[CS-FSLUG] Mozilla stupidity

[Don Parris]

I always create a local homepage with links I normally use.  I do
still use bookmarks, but mainly just include links to local
news/weather - things like that.  I guess blank pages just don't make
much sense to me. :)


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:46:39 -0500, Ed Hurst <ehurst at asisaid.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:38:47 -0500
> Mark Dalton <mwd at cray.com> wrote:
> 
> > Ed Hurst wrote:
> >
> > >Does anyone know how I can prevent Mozilla making dns queries before
> > >it opens a window? When I start it, the stupid thing hangs for 90
> > >seconds or longer trying to resovle some queries that make no sense,
> > >simply because I have a dnscache running. Seems to me an Internet app
> > >has no business making queries before it's running.
> > >
> > My first guess would be.. your home page.. since I don't see this
> > behavior. I would make sure you have a blank home page then, versus it
> > trying to access mozilla.org or other sites.
> 
> Thank you for your suggestion. Did that years ago, because I hate
> homepages. Further, from my primitive understanding of tcpdump, it's
> trying to access localhost on oddball ports that are closed by firewall
> (?).
> 
> 
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