Hi Neb,
Yes the grey bg seems to be a symptom of browsing here with Firefox, though only on the "Welcome" screen for me (the forum bgs are black).
However, I don't have any problems with delay in accessing forums.
You could always fit the IE view plug-in for Firefox. This allows you to open sites with IE simply by right clicking, it can also be set to open a trusted site (like
RP) with IE every time you visit. That way you have the security of Firefox for other sites, and the convenience of IE for here.
Download it from
https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox