Web site faster now, or is it my new lap top?

I find that the slow down is usually due to one of the advertising servers (context.web) having trouble delivering an ad. I just stop the page and then reload it to go to a different ad.

JeffD

 

It's better than it was, but still inconsistent and overall very slow.

 

I find the ads a problem too and like others have said, some ads will hang the page loading, but a quick refresh solves that.

I stopped using my fuelly link in my signature as someone indicated that that could (along with all the other hundreds of members having similar) cause the site to run slower. Is it true? Are we best all removing such signatures and maybe even photos?

 

It's sure running a lot faster for me.

 

I use AdBlockPlus. (Sorry Danny. I'll happily contribute if you ever bring back that feature.) For the past few days (don't remember exactly) Prius Chat has been back to normal. It's never been one of the faster web sites I use. But lately the slowness problem has completely disappeared for me. I suspect that Danny has found and fixed whatever was causing that.

Ads are always a problem. I'd much rather contribute than have to deal with ads. The delays they introduce are just one of the problems. A white paper from Google a while back talked about how ad servers will redirect from one to another, and occasionally a malicious server will find its way in. When I read that I decided to block all ads. Everything is faster and it's one less security worry. BTW, the ad-server redirection is one factor in slowing down web sites.

 

mostly okay, but intermittently slow now and hangs up now and again.