[Novices] some web images (like google maps) won't load in Firefox

[Bruce Smith]

> There are certain images that just won't load in Firefox on Ubuntu 5 at 
> home - images such as map images on Google maps, and small icons in an 
> online FCKeditor-like html editor.  I can't imagine what's different 
> about those images, and I've made sure those sites are allowed to 
> download all images in Firefox, and so on.  They load fine in my FC3 
> machine in the office, and in Opera at home.  What could be going on?

Make sure both versions of Firefox are recent.

See what kind of images you are talking about (look at the HTML source).
i.e.  Maybe the image that doesn't load is flash and you don't have the
flash plugin installed on one PC?

> Also, I've noticed on occasion that Firefox will suddenly start taking 
> lots of CPU work just to switch tabs, open menu items, and so on.  Any 
> guesses why that might be?

I've seen that after using the acrobat reader plugin.  I usually run
"top" in a terminal window and kill the process using all the CPU.

 - BS