Finding this site really slow

I think the forums are an excellent resource, but lately have
been frustrated with how slow I'm finding page loads these days. Is
anyone else experiencing difficulties? Even typing text into the
input boxes has a frustrating time delay.

bregent wrote:
>>Even typing text into the input boxes has a
frustrating time delay.
>
>
> As Bonnie suggested, nntp is a better way to access this
group. If you must
> use the forums (like me) try using Firefox. I've noticed
that it doesn't have
> the same slow text inputting problem that IE sometimes
does.
>
Firefox also seems to save the contents of a form if you use
the back
arrow after a failed post
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