fedora and firefox ... what am I doing wrong?

[Skunk Worx]

David Timms wrote:
> Skunk Worx wrote:
>> I am using FC5 and firefox. I keep it yum updated.
> 1.5.0.1 ?

Yes.

> 
>> Suppose I go to npr.org, then search for linux related stories.
>>
>> Now I click on one in the return list, say :
>>
>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5289411
> Their home page and that page load fine (front page has lots of images 
> and takes about ten seconds).
> 

My athlon XP box loads the main page in about 4-5 seconds, the search 
page in about 4-5 seconds, and the article of interest in about 3 
seconds. I should have mentioned the article title is "Hundred-Dollar 
Laptop Draws Skeptics".

>> There is a SMIL link at the top. Click it.
> Can't find that link at all: need more info to try to confirm... Can you 
> describe the link position in millimetres from top and left ?
> 

There is a button-shaped, red icon with text "Listen", with a little 
graphic of a speaker. When that gets clicked, firefox downloads a SMIL 
file to /tmp. Hovering the mouse over the icon shows :

javascript:getMedia('ME', '20-Mar-2006', '6', 'RM,WM');

...in the lower left of FF.

Clicking the icon is currently exhibiting the problem for me about 1/3 
tries. It was every time earlier.

> ...
>> Has anyone else seen this problem?
> No. Once the page is up, if you do a ctrl-i, and look at the links and 
> media, what types of files is the site using ?
> 
> DaveT.
> 

Mine is still doing it...I can duplicate this at will, just by trying a 
few times.

I am seeing this on many sites, many file types. Other stories on NPR do 
this as well. Always the situation where I am clicking on 
helper-application related content.

Now that I have RealPlayer 10 installed (and the requisite 
libstdc++-33), I notice that the hang occurs when retrieving the SMIL.

Once the SMIL is in downloads, I can open it every time, instantly.

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John