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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 11:09 pm
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Chrome not loading FT pages about 5% of the time

About 5% of the time (unscientific; could be more like 10% or more or less), I open a link on FT and the page fails to load. Refreshing the page results in the page loading correctly.

I haven't scientifically narrowed the problem down to any specific factor, but I'll make the following observations:
  • I have not noticed it happening when opening MyFlyerTalk (usually my "port of entry" for FT each time I visit, which is sometimes dozens of times daily)
  • I have not noticed it when opening a forum listing or any other non-thread link
  • About 80% of my FT thread-reading happens via the "go to first new post" function (I'll take this opportunity to note that this is why I find the FT iPhone app unusable ), and this is when I notice it happening
  • The remaining 20% of my FT thread-reading is opening new, never-opened threads by clicking on the thread title, but I can't say with any certainty whether I've specifically noticed this problem happening when I do this
  • I have had the same problem in Chrome on at least five different Windows-based computers at both home and work (both XP and Windows 7) and possibly also when traveling (i.e. on other networks), although I am not certain of the latter but will try to pay attention next time I use a new network
  • I've never specifically noticed this specific problem with FF or IE

I suspect it may be related to -new-post.html but can't be 100% certain of that. I'll update this thread if I clarify any of my observations.

Here is a screenshot of what I see when this happens (pardon the misaligned screenshot):

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