Bug 11835 - www.thestar.com sites very slow to load, but instant in Camino
Summary: www.thestar.com sites very slow to load, but instant in Camino
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Page Loading (show other bugs)
Version: 420+
Hardware: Mac OS X 10.4
: P2 Major
Assignee: Nobody
URL: http://www.thestar.com/
Keywords: NeedsReduction
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-12-14 19:58 PST by Peter
Modified: 2022-07-06 15:52 PDT (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Peter 2006-12-14 19:58:09 PST 
www.thestar.com is a good example.. it hangs where a bunch are completed and waiting for the last one.. then slow again on loading the page..

Using Camino, the site responds right away and loads fast.
Comment 1 Alexey Proskuryakov 2006-12-14 22:34:42 PST 
Confirmed. Safari blocks a redirect while trying to load a subresource from another domain (because the server doesn't respond), while Firefox goes on.

This subresource is loaded via an Image object:

var img = new Image();

img.src = "http://te.thestar.com/blank.gif?0.8177388644859841&snippet_version=1.2&referrer=&page=http%3A//www.thestar.com/&timezone=-180&var_PageCategory=/thestar/Homepage";

location.href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&inifile=futuretense.ini&c=Page&cid=968332188492&pubid=968163964505 &pubid=968163964505"; // blocks here
Comment 2 Graham Perrin 2008-11-01 19:27:57 PDT 
http://www.thestar.com/ seems fine to me using WebKit-SVN-r38064.dmg on Mac OS X 10.5.5.
Comment 3 Alexey Proskuryakov 2008-11-02 11:31:57 PST 
The site works for me now, too, but I do not know if the root cause has been resolved. Someone should try making a test case from the discussion above.