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Why is forum so slow

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  • 06-01-2009 10:16am
    #1
    femur61
    Registered Users Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭


    I want to use this forum but find it so slow to navigate. Is it something I'm doing wrong or is this usual. I don't have this problem with other sites.:confused:


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    #2
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Can you provide more information? What link are you clicking and how long does it take to load exactly?


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    #3
    femur61
    Registered Users Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭femur61


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=58485433

    Doo you mean this as the link. So slow


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Not slow for me.
    Perhaps it's a problem on your end?


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    #5
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    How long exactly does it take, can you please time it exactly. Are you talking 10 minutes to load or 10 seconds or 10 milliseconds? Slow is subjective.


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    #6
    femur61
    Registered Users Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭femur61


    it's about 30 seconds. This is a long time compared to other sites. It's ok if I'm looking at one post, but if I'm looking at a couple to see if I want to post it all adds up, and very time consuming considering ther is alot of interesting stuff on the forum and is great it is Irish.:)


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    No, that's probably something on your side. I'd routinely open 6/7 pages at once, and I'd be surprised if they took 5 seconds to load all of them.

    What browser and operating system are you on? I do have an older machine at home which struggles when I attempt to open a load of tabs at once.

    Edit:
    Actually, I am noticing some sort of delay with the google ads. If you're using Internet Explorer, this could cause the page to not display until google ads is done. IE has a tendency to wait until all the ads have downloaded before showing the page. Other browsers, such as firefox, will still show the page and alow you to browse while the ads load.


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    #8
    femur61
    Registered Users Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭femur61


    I use Inernet Explorer, I've not used Firefox yet, heard it was much better.


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    #9
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Never a better time to start:

    www.getfirefox.com

    and just to satisfy the weenies :)
    http://www.opera.com/


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