Pages taking too long to load in UK

Re: Nonsense burble bleeky bloo

You can also try turning off the right column under your preferences. This will prevent the shout box from loading, which will reduce the load on your browser.

 

Re: Nonsense burble bleeky bloo

I messed around with the latest Internet Explorer and discovered what the problem is with this (shite) browser! It's the Shout Box!

If you're using IE 6 or 7 and experience slow loading times then under My Preferences ensure that you turn OFF the right column, since it contains the Shout Box.

Internet Explorer's implementation of AJAX technology (which is what the Shout Box uses) is crap, much like most things with that browser such as lack of standards compliance. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif

If you have no choice but to use IE and are experiencing problems, then please do as directed as above.

Otherwise I strongly suggest you use a better browser like Opera, Firefox, or Safari.

 

Re: Nonsense burble bleeky bloo

For convenience for new people to the site, would it be possible to put a brief message (for example, on the upper right hand corner of the homepage), mentioning -

"If you're using IE 6 or 7 and experience slow loading times then under My Preferences ensure that you turn OFF the right column. Otherwise try using a different browser like Opera, Firefox, or Safari."

 

Re: Nonsense burble bleeky bloo

Done.