Hope we speak about the same.
Ja, sometimes the 1.8 GREs of my K-Meleon 1.5.x and my Thunderbird 2.0.x seem to linger. It does not happen often. When I notice undue delays? With K-Meleon I restart the browser, with Thunderbird I abort send mail and then press the send button again.
Greetings to the beautiful NLs
p.s. XP SP3, 4 GB RAM, AMD Dual Core CPU, Amilo Laptop.
smashingmagazine.com loaded imidiately for me.
Pictures that are not shown but page only shows placeholder?
Accidentely pressed F9 and toggled showing pics?
Press again & reaload.
Else normally damaged profile or add blocking css that prevents it?
Create a new profile with default settings and check with that.