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

[Steve Petersen]

> Who started this anyway, and is your problem fixed?

I started it - thanks for the thoughts and suggestions.  No, the problem 
isn't yet fixed, but I think we're making progress.  I've quoted my 
original message below.

I tried the excellent suggestion of using Firefox under a new user 
account, and had no problems with google maps, so I suppose it must be a 
user setting somewhere.  I have the site explicitly allowed to send 
images, though (listed as both google.com and maps.google.com) so I'm 
not sure what else could be causing it.

I haven't yet tried strace for the other issue (Firefox's occasionally 
becoming a bizarre CPU hog).

Thanks again,
Steve

> Hey computer folks, I wonder if you can help me out with a small,
> strange problem.
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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?
> 
> Thanks, Steve