No connection issues. I had that problem with page loading too. What's so annoying is that its inconsistent. When that happens I hit the back button then the forward button and it loads in seconds. Otherwise I could wait as long as five minutes and I run FF5. I think it has something to do with page rendering.

It could be. Sometimes a page loads slowly if someone is posting at the same time. I've had that happen here and with so many members on different sites its entirely possible.

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add-ons

Ad-Block

No Script

I have gone through this from time to time. I disable everything and start turning them back on one at a time. Every time, it turned out to be an add-on.

Of course, I don't use them any more, because Yrag scolded me on the use of them and I would never do anything to merit such a scolding again. So I steer clear of ALL add-ons. Every last one. Honest.  Really and true.

What?!!?!

This says nothing to the "too many variables" problem. I use multiple browsers and have only flirted with a handful of Firefox add-ons (other than the ones they push via updates, and those don't fit my definition of add-on no matter what the UI says).

I mostly use Opera these days, and if simple infrastructure glitches aren't to blame for the occasional forum burp, it's more likely that I'm 'undermining my web experience' by using Opera's ability to block 'content' from third-party domains like Google analytics.

Same here for me in spite of a decidedly crappy internet connection.

Don't have any add-ons. Nope. Not a one. Like I said...it isn't consistent. Thing is it doesn't happen on any other site.

Can't be my settings. this site is slow for me no matter what computer I use. Perhaps I'm expecting the site to be as fast responding as Facebook and that's the issue.

As some of us have indicated we are not having problems.  Just must be one of those things that makes folks wonder 'why me'.