> I am in Australia, and have had this problem with EBay Australia from time > to time. Like Andrew, I am on slow 28.8 K dial-up, use IE 5.1.7 and OS9.2.2 > > It first started about a year ago(?) after EBay changed the way they > structured their site and changed the way pages are delivered. I emailed > them at the time complaining about them implementing an untested change. > > I believe that the problem is a timing problem, between the EBay site > content and JavaScript or whatever language these > advertisement-heavy/database-lookup sites use these days. > > It regularly takes 45 sec just to get the EBay logon page to load, which is > ridiculous considering how simple the page should and could be, but for some > reason they seem to refresh every element of the page every time. > > Anyway, no wonder that IE occasionally looses track of where its up to when > rendering pages. I suspect that there is a 'timeout' somewhere in IE or > Java or 9.2.2 or ? that stops the page from displaying fully. > > On days when EBay is working 'quickly' and the phone line is running at its > maximum, there is no problem with incomplete loads - its slow, but they do > complete. > > I say a timing problem. > > Peter
I tend to agree. As I said in my post, try disabling JavaScript & see what happens. As far as I can tell, the core functionalities are still intact. (One exception is that instead of being directed to your My Ebay page straight away, you go to a redirect page that doesn't automatically go on after a few seconds; you have to click on a link. But that just happens at the beginning of your session, so no big whoop for me. There may be other things, though.) Mozilla 1.3.1 does the same thing when JS is deselected in the preferences. -- Bill Art page: <http://geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
