zenstyle 3 Report post Posted May 28, 2008 This site has gotten so slow to load in the past couple months. I'm running Mac OS X 10.3.9. YES, I have plenty of memory, and NO, I don't have too many programs running simultaneously. It doesn't matter whether I visit this site in Firefox or Camino; it's equally glacial. I find I have to disable my javascript in order to read posts without having to watch the beach ball spin interminably. (Mac users will know what I mean and are now snorting in solidarity.) So what's happened with Urban Planet to cause this? Is it due to those damned little blue underscored "links" that appear unbidden and unwanted in my own and others' posts? Really, at this rate, I'll be rated a "Whistle-Stop" through the year 2015 if I can't get a little speed going here. Help, anyone? Please respond to the skeleton which will be seated at my computer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monsoon 1 Report post Posted May 28, 2008 Maybe it is related to your internet connection. It runs very fast for me. I would recommend that you post this kind of stuff in the UrbanPlanet Help section rather in the Grand Rapids section since it really doesn't have anything to do with GR specifically. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zenstyle 3 Report post Posted May 28, 2008 Maybe it is related to your internet connection. It runs very fast for me. I would recommend that you post this kind of stuff in the UrbanPlanet Help section rather in the Grand Rapids section since it really doesn't have anything to do with GR specifically. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allison Slater 332 Report post Posted May 29, 2008 I've actually been having the same problem.. it isn't the internet connection, I experience it at home, the library, metro health, biggby's, and wherever else I go. The little loading bar constantly pops up for a few seconds, disappears, and is immediately replaced by another.. and this goes on for maybe a full minute on each page I load. I can remedy the problem by spamming the escape key on occasion, but due to my browsing style (open each thread in background then read through) it's difficult to do that when my whole browser acts sluggishly when browsing UP. Even switching tabs is a chore. I'll post my specs and copy it over into the help forum as well. Toshiba Satellite AMD Turion Dual-Core, 2GB RAM, Windows Vista, Opera 9.26 with Sun Java Runtime Environment version 1.6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fotoman311 50 Report post Posted May 29, 2008 I've actually been having the same problem.. it isn't the internet connection, I experience it at home, the library, metro health, biggby's, and wherever else I go. The little loading bar constantly pops up for a few seconds, disappears, and is immediately replaced by another.. and this goes on for maybe a full minute on each page I load. I can remedy the problem by spamming the escape key on occasion, but due to my browsing style (open each thread in background then read through) it's difficult to do that when my whole browser acts sluggishly when browsing UP. Even switching tabs is a chore. I'll post my specs and copy it over into the help forum as well. Toshiba Satellite AMD Turion Dual-Core, 2GB RAM, Windows Vista, Opera 9.26 with Sun Java Runtime Environment version 1.6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexPKeaton 1 Report post Posted May 29, 2008 The only slowness I get is when a thread has a lots of oversized images posted in it. It's actually rather annoying because once they're all loaded a bit of Javascript runs to resize them which messes up my scroll position on the page. The double-underlined links are also extremely annoying, especially when I accidentally mouse over one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAU 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2008 It's been doing it for me for months. There's a pause/lockup before the page is fully loaded. It's annoying - it's enough to keep me from checking UP regularly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Veloise 46 Report post Posted May 29, 2008 ... The double-underlined links are also extremely annoying, especially when I accidentally mouse over one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRguy 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2008 Yes, I get the same thing. I can count on a freeze up 3 out of 5 days when I check at work. It freezes, stops responding and I need to get out of IE and start over. It also makes me hesitate before checking... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neo 199 Report post Posted May 29, 2008 Please post comments regarding any loading speed issues (or another other UP related issues) in the UrbanPlanet Information forum. The topic for this particular issue is here: http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/Urban-Pl...low-t46474.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
