operation of IE6sp1 on winME

Hello:
For past month or so -noticing on websites with a lot of content ie.
NYTimes,Huffington Post - the site intially loads quickly (cox cable isp)
then there is a pause and the status bar shows another download occuring.
That 2nd dload is 9/10 complete and again there is long pause during which
current page is not active. Does not respond to input, etc. After 20/30
seconds page again becomes active - but shortly thereafter again goes dead.

Any inputs seem to have backed up - and if I tried to scross to no effect -
when page/site again is alive multiple scrolls up and down come on together.
Not a good experience.

Downloaded Opera, vs. 9.6 and selected it as default browser. For an hour
or so - ran fine with none of the on again off again I described in IEvs.
6. However, when I tried to re-open Opera browser neither it or IE6 would
open. Eventually Internet Explorer showed notice asking if I wanted it to
be default browser. Which got me back to same delayed receipt of those
sites.

Is there conflict if Opera and IE6 installed on same machine>? thoughts on
what is going on with IE6?
My operating system not supported by IE7?

thanks
Barry

"bardot861" <bardot861.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:u28Db4HZJHA.3844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hello:
> For past month or so -noticing on websites with a lot of content ie.
> NYTimes,Huffington Post - the site intially loads quickly (cox cable isp)
> then there is a pause and the status bar shows another download occuring.


Perhaps an ad?


> That 2nd dload is 9/10 complete and again there is long pause during which
> current page is not active. Does not respond to input, etc. After 20/30
> seconds page again becomes active - but shortly thereafter again goes dead.


Are you blocking ads in any way?


>
> Any inputs seem to have backed up - and if I tried to scross to no effect -
> when page/site again is alive multiple scrolls up and down come on together.
> Not a good experience.


That sounds good to me. Stacking input sounds better than having it
thrown away.


>
> Downloaded Opera, vs. 9.6 and selected it as default browser. For an hour
> or so - ran fine with none of the on again off again I described in IEvs.
> 6. However, when I tried to re-open Opera browser neither it or IE6 would
> open. Eventually Internet Explorer showed notice asking if I wanted it to
> be default browser. Which got me back to same delayed receipt of those
> sites.
>
> Is there conflict if Opera and IE6 installed on same machine>?


Options, Programs tab. Uncheck:
Tell me if Internet Explorer is not the default web browser.



> thoughts on what is going on with IE6?


Network delay or a web site's strategy for dealing with ad blockers.
Plus proof that you *can* stack input. Good to know.


> My operating system not supported by IE7?


Get XP or Vista if you want to use IE7 or greater.


>
> thanks
> Barry


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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