep MyFT, Tech Index, My Subs page, NW forum index, several community index pages, ORP index, MR disc. index, MR deals index, my NW Aircraft seating table, FT airport look-up page, several http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk pages, and several interesting old forums to be read when time permits, and whatever reference materials I'm using at the time, all open in tabs in the Ff window. Most of the index pages I have set (in Ff) to auto-relaod, anywhere from every 5 to every 30 min. That way I have instant reference to several pages available without opening a new tab.
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