Closed Bug 346102 Opened 18 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Firefox is slow on www.bigfootcomputers.com

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

2.0 Branch
x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: graham.knap, Unassigned)

References

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Details

(Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 5-15-2010])

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1b1) Gecko/20060726 BonEcho/2.0b1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1b1) Gecko/20060726 BonEcho/2.0b1

Firefox is slow to display pages on www.bigfootcomputers.com

I believe this is script-related, because disabling scripting (using the NoScript extension) solves the problem -- but then the site's functionality is severely reduced.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to www.bigfootcomputers.com with scripting enabled

Actual Results:  
The page is partially displayed, then Firefox seems to freeze for several seconds, then the page is displayed properly and works properly.

Expected Results:  
Long delays during page load/display shouldn't happen.

This is especially annoying on slow systems, e.g. Pentium III 1GHz. It's less noticeable, but still annoying, on faster systems, e.g. AthlonXP 2500+.

I don't think this bug is platform-specific, as I've seen it on both Windows and Linux.

I'm running a Bon Echo nightly as I write this, but this bug also affects Firefox 1.5.
URL gives me a 403 Forbidden message
That's very strange. It works fine for me.

Could you try it again, or could someone else try it?
I tried Venkman's profiling feature. It clearly pointed the blame at:

http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/Merchant2/menus/transmenuC.js

That script is originally from here:

http://youngpup.net/2004/transmenus/project
This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode
Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 5-15-2010]
Version: unspecified → 2.0 Branch
You might as well go ahead and close this bug. The website on which I originally noticed the problem no longer exists.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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