I am afraid the same symptom does still occur under feisty now. Exactly the same work around still works as well although the regexp is slightly different of course, due to a newer version of FF:
# dodgy redirect delay bug for FF2.0 under ubuntu BrowserMatch "Firefox/2.*Ubuntu" no-gzip Can anyone else confirm this? ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Rejected => Unconfirmed -- firefix 2.0 slow redirect under ssl with gzip https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/76262 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs