Pages reloading twice & very slow

[pc farmer]

Which is exactly the kind of "improvement" along with the new format that make the site less friendly to use than it was. A poster's location and post count are often valuable to know so as to provide a more focused response. We used to be able to see them at a glance and now we have to go out of our way to see them.

And the suggestions some have made that those who are having the reloading issue must have some issue internal to their own computer doesn't wash. So far, those of us who have the issue have reported that we only have it here so SMF is clearly, to me at least, the common denominator.

I'm grateful that the site is here but I spend far less time here now.

Lance

I agree. Jeff and his crew are working on making it better. They see these complains.

 

[tropics]

This is the first time I have been able to stay on and post replied to 1 thread on Friday and felt like a ping pong ball.
So to the Moderators Thank You Happy Memorial Day
Richie

 

[HalfSmoked]

What do you say complaints one after the other and things really don't get better only worst.

But the solution to this is think of it as being like Christmas morning!! Never know what your going to get until you open it. Ha :rolleyes:

Warren

 

[Bearcarver]

Wait until you guys get old.
I have more trouble figuring out how to use my "Fire TV" than I have with this forum.

Bear

 

[SmokinAl]

I think there are a lot of other things loading up every time you post something or go to a different page. When the page first loads there is a little box on the lower left corner that says waiting for: then a laundry list of things load up, then the page goes blank & another bunch of things load up including twitter & facebook. I don't remember this happening before.
Al

 

[TulsaJeff]

I will report this.. I am not able to reproduce it on my end but they should be able to run tests and see if something is wrong.

Thank you for reporting this.

 

[LanceR]

I'm still having the issue. Sometimes each page loads a third time now....


Lance

 

[wimpy69]

Same here-PITA
"This place sho gone crazy"

 

[dr k]

I don't mind getting multiple emails on a thread I'm watching when I I'm just suppose to get one regardless of the number of new posts I haven't read yet. This started with the new icon lightning bolt, alert flag etc.

 

[SmokinAl]

My computer is still doing the exact same thing and only on SMF.
The page loads, then goes blank, then reloads, and the whole process takes 4 or 5 seconds.
It happens every time I click on a thread or reply to a thread or go back to recents.
It's really kind of frustrating.
Al

 

[TulsaJeff]

Those who are having issues with the page reloading multiple times, can you post what device you are using (phone, tablet, PC, etc), what operating system you are using (Windows 8, Windows 10, Mac, etc) and what browser (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc.)?

I am still unable to reproduce this on any configuration that I have and we need to nail this down.

Thanks!

 

[h8that4u]

Windows 7 with Google Chrome Desktop (Just tried it with IE and it loaded as it should).

 

[oddegan]

Chrome on my Moto 4

 

[gmc2003]

Ok good news, locations are now back to being listed under the users avatar.

Chris

 

[SmokinAl]

I'm using a desktop computer running windows 10, & using chrome as the browser.
I'm going to switch to firefox & see if it changes.
Al

 

[gmc2003]

Acer chromebook, google chrome.

Chris

 

[SmokinAl]

I'm using Firefox right now & it's even worse, the second reload takes longer.
Al

 

[SmokinAl]

I'll give Edge a try!
Al

 

[KrisUpInSmoke]

Chrome browser Version 64.0.3282.137 on ASUS PadFone.

When I tap "New Posts" or go to the next page in New Posts, the screen loads, goes blank or moves everything to the bottom of the page momentarily, then loads (I noticed) with the advertisement bar at the top of the page. So it seems like some mechanism stops the first load and replaces it with the second load to include the advertisement at the top.

After seeing it, my guy who is a programmer described it by saying,
"It looks like the page renders correctly, then the content is pushed down while the ad renders. Once the ad loads, then the formatting is restored. The problem is in page rendering, and that's the problem the programmers have to figure out based on their knowledge of the code and having the code in front of them."

I also got a warning box at page bottom when I switched to the "desktop version," available on the same browser, "Rats! Web GL hit a snag. (Options) Ignore. Reload." The same page render issue happens with this desktop version as I described with mobile version.

Hope that helps.

Edit: Also tried clearing the cache. It did not help.

 

[TulsaJeff]

We have people with ads and those without ads, both having this issue. Which, to me, probably means it's not ad related.

Strange..

Anyone on a Mac or iPhone having this issue?