Sumitting Replies = No Visible Response

Dyre Straits · Aug 27, 2003, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by BWX232
Ummm, WOW- the entire site is about 50x faster now for me!
For the last few weeks it was really slow, like at least 5 to 10 seconds for each navigation. Every time. No matter what. Now it is basically instant. Like it was last year. Whatever you did made a big difference for me.

I have to concur with this. Things are very snappy now.

I only have one question at the moment: When I click on the icon to the last person's post....like I just did for BWX232....just before I get to the thread I see a very quick display of Zardon's new signature image....the lady's eyes. That's happening for me every time I come to this thread.

EDIT: OK, now that I've added my own reply, when I click on my own 'last post' icon, I get right to the page.....but it's now a new page, so that may have something to do with that quick signature display.

BWX · Aug 27, 2003, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by Dyre Straits
I have to concur with this. Things are very snappy now.

I only have one question at the moment: When I click on the icon to the last person's post....like I just did for BWX232....just before I get to the thread I see a very quick display of Zardon's new signature image....the lady's eyes. That's happening for me every time I come to this thread.

EDIT: OK, now that I've added my own reply, when I click on my own 'last post' icon, I get right to the page.....but it's now a new page, so that may have something to do with that quick signature display.

LOL, I notice that sometimes too about Zardon's sig image- I think it has something to do with the order of which things are displayed on the page in the coding-- Like maybe flash comes first or something? Then it goes down to where it supposed to be- which is out of your view and down to wherever it is in the thread... But that's just my guess. I actually know nothing about anything

Dyre Straits · Aug 27, 2003, 05:47 PM

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Originally posted by BWX232
LOL, I notice that sometimes too about Zardon's sig image- I think it has something to do with the order of which things are displayed on the page in the coding-- Like maybe flash comes first or something? Then it goes down to where it supposed to be- which is out of your view and down to wherever it is in the thread... But that's just my guess. I actually know nothing about anything

Could it be due to the fact that Z's signature is a fairly large file? It takes longer to display under normal circumstances, so, if it's on the page we're going to, it will take a few seconds longer to 'bypass' it than others?

BWX · Aug 27, 2003, 05:52 PM

I was thinking more along the lines that it is a flash animation- and there are only a few flash animations per page-- Actually only 2 that I'm aware of (Z's sig being one of them)-- but that's just a guess.

Zardon · Aug 27, 2003, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by Dyre Straits
Could it be due to the fact that Z's signature is a fairly large file? It takes longer to display under normal circumstances, so, if it's on the page we're going to, it will take a few seconds longer to 'bypass' it than others?

surely you have files cached??

Jeff · Aug 27, 2003, 06:05 PM

I think it's just a flash thing, and it's just something that happens, it's not a problem.

Dyre Straits · Aug 28, 2003, 02:29 AM

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Originally posted by Zardon
surely you have files cached??

Yep. Except for when I purge the cache....which is almost a daily thing for me.

UberLord · Aug 28, 2003, 02:31 AM

LOL - I can't remember the last time I purged mine in either IE @ work or Mozilla on the laptop.

Dyre Straits · Aug 28, 2003, 02:59 AM

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Originally posted by UberLord
LOL - I can't remember the last time I purged mine in either IE @ work or Mozilla on the laptop.

I limit my cache to 20 MB. Whenever I experience WEB pages loading slower, that's the first thing I do is purge the cache.

Judas · Aug 28, 2003, 07:20 AM

i've set mine to 64.....never had a problem...

Zardon · Aug 28, 2003, 07:26 AM

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Originally posted by Dyre Straits
I limit my cache to 20 MB. Whenever I experience WEB pages loading slower, that's the first thing I do is purge the cache.

thats much to low dyre, try 100-200 mb, you will be reloading images and graphics on a continual basis with a cache that small which will slow you down on many a site.

Dyre Straits · Aug 28, 2003, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by Zardon
thats much to low dyre, try 100-200 mb, you will be reloading images and graphics on a continual basis with a cache that small which will slow you down on many a site.

I've bumped it up to 50 MB. I'll see how this does for a few days. But, when I went to change it, my total cache was just over 16 MB. In my way of thinking, there's no reason to reserve space for the TIF that can be used for other purposes.

BWX · Sep 2, 2003, 04:19 AM

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Originally posted by Zardon
thats much to low dyre, try 100-200 mb, you will be reloading images and graphics on a continual basis with a cache that small which will slow you down on many a site.

What about where it askes you when to check for newer versions of stored pages in IE6? It defaults to automatic. - I never knew what "automatic" meant exactly- automatic could mean every time, or on a schedule, or almost never... Microsoft doesn't feel the need to explain as usual

Anyway, the other choices are Every time you start IE, Every time you visit page, and never- It seems like all that "checking" would slow things down too..

I set mine to 200MB and it seems fine, but I'm always looking for a slightly faster tweak.

Zardon · Sep 2, 2003, 11:00 AM

Automatic checking is similar to checking every time you visit the page, but allows the browser to do some pre-checking if it has the time. This is the default option for those versions of the browser that feature it.

Aug 27, 2003, 05:52 PM	#34
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I was thinking more along the lines that it is a flash animation- and there are only a few flash animations per page-- Actually only 2 that I'm aware of (Z's sig being one of them)-- but that's just a guess. __________________

Aug 27, 2003, 06:05 PM	#36
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,191 Rep Power: 80	I think it's just a flash thing, and it's just something that happens, it's not a problem. __________________

Aug 28, 2003, 02:31 AM	#38
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	LOL - I can't remember the last time I purged mine in either IE @ work or Mozilla on the laptop. __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Sep 2, 2003, 11:00 AM	#44
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Automatic checking is similar to checking every time you visit the page, but allows the browser to do some pre-checking if it has the time. This is the default option for those versions of the browser that feature it.