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anyone notice GW slowing down?

14 years ago

When I am accessing a new page (or refreshing an old page), I notice it takes longer the past couple of weeks. (perhaps since they rolled out some new software that is probably when lots of stuff broke).

In Firefox status bar on the bottom, I can see a slew of connection statuses roll by. about 10-15. Of course, I have adblocker on so not sure what all those sites are supposed to be showing. It could just be poor program design.

In any case, it is very annoying.

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owbist
14 years ago
Today I find GW very good. There are times it is slow to load a page. As I am never sure if this is my ISP or GW I don't bother much. I do think it is GW as other sites load normally. If it gets too slow for you simply open a second tab with GW so you can click to change the page then use the other tab while it loads.
jane__ny
14 years ago
My back button still doesn't work. I guess GW gave up trying to fix it.
Jane
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Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
14 years ago
Jane,

Did you see what is in the banner under What's New at GW?

It says:UPDATE: Monday: 10:00 AM ET: The Case of the Bumfuzzled Back Button has been solved and a fix will be implemented on Tuesday night. Look for further updates tomorrow!
DA_Mccoy
14 years ago
I'm on an antique DUN and it works as it normally does. Be sure that you are logged in as it does make a difference. It also does if you are a user that dumps cookies consistently.

DA
jane__ny
14 years ago
Thanks, didn't see that notice. It always worked and does on my other computers. Just this one which has the problem. Thanks chemocurl!

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shboom
14 years ago
Seems a little slow loading pages here tonight.

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susieq07
14 years ago
Np's however this is one of the worst sites for loading in cookies/spyware, which will slow down your PC, I run my cookie & cache clean up, often when here, mine only takes a sec. and always comes up with a list to get rid of...
WendyB 5A/MA
Original Author
14 years ago
I use adblock in FF and I just added more filters for a bunch of crap they load and watched my CPU % go down. I don't have all the culprits yet, but I'm working on it. Its better. I hope I don't screw up real sites for myself.

When you have an older computer, it makes a lot of whirring noises for some of these scripts. Do they think everyone has 4GB RAM !!!??
owbist
14 years ago
Wendy no 32 bit computer can use 4 gigs of memory. Vista likes 3 gigs assuming the motherboard is capable. My Windows7 computer has 4 gigs as a matched pair but I can only use 3.2 something gigs of that.

64 bit computer can use more but there is the issue of a lack of programs written for 64 bit machines.

When you hear the whirring noise do you see the activity light on the front of the tower either running steady or very frequently flashing? This might be a lack of space on your hard drive. You can check the free space by clicking Start and My computer. If the used and free space does not show then right click on your C:\ drive and click Properties in the popup. 25% free space is nice, under 20 and you find the computer slowing and the activity light flashing a lot.
WendyB 5A/MA
Original Author
14 years ago
thanks owbist, my 4GB comment was rhetorical. It just bugs me that software/web developers create bloated stuff that require lots of memory.

I have oodles of disk space. My paging size is 2x recommended. I've perfmon'd, defragged and observed paging and processes plenty. I keep taskmgr icon in systray and watch it constantly. No viruses (although a scan itself puts quite the strain on PC, as does backups. I have to leave the room, the noise is disconcerting!) My PC is just plain old. 1/2 GB is just not enough for modern bloated busy-body apps.

My new laptop takes it all in stride, but I can't get used to it. I prefer desktop ergonomics. I might have to bite the bullet and upgrade.

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