paulgul
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Post by paulgul on Oct 20, 2015 10:29:21 GMT
Is it just my connection or are the forums very slow loading today, been like it with me all morning. I haven't noticed it with other sites
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 11:02:13 GMT
I've not seen that but skippy seems to have come down from his coffee jag  |
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SteveT
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Post by SteveT on Oct 20, 2015 12:42:23 GMT
I found it very slow this morning but it seems to be back to normal now.... or maybe not ... seems variable
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pikestaff
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Post by pikestaff on Oct 20, 2015 13:03:26 GMT
Very slow page loading for me too. The longest part of the wait is "waiting for anvil.rubiconproject,com" which is something to do with advertising cookies.
I have an ad blocker installed. Is it possible the advertisers are fighting back by making me wait?
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Post by tybalt on Oct 20, 2015 13:10:17 GMT
Seems normal this afternoon but in deepest Herefordshire connected by tin cans and tight string.
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Post by Come_on_Grandad on Oct 20, 2015 13:12:29 GMT
Very slow page loading for me too. The longest part of the wait is "waiting for anvil.rubiconproject,com" which is something to do with advertising cookies. I have an ad blocker installed. Is it possible the advertisers are fighting back by making me wait? I use a Firefox add-on called Ghostery. If I look at which trackers it is disabling for this page, the list include Rubicon. If I tell it to allow Rubicon, the page is indeed very slow to load. With trackers blocked (as usual) the page load time is back to normal.
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paulgul
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Post by paulgul on Oct 20, 2015 13:13:17 GMT
I have an ad blocker installed. Is it possible the advertisers are fighting back by making me wait? No, I don't have any ad blocker installed and its still veeeery slow. So slow I actually look at other pages while I'm waiting for the forum to upload
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oldgrumpy
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Post by oldgrumpy on Oct 20, 2015 13:36:17 GMT
Loading pages on all the threads was glacially slow all mornng, and is still almost unusable now. Something is throttling the system!  |
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pikestaff
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Post by pikestaff on Oct 20, 2015 13:39:29 GMT
Very slow page loading for me too. The longest part of the wait is "waiting for anvil.rubiconproject,com" which is something to do with advertising cookies. I have an ad blocker installed. Is it possible the advertisers are fighting back by making me wait? I use a Firefox add-on called Ghostery. If I look at which trackers it is disabling for this page, the list include Rubicon. If I tell it to allow Rubicon, the page is indeed very slow to load. With trackers blocked (as usual) the page load time is back to normal. Thank you. I just installed Ghostery and it's now nice and quick.
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Post by yorkshireman on Oct 20, 2015 13:39:47 GMT
Additionally, why, when using Firefox, if you quote another post do you get a load of gobbledygook and why no emoticons / smileys?
This doesn’t occur in IE or Chrome.
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Post by yorkshireman on Oct 20, 2015 13:40:42 GMT
I use a Firefox add-on called Ghostery. If I look at which trackers it is disabling for this page, the list include Rubicon. If I tell it to allow Rubicon, the page is indeed very slow to load. With trackers blocked (as usual) the page load time is back to normal. Thank you. I just installed Ghostery and it's now nice and quick. Pardon my ignorance but how do you install Ghostery?
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pikestaff
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Post by pikestaff on Oct 20, 2015 13:41:29 GMT
yorkshireman: 1. I don't get the gobbledegook in Firefox and I do get smileys.  2. In Firefox: Tools menu > Add-ons > search for Ghostery > Install
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Post by Come_on_Grandad on Oct 20, 2015 13:48:02 GMT
yorkshireman: 1. I don't get the gobbledegook in Firefox and I do get smileys. 2. In Firefox: Tools menu > Add-ons > search for Ghostery > Install It seems to be available for several browsers ... www.ghostery.com/try-us/download-add-on/I should say that, while I have not had any problems using it, your mileage may vary.
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paulgul
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Post by paulgul on Oct 20, 2015 14:23:07 GMT
I use a Firefox add-on called Ghostery. If I look at which trackers it is disabling for this page, the list include Rubicon. If I tell it to allow Rubicon, the page is indeed very slow to load. With trackers blocked (as usual) the page load time is back to normal. Thank you. I just installed Ghostery and it's now nice and quick. Just installed it on Chrome and it works a treat, these pages load at normal speeds now - thanks for the heads up on this
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oldgrumpy
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Post by oldgrumpy on Oct 20, 2015 14:31:48 GMT
So what has changed for the forum since yesterday when everything worked quickly? A compulsory update which has a bug in it?
edit: I have just enabled my adblock, so now all works properly in Firefox.
I now get this message at the top of the page:
"Please consider supporting this website by disabling your ad-blocker.
This website does not use audio ads, popups, or other annoyances. Thank you!"
Well there has been an annoyance today!
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