Can anyone using Linux Mint 10 do a test for me please?

[JB]

Could you try accessing www.nationwide.co.uk with Firefox under Mint 10 and see if the page loads OK? There seems to be a bit of JS that is causing the page load to hang. It's OK with an older Ubuntu version and with Windows.

The site is OK because I can get to the log-in page by typing the second level URL directly.

Thanks,

JB.

[Rik]

It's quite sluggish in Windows, JB. They do have server capacity problems at busy times, Fridays and pay days particularly.

[davej99]

JB.

Overall Firefox/Mint 10 seems to load at the same speed as IE8/Vista - about 3 seconds. But in Firefox/Mint, the green status bar does not go to completion and shows "Transfering data" for 5 minutes or so until it shows "Read." IE/Vista goes to completion as normal. On re-load there is no difference. BBC loads at about the same speed but goes to completion in both cases. So it does point to an issue with Mint/Nationwide. The tests were simultaneous on different systems. The Mint Nationwide test straddled the Vista test.

Dave

[JB]

Thanks Rik, yes it can be slow at times.

Thanks Dave, that is exactly what I am getting with FF & Linux Mint 10. As you say, working OK in Windoze. Going straight to the Sign On URL of https://olb2.nationet.com/AppServices/SignOn/SignOnProcess/Default.aspx?ID=3e works fine in Mint.

It's not a problem because the Sign On page is working and after that all is well. I always use linux to access any banking or finance sites, haven't made a Windows logon for a long time.

Cheers,

JB.

[Ted]

Oddly enough, I installed Mint 10 on my spare machine, yesterday. That page does eventually load, but takes several minutes. Mind you, it's just the same on my main box, running Mandriva 2010.

[Bill]

Just for info, loads in a snap on this Mac with Opera, Safari and Camino (haven't got FireFox).

[JB]

Yes, it loads in a snap for me on Windows!

And in fact it is *now* loading in a snap on Mint as well 

I wonder if there was a strange error on the page which has now been corrected?

[MisterW]

I use Ubuntu 10.04 and Firefox and have noticed that often the www.nationwide.co.uk page is slow to load. I log in via the sign on url but it tries to display www.nationwide.co.uk when you log out and quite often it is VERY slow to display

[JB]

I log in via the sign on url but it tries to display www.nationwide.co.uk when you log out and quite often it is VERY slow to display

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