[balinor]

HTML tables load in the order they are coded. So the large table loads first, before the right hand column and the closing tags. Some browsers assume the cell is full width until it encounters the next cell or closing tags. Since that cell probably has to wait until all the images are in until it loads the next cell, you get that delay. If you are using fancy categories, you will also get a delay as that thing is a huge piece of code.