Why is image-file loading so slow when testing with httpd -X ?
If you use Netscape while your server is running in single-process mode, the “KeepAlive” feature gets in the way. Netscape tries to open multiple connections and keep them open. Because there is only one server process listening, each connection has to time-out before the next succeeds. Turn off KeepAlive in httpd.conf to avoid this effect.