Hi, Katie, It's 5.2.3 for the Mac. Both the download page and the upload page seem to take a little less time to load with my IE than Netscape or Firefox, but the big difference is when I renew the books I've downloaded to work on. I can renew a back, it"back" aftert I get the thank you and instantly get back to my list. with Netscape and even firefox I have to wait in between while the page reloads. Cindy --- Katie Star <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > HI Cindy, > > That is interesting. I use IE and have always found > that page to take a long > time to load. I usually use the shift enter to > browse other links from that > page. > > What version of IE are you using? The version may > make a difference. I'm > using Version: 6.0.2900.2180. > > > Katie Hill > Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in > opposition to > > what we know of Nature. > > -St. Augustine > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Cindy > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 11:10 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Why Does Reloading > Pages Take So Long? > > I don't know if my experience will bear any relation > to yours or not, because I don't know if you have to > use a particular browser. I've found that Netscape > and > Firefox are much slower than IE when I'm dealing > with > the page one and especially page two, which I use > more. With IE, I can renew my book, go back to the > list and and renew again almost instantly. With > Netscape and Firefox it takes, as you describe > below, > almost as long as to open the list originally. > > Cindy > > --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I was just wondering: When I first load the Step > > One page, or do an author search by clicking on > one > > of the letters and browsing through the names, it > > takes a good while to load the first time. But > when > > I look at a book on the Step One page to decide > > whether I want to take it or not, then alt-left > > arrow back to the Step One page, or look at an > > author and alt-left arrow back to the list of > > authors under a specific letter, it seems to take > > just as long as it did originally. I haven't > timed > > it exactly, but it's close if not exactly as long. > > > I have checked my temporary internet files disk > > allocation and it is at 3% - which is 1.2 gigs out > > of a 40 gig drive. Shouldn't these pages load > faster > > the second time I try to go to them? Isn't that > > what these temporary folders are for, to enable > > faster loading of pages already visited? I would > > think it would pop back up right away, being on my > > hard drive. Isn't that how it works? > > > > Thanks for any enlightenment. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in > the subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.