I've noticed when trying to get some mods to work that I end up going to the package manager page dozens of times. I've also noticed that the block (or perhaps they're called "frames") that connects to SMF to check for the Latest mods and packages, can often take a while to load. Many times the SMF server can't be reached, or it just takes a really long time. And the rest of the package manager page won't load until the "Latest Packages" block finally connects to SMF, or decides that the server can't be reached.
Suppose any of you Modders could make a mod that causes the "latest packages" to be bypassed, or at least load after the rest of the page has been loaded?