Why is F** so slow!!!
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: kallieb
Any users/tech-types of F** out there who can help??
I'm trying to log on to F**, and it is impossibly slow. Same issue I had with FSC the other day. A fix was suggested, and it worked very well, -- I added something to my hosts file and everything loaded fine.
I'm running IE which is likely my first mistake. I know I should switch to firefox, but not right now.
Any suggestions on how I can load the pages faster???
thank you very much
Posted by: SgtMajor
Are you using the secure page?
Although it has slowed down again this week, it was really fast there for a while.
Posted by: Skizo
It has always been slow for me. Not painfully slow or aggravating, but slow.
I assume its a coding issue or script issue and not something you can fix.
Posted by: beat
Just use https:// and you should be good.
@Skizo: The site used to be slow because there was a coding error but that was fixed some time ago.
Posted by: Skizo
Just use https:// and you should be good.
@Skizo: The site used to be slow because there was a coding error but that was fixed some time ago.
It was slow last month, last week, yesterday, and 5 minutes ago.
It's always slow.
Posted by: benchez
''Most of you have probably noticed the massive speed increase on site. We made a few code adjustments that should completely eliminate that issue from now on. To celebrate our boost........''
Posted by: deuce6000
It use to be slow to me until they announced what benchez just said but now its faster.Not as fast as some sites but fast enough.
Posted by: Freakazoid
Now he more slow from once.
Posted by: TheFoX
Most of the slowness has to do with the location. The server is hosted in Asia, which means that there are more hops than an EU or US based server. The server does use page compression to speed delivery, but ultimately the distance the packets have to travel, including acknowledgements, will have a major effect on speed.
Posted by: seppypom
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nevermind, i need coffee
Posted by: $SnoopDo2G$
I'm running IE which is likely my first mistake. I know I should switch to firefox, but not right now.
Any suggestions on how I can load the pages faster???
thank you very much
For me opera works great, if you want my advice...
it's got Rss support, widgets, BitTorrent, IRC chat, tabs,
no Pop-ups integrated..
whatever....
im not advertising but really i used to use IE7, Firefox and stuff
but at the end it would always fucked up my internet and Comp as well errors and stuff like that.
So i found opera and it's been one year im using this and it works great !!!
This is a widget that i use to check the security holes on opera :
http://www.enregistrersous.com/images/17051593520070824145250.png
Posted by: Fibo
I think the site is down?
WTF!!
Posted by: motarocks
Yep, FTN has went down ..not for long though :P
EDIT: 2 mins later and its back up :)
Posted by: kallieb
Are you using the secure page?
Just use https:// and you should be good
Thank you all for your replies and offers of suggestion....Now comes my stupid follow-up questions.
Respecting the site rules on privacy of URL's, (and because I'm not yet using IRC on these channels) can you please pm me the links that you mention here. I probably know exactly what you mean by the *secure page* and the *https* link once I see what you mean by this, but for now I'm unsure what you are referencing.
Thank you very much!!!!
ps. Opera?? I've never heard of this browser. An interesting question for those sites that favour Firefox ie FSC and others, how would your pages load with the Opera browser, or do you prefer your members to stick to Firefox.
Thank you again!
Posted by: KFlint
speed is fine using https
Posted by: 0Ri0N
http:// is working fast already.
Posted by: kallieb
Greetings,
Figured out the problem. I'm at work right now and noticed that the tech squad had already installed firefox on my computer, so I logged in with this browser instead.
Holy Moly!! It works like a charm. No problems whatsoever.
IE sucks eggs that's all I can say.
I can't close this thread, but I don't expect it to be a hot one!
Thanks to all who provided advise but problem fixed now!
Posted by: deuce6000
Firefox wins again :P
Posted by: fstrulz
kallieb...
Make sure to install FasterFox to make FF even better. :)
Posted by: Konsignacija
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nevermind, i need coffee
http://xs218.xs.to/xs218/07345/coffee_roaster.jpg
Posted by: beat
And Adblock Plus to get rid of those nasty ads :)
Posted by: kallieb
what a treasure this thread turned out to be.
thank you gentleman..one and all!!
OK...fasterfox and adblock plus These two on my to-do list when I get home. If I had a smilie with flowers I would insert here!
Posted by: KevinGarnet
like Skizo said it is always slow..
Posted by: $SnoopDo2G$
ps. Opera?? I've never heard of this browser. An interesting question for those sites that favour Firefox ie FSC and others, how would your pages load with the Opera browser, or do you prefer your members to stick to Firefox.
Thank you again!
Actually Opera can act as Firefox and as IE as well for me it's really the best browser ever...people like firefox but i prefer Opera, it doesn't need adblock and such everything is integrated but you can always add some more ;)
And updates well they are updating very often i think the last two updates were between a month...
well enough talk, opera is powerful ;)
Posted by: fstrulz
Opera is great... But I prefer FF because of its versatility when it comes to its add-ons/extensions. :D
Posted by: TheFoX
Damn. Just realised that F** referred to *TN and not FSC. All these asterisks are confusing the issue.
By the way, don't install FasterFox as it may cache pages, but if everyone were running it, then the servers would get bogged down with multiple requests, and it could bottom out apache (seen it happen before with Gator).