Using IE7 on Win XP Pro SP3 here. I've noticed that most of the PM tabs I open never stop loading -- there's always one more item remaining according to the status bar. It seems like it may be tied to the amount of data being displayed, as e.g. replying to a node, looking at my settings, etc. do not exhibit this behavior. But long threads, Newest Nodes, The Monastery Gate, SoPW, etc. almost always do. So I was wondering if anyone else has seen something similar? One theory is is could be my JavaScript and CSS settings (listed below wrapped in a readmore tag). Another theory is it has something to do with the ISA servers (Microsoft's Firewall and Proxy server product) or the Firewall Client we are using here. Anyway, I thought I would ask as I am really getting tired of that Vista-like spinning circular busy indicator (though I suppose an hourglass really would look worse, still....). Thanks in advance!

SOLVED: As tye indicates in Re: Forever Loading (Community Ads), removing the Community Ads nodelet solved the problem. You can remove it in your Nodelet Settings.

Display Settings: 

/* Not sure why I added this. */
.code { overflow: auto; }


/* Ignore these users */
tr.pmnote-xxxxxx { display: none; } /* xxx  */
tr.pmnote-xxxxxx { display: none; } /* xxx  */
tr.pmnote-xxxxxx { display: none; } /* xxx  */
tr.pmnote-xxxxxx { display: none; } /* xxx  */


/* Increase size of text input areas. */
textarea { width: 100%; height: 25em; }
table.user-settings, 
.user-settings textarea { width: 100%; }


/* Ignore xxxx that works with Firefox */
/*
tr.pmnote-xxxxxx td.reply-body:first-child:before { content: string("I
+gnoring Cop"); }
tr.pmnote-xxxxx td.reply-body * { display: none !important; }
*/

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And for my freenodelet: 

<script type="text/javascript">
// Move nodelets to the left side.
function move_nodelets_to_left() {
   var td = document.getElementById('nodelet_container').parentNode;
   var tr = td.parentNode;
   tr.insertBefore(td, tr.firstChild);
   }

// Execute our snippets after the page is parsed.
var old_onload = window.onload;
window.onload = function() {
   if (old_onload != null)
      old_onload();

   move_nodelets_to_left();

   // Add other free nodelet functions here.
   };
</script>
!-- TABLE FOLLOWS -->

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In reply to Forever Loading by Argel

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