Re: Slashdot strangeness

In article <cd6a0ef054.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>,
Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
> In message <54e917b892bbailey@argonet.co.uk>
> Brian <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> >In article <68c6ebe854.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>,
> > Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
> >> I've noticed many times recently that sometimes, when I double-click
> >> the hotlist entry for Slashdot, the window opens, the throbber goes
> >> round, but nothing arrives, nor does it time out. When this happens,
> >> if I click stop, put the caret in the URL bar and press Return, the
> >> page is fetched.
> >
> >> Does anyone else see the same symptoms? This is on an Iyonix, RO
> >> 5.22, 512 MiB RAM, and with various recent CI versions (I check for
> >> a new CI version daily) over at least 2 weeks.
> >
> >> I am aware that Slashdot has had some problems recently (hardware
> >> failure), though I'd have thought they would be over by now.
> >
> >> I haven't noticed any other site show these symptoms. It doesn't
> >> happen every time.
> >
> >> http://slashdot.org
> >
> >> Dave
> >
> >Yes, it does that here too. VRPC, RISC OS 4.02.

Still happening here! #2869

> Just to bring this to a close, from my POV anyway...

> I didn't want to raise a bug report until I had something more
> substantial for the developers to work on - after all, the symptoms
> could have been caused by a local problem. However, more recent
> builds haven't exhibited the problem at all.

> Dave

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