Very slow loading of pages on flyertalk.com and forums
Apr 9, 2018, 10:03 pm
#110
Join Date: Jan 2007
Programs: No single airline or hotel chain is of much use to me anymore.
Posts: 3,279
I honestly believe that web forum technology peaked around 2001 and everything since then has just been a spiral of bloat. The automatic cascading drives me nuts and I lose track of what page I am on.
Apr 10, 2018, 6:31 am
#112
Ambassador, New England
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Maineiac, USA
Programs: Amtrak, WN RR, Choice
Posts: 2,655
I'll put it this way: They wouldn't make widely unpopular and highly imperfect changes like these unless there was some incentive to them to do so. I'll let you draw your own conclusions as to what sort of in¢entive that i$.
Apr 11, 2018, 3:52 pm
#114
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: SFO
Posts: 3,881
Got a new laptop for work (Surface Book 3). Using Edge (or Explorer, I don't know) and this site is painfully slow. I often get a msg that this site is not responsive, long script running, etc. There's a delay when I type. Help pls.
Last edited by Troopers; Apr 11, 2018 at 4:40 pm
Apr 12, 2018, 4:50 am
#115
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: All over the place often South Wales and Lake District
Programs: BA Gold for Life Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,552
Ads causing FT to lose connection
I am finding that I am getting slow page reads and losing connection from my iMac through Chrome. I know that FT needs the revenue, but the ads make FT clunky and difficult to use. I don't have any such issues on my macbook where (sorry) I use edblock I only use ....... on my Macbook as I have less RAM on that machine and FT is completely unusable with the ads with regular freezing and slow scrolling. I don't buy anything from onscreen ads in any case, but the way these ads interfere with FT makes me consider using ....... on my imac as well.
Apr 12, 2018, 8:18 pm
#116
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: All over the place often South Wales and Lake District
Programs: BA Gold for Life Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,552
Apr 12, 2018, 10:33 pm
#117
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: ATL
Programs: DL Scattered Smothered Covered Medallion, Some hotel & car stuff, Kroger Plus Card
Posts: 10,745
I now browse FT exclusively mobile where there are fewer ads, or I activate AB software on my laptop.
I hate to deprive IB of the revenue, but currently the site they are hosting is in its native format subpar to the point of being unusable.
Apr 13, 2018, 4:47 am
#118
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: All over the place often South Wales and Lake District
Programs: BA Gold for Life Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,552
I am also getting "waiting for secure.adnxs.com" as a dialogue on the bottom. I usually can't even just reload the page until I get the Oh Snap from Chrome. You've been working on this for over a year. It's beyond tiresome now. There doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency on the matter.
Apr 14, 2018, 2:22 pm
#119
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Erie, CO USA
Programs: UA, Marriott, Starwood, et al
Posts: 1,559
Same here, but on a Windows PC. FT without having an ad blocker turned on was very slow to refresh and fully load. Possibly the ads trying to stay aligned with the area you are looking at while you scroll is part of the problem. I am open to turning ad blocker off if/when others (in this thread) are seeing noticeable improvements.
Apr 15, 2018, 8:42 am
#120
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
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Last edited by JDiver; Apr 15, 2018 at 9:43 am