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| Thread ID: 30932 | 2003-03-07 05:50:00 | PressF1 advertising | Baldy (26) | Press F1 |
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| 126227 | 2003-03-08 01:41:00 | And Baldy is slowing himself down by doing two things at once. Downloading (possibly using one of the "clever" download programmes which runs multiple sessions on the hosts --- " to speed things up") and doing an interactive forum session shares (not multiplies) the available bandwidth. It's going to be slow. If you want the fastest interactive sessions, do only that. If you want downloads to go fast, do downloads. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 126228 | 2003-03-08 04:59:00 | I've just had a look at trademe (http://www.trademe.co.nz/) again and it loads all the info I want to look at instantaneously ad then continues to load the rest, I'm not sure if all the links work straight away but I can read them at least! surely press f1, being a computer related site, could perform as well as a bartering site? The content is excellent but page the set-up is poor... (not trying to offend, but being an objective 56K'er) |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 126229 | 2003-03-08 05:55:00 | Trev0, Dynamicly produced pages means that the page is actually made for us according to information on a huge evergrowing data base. When we post we are modifing the database. When we view we are just asking the server to make up a page of whatever it is we request. These actions can take a moment or 2. From what i can see of the trademe site, i suspect it is static HTML, in other words the pages are made well in advance, and are already on the server just waiting for us to have a sqiz at them. You may have noticed that sometimes when the PF1 server has had its flakey moments only some parts of a page is made? I'm on cable, and when i'm not actually downloading anything else as well, i can sometimes watch the PF1 pages load table by table, particually when it is a buzy time. The adds are often in long before the page has even finished loading. If we want a faster server, lets see whose willing to chip in to raise a couple of grand so IDG can get a faster PF1 server? I can see every running to the hills as a post. :D .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 126230 | 2003-03-08 06:09:00 | Baldy I understand your annoyance. We are all aware you have seen the ads countless times but do you not stop to think what would happen if people who could click on these ads and thus gain IDG some revenue, happened to see this thread, with instructions on how to disable ads, and disabled them? There is never an easy answer to any question friend. But when in search of it. Always be weary of the full picture. For Only then will you be able to understand the responses and reactions of those around you. |
Kibito (623) | ||
| 126231 | 2003-03-08 07:22:00 | I have to say I'm completely ignorant of how pages are made up and how they run, but I did think that IDG was MUCH bigger than a couple of grand to be worth anything (if that's wat it's all about), against all of us who buy PCworld (advertising and looking after customer wise). I have put up with waiting 'moment or 2' for every page to load for a while now and I will continue to do so, but would prefer this site to be like most others, loading wise. clueless, I doubt you're conception of 'slow page loading' is the same as us 56'ers (in the country) is but since I don't have cable I guess I wouldn't know. But what about loading the threads first? is that an option?? Trev |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 126232 | 2003-03-08 07:41:00 | Trev0, Most of the time i'm downloading so much in the "background" that surfing the net is EXACTLY like a slow modem connection. It is bloody marvelous when nothing is coming in, and things speed up! This is the sacrifice i make for d/loading 10 or so Gig/month. Remember IDG had to restructure and lose IMAG not that long ago. Sure the scale they work at is larger than you or i might, but by the same token PF1 is just one small thing they do. We are bloody lucky to have this resource. I am personally rather grateful. .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 126233 | 2003-03-08 08:01:00 | I agree. PF1 is an exceptionally good resource for computer users. I myself sometimes need help with computer issues I come up with, and the kind community on PF1 usually answer the questions very quickly. Let's just be grateful that PF1 doesn't have any popups, and be satisfied at that. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 126234 | 2003-03-08 08:40:00 | Only bad thing about PF1. Not about PF1 itself but a down side. Is that sometimes you can post a query, and like 10 get posted after yours and urs is never seen. Happens quite a bit. Lot of poeple have computer queries these days. | Kibito (623) | ||
| 126235 | 2003-03-08 08:51:00 | >Is that sometimes you can post a query, and like 10 get posted after yours and urs is never seen. ???? can't people look down the page or something? or is the default display settings is still a pathitic 15.......mmmmmm BRUCE ! ! ! where are you hiding ! ! i supose a lot of people don't think to lok on the next couple of page. owell you can always <bump> a post back to the top if need be. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 126236 | 2003-03-08 09:22:00 | I'm rather grateful too, to the press f1 team for their commitment to the site. I've browsed here countless times , fixed problems on my comp via more learned comp literate people (including you clueless) and learned new stuff just by reading other threads. That isn't the issue If it loaded in a flash, it would be just icing on the cake...and how sweet that icing would be... Kibito, go to guest settings and change the figures to 50 and watch for the red dots! Trev |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
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