Forums loading slowly???

laz98 · ‎03-26-2010

ever since the site was changed, the forums seem to be loading at the speed of sludge...is anyone else having this problem? i tried restarting my computer, loading the site from google instead of my bookmarks, deleting my web history, deleting cookies....what's the deal? it's becoming a real hassle to browse the forums.

Lel · ‎03-26-2010

I've noticed this as well, as have some others. It's being looked into.

llecs · ‎03-26-2010

@laz98 wrote:

ever since the site was changed, the forums seem to be loading at the speed of sludge...is anyone else having this problem? i tried restarting my computer, loading the site from google instead of my bookmarks, deleting my web history, deleting cookies....what's the deal? it's becoming a real hassle to browse the forums.

Do you have any bookmarked threads or floated threads? If so, clear those out and you'll see a vast improvement. I had hundreds floated and subscribed to thousands. Once I cleared them out then it was gravy.

Anonymous · ‎03-27-2010

@laz98 wrote:
ever since the site was changed, the forums seem to be loading at the speed of sludge...is anyone else having this problem? i tried restarting my computer, loading the site from google instead of my bookmarks, deleting my web history, deleting cookies....what's the deal? it's becoming a real hassle to browse the forums.

Perhaps you need to upgrade from Windows 95???

laz98 · ‎03-27-2010

@llecs wrote:
@laz98 wrote:
ever since the site was changed, the forums seem to be loading at the speed of sludge...is anyone else having this problem? i tried restarting my computer, loading the site from google instead of my bookmarks, deleting my web history, deleting cookies....what's the deal? it's becoming a real hassle to browse the forums.

Do you have any bookmarked threads or floated threads? If so, clear those out and you'll see a vast improvement. I had hundreds floated and subscribed to thousands. Once I cleared them out then it was gravy.

i'm subscribed to all the ones i reply to............but i don't necessarily want to lose ALL of them.........grrr

laz98 · ‎03-27-2010

@Anonymous wrote:

@laz98 wrote:
ever since the site was changed, the forums seem to be loading at the speed of sludge...is anyone else having this problem? i tried restarting my computer, loading the site from google instead of my bookmarks, deleting my web history, deleting cookies....what's the deal? it's becoming a real hassle to browse the forums.

Perhaps you need to upgrade from Windows 95???

well who spit in your cheerios!!! LOL

llecs · ‎03-28-2010

@laz98 wrote:

@llecs wrote:

@laz98 wrote:

ever since the site was changed, the forums seem to be loading at the speed of sludge...is anyone else having this problem? i tried restarting my computer, loading the site from google instead of my bookmarks, deleting my web history, deleting cookies....what's the deal? it's becoming a real hassle to browse the forums.

Do you have any bookmarked threads or floated threads? If so, clear those out and you'll see a vast improvement. I had hundreds floated and subscribed to thousands. Once I cleared them out then it was gravy.

i'm subscribed to all the ones i reply to............but i don't necessarily want to lose ALL of them.........grrr

I did the same. Whenever I responded to a thread, under the old setup, I elected to subscribe to every one and also floated all of them to the top. I had 4000+ subscriptions and floated hundreds to the top. After the change, it took over 2 minutes to go from the login page to the community. When clicking from page to page within the forums, it would take over a minute for a page to load. I started clearing the floated threads first and noticed a remarkable improvement as they were being unfloated. After all of them were cleared it still took up to a couple of minutes to get into the forums. I then cleared the subscribed threads and now I can navigate with super-fast speed. Unfortunately, there isn't a mass unfloat option. You have to unfloat them one at a time. To unsubscribe, you can unsubscribe 10 at a time.

laz98 · ‎04-01-2010

hey llecs, sorry for the late response...

i don't know what you mean about floating individual threads to the top........i only knew how to float the forums i was interested in up to the top. but what i did is i just removed a bunch of the programs that start when i turn on the computer, & now it runs so much better. guess that's what it needed. for some reason it just didn't affect other websites the way it affected this one.

llecs · ‎04-02-2010

@laz98 wrote:

hey llecs, sorry for the late response...

i don't know what you mean about floating individual threads to the top........i only knew how to float the forums i was interested in up to the top. but what i did is i just removed a bunch of the programs that start when i turn on the computer, & now it runs so much better. guess that's what it needed. for some reason it just didn't affect other websites the way it affected this one.

When you first enter a board, take for example FICO Forums Technical Help, you'll see a dark grey-ish blue line. Anything below it are new threads. Anything above that line are stickied threads (2 in here). However, you may have floated some threads and those appear above that line too. For whatever reason, those floated threads slow things down GREATLY. I had hundreds floated and once I removed every one, everything was super fast. You can unfloat it by opening that thread and selecting "thread options" I think? anyway you should see a link for "un-float thread" and that removes it after you click "Yes" to confirm. I also had some favorites I didn't want to lose either but I saved those links elsewhere and was glad to get a faster forum.

Anonymous · ‎04-12-2010

Just wanted to put in my two cents... I don't have any threads floated, and I don't subscribe to any threads, yet I have also noticed a slowdown. IMO, it's a scripting issue, emanating from lithium. As I write this, for instance, the tool bar to format this reply is missing. And it will only appear if I allow lithium.com to run scripts, even though myfico.com has scripting permissions. If I enable lithium.com to run scripts, I get the toolbar back, and I also get the slower performance. Previously (before the new look for myfico), no additional permissions were required for this site to function well and load quickly. And there's also some quirkiness with whatever script is being run by lithium, as several times I've received error messages for no apparent reason, stating that my request could not be completed . I have noticed this error in particular as I begin to reply to a post, and halfway through or so, the error message appears. Somebody's got a few bugs to work out here...