On Nov 9, 9:24 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 7:32 AM -0800 11/5/2009, Thunder 1 wrote:>On Oct 31, 8:25 pm, Dan
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> At 3:05 PM -0700 10/31/2009, Thunder 1 wrote:
> > > >iMac C2Duo with 2GB RAM
> > > >Has anyone else had a problem getting msnbc sites to load?
> [snip]
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> "Every msnbc page"? There must be a million pages there.
>
> Ok. Today, <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/> loads in about 40 seconds. I
> see one (blocked) flash item. And there are TWO pop-under windows.
> One of those windows is empty and the other is filled with broken
> graphics icons (web server failed to provide the image). Safari's
> Activity window shows half a dozen graphics never loaded, on the main
> page. If I disable ClickToFlash, and reload that page, it never
> finishes loading.
>
> Looks like typical MS crapland to me. The page layout is rather
> poor. It's wider than my browser window - and widens more each time
> I enlarge the window. heh. Just noticed a section on that page
> called "Resource Guide". At first thought, I figured it was links to
> background information on the stories. Nope -- it's all advertising.
> LOL
>
> IMO, there are better places to get your news on the 'net. You don't
> need your news filtered thru MS goggles and craplets. NBC should be
> embarrassed..
>
> - Dan.
> --
> - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
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Thank you Dan for the confirmation that I was looking for. I use MSNBC
as
one of my news sources only because its the only one offered on my
Excite.com
Home Page for the Science & Tech articles I like to read. I will work
to find some
other news source as I continue my walk thru the public news
morass ...
Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that I have Earthlink DSL, which I am
very happy
with. Haven't had dial-up in over 10 years ...
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Hash Mac said "... i've had problems seeing the complete site i.e. it
often appears like raw
text before css formatting is applied. by any chance do you use a
hosts
file and/or Little Snitch and/or netbarrier and/or certain blocked
cookies
in any of your browser settings? I have alot of the galldarned
cookie-setting ad sites blocked in various of these mentioned above
and I
think it might possibly sometimes have something to do with
those ....
that's my best guess based on my own experiences w/ this stuff. I also
use
camino and firefox with addons like adblock, flashbock and noscript to
block
crap and bad things and I believe a combo off all these affect poorly
designed overly complexified site features like those at msnbc.
let us know if you think this is also part of your 'beneath the hood'
experience -- and good luck! "
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Not using any host files, Little Snitch, nor Netbarrier. I DO have
block
pop-ups as a preference in Safari, though sometimes pop-ups from
NetFlix seem to do an end run around that. I hate pop-ups, and feel
they are not only a pain in the neck, but an invasion of my privacy.
Thanks to all for the valuable info you all have provided.
Bill
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