Real slow reload of pages from Ebay on back button

[Guest]

Sorry if this has been done before.
Pages on item list at ebay slow slow to reload when I hit the back button
from viewing an indivudual item.
Okay when IE first starts, but gradually worsens till wait time gets to 4 -
5 seconds.
Internet connection running at normal speed. Delay is AFTER data received
and internet activiety has stopped - PC seems to 'think about it' before
displaying page.
I have run both Spybot and Adaware plus virus Checker and found nothing
untoward.
Have also duplicated sequence simultaneously with Mozilla Firefox which
displays almost instantly - so have concluded that not is not a prob with
eBay's site
I'm Running XP SP2 and IE6 with 576kps Broadband.
Many thanks in anticipation...
Rog

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

....

Have also duplicated sequence simultaneously with Mozilla Firefox which
displays almost instantly - so have concluded that not is not a prob with
eBay's site

Why? Have you made Firefox use IE as its User-Agent
and also disabled ActiveX on IE? (I understand that Firefox
does not support ActiveX and guess that ebay will still be using
it for IE browsers.) A related test would be to use maximum
prompting with both (assuming that's possible with Firefox)
just to check how identical the processing is for each browser.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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[Guest]

Why?
Downloaded Firefox in desperation since IE became so slow [need to browse
those auctions quickly!] and I'm not comparing them for any academic reason -
if I can get IE going again Firefox can go back in it's lair.
I'm off to try disabling Active X to see if it does the trick ...and will
report back

Roger L

 

[Tom]

My wife has had the same problem for several weeks now. I have tried
everything I could think of and nothing has improved it permanently, only
for a short while. We share a DSL connection through a Linksys router,
doing the same searches on my system seems to work fairly well, about as
expected. Only difference in the PC's is mine is a P4 2.4 and hers is a
Celeron 2.4.
Tom

 

[Maria]

My wife has had the same problem for several weeks now. I have tried
everything I could think of and nothing has improved it permanently, only
for a short while. We share a DSL connection through a Linksys router,
doing the same searches on my system seems to work fairly well, about as
expected. Only difference in the PC's is mine is a P4 2.4 and hers is a
Celeron 2.4.
Tom

I had something similar.
As your problem worsens over time it looks like continuously growing files.

Have you tried re-setting your Internet Options > Temporary Internet File >
Settings from o Always to
o Automatic?

Also Internet Options > Advanced > Tick
In Browing
o Close Unused Folders In History and Favourates

In securiyty tick
o Empty Temporary Internet Files When Browser is closed.

Curious if this works for yoy too!

Maria