Safari extremely slow opening one web page, Firefox not.

Safari takes 25 seconds to open (http://www.caarc.ca/news.php) or from the same site, (http://www.caarc.ca/e107plugins/forum/forumviewforum.php?2 ) , while Firefox takes less than a second.
I have implemented the following from forum discussions;
- Installed the open DNS Servers
-Reset the top 5 buttons for Safari reset
-tried changing from 64 to 32 bit
-Rosetta is not installed
- checked the ~library... etc for plugins, there are none.
It is probably something form this site or similar sites but there must be a fix
Thanks for any help

Tuco09 wrote:
Safari takes 25 seconds to open (http://www.caarc.ca/news.php) or from the same site, (http://www.caarc.ca/e107plugins/forum/forumviewforum.php?2 ) , while Firefox takes less than a second.
I have implemented the following from forum discussions;
- Installed the open DNS Servers
-Reset the top 5 buttons for Safari reset
-tried changing from 64 to 32 bit
-Rosetta is not installed
- checked the ~library... etc for plugins, there are none.
It is probably something form this site or similar sites but there must be a fix
Thanks for any help
Both sites opened nearly instantaneously for me. However I have constant problems with websites like eBay and others. The open DNS server thing doesn't work. It's a Microsoft-like workaround that I think is bogus and is a strawman by certain individuals that inhabit this board to make it seem like Apple does no wrong. Safari has its issues, one of which is this random issue with opening websites.

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