Netscape can be programmed to display an initial page. This is what the preset home page is. Click on the experimental window and experiment with the Home button. The Stop button is one of the most useful tools in Netscape. Clicking on Stop will cease the connection attempt or transfer of information which is currently in process.
Long waits are often due to increased user traffic.
Some documents take longer to access than others. You decide a sound, image or animation file being downloaded is taking too long to download because of its large size. Sounds and animations can be quite large and take time to download. The following link slow poke will take a long time to download because it contains a lot of images. Click on the link and then click on the Stop button to abort the down load.