MEMBERS helping MEMBERS: General Help and Assistance Thread

[Skydiver]

the IE thing with the tabs is a glitch that came with the last major software upgrade. and there's nothing we can do about it until VB fixes it

[343_Guilty_Spark]

And that could be tomorrow. or when in a few months.. its all down to when they decide it need sorting.

if u still issues use firefox. less glitchy. but if its the latest version be warned, it make be a bit slow loading forums. not sure why he latest update to FF has caused it to slw down a lot

[maneth]

Odd, I use firefox and I haven't noticed any slowdown... It's possible you're running some extension that's causing the problem.

[SeaBee]

I've just loaded the latest upgrades to Firefox and it seems to be loading ok, although there seems to be an issue with one of the sig hosting sites.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

possible. though i have IE 8 and have no issues loading and viewing Gateworld.

[Skydiver]

clintonio.net is notoriously slow, and many members use it for rotating sigs

[Shanthaia]

a question - I just have seen an ad that really bothers me, but when I right click on it it only offers me to play it again (animated ad)

is there any other possibilty to get the property info that darren needs besides rigth clicking it? (I have the window with the ad still open)

[Tinah]

Hi, I've been gone for a week, and during that time I got a warning for having a signature that was too big. My Dragon Cave dragons grew up during that week, so I assume that was the problem, but I've also heard some people say that my siggie stretches the thread for them a little. But when I right-click "properties" it says that it's 700 pixels wide. Others get another number. So I'm looking for a second opinion: is it within the rules? ( They might have been viewing a cached version, which was bigger, but that should be fixed now after over a week. )

[SeaBee]

Your sig is ok for size as far as i can see, but it is over the 50kb limit a little. Try dropping the resolution a bit and that should cure the problem.

Edited to add: Rechecked today, and it's fine now.

[iheartshep]

Okay......I have a stupid question.

I am on dial-up first off. I usually go to the John Sheppard Whump/Thunk threads. On occasion, some of the pages have been slow to load but they do eventually load. These threads have been known to be picture intensive, especially the Thunk thread. I understand that and am glad to wait.

That being said, I have been having oodles of problems with getting the Jared Padalecki thread. Today I waited 10 minutes and the thing never did load. Does the thread have bones that need to be salted and burned? LOL Does my slow computer? Will finding the Colt solve this problem?

Ack. Damn dial up.

IHS

[Thunder Hawk]

Okay......I have a stupid question.

I am on dial-up first off. I usually go to the John Sheppard Whump/Thunk threads. On occasion, some of the pages have been slow to load but they do eventually load. These threads have been known to be picture intensive, especially the Thunk thread. I understand that and am glad to wait.

That being said, I have been having oodles of problems with getting the Jared Padalecki thread. Today I waited 10 minutes and the thing never did load. Does the thread have bones that need to be salted and burned? LOL Does my slow computer? Will finding the Colt solve this problem?

Ack. Damn dial up.

IHS

some members use rotating sigs and or the eggs from the dragon cave and those can slow down the loading of the page. or the pics in the thread are linked to a slow server

[jelgate]

Are you sure its not your dial up? I just tried the thread in question and it took longer the average thread on my high speed DSL. So with in that considereation I would wager that the thread is pic heavy. And we all know how long a lot of pics can have on dial up. If not I would clean out your browsing history and see what happens

[Thunderstorm]

I have noticed some threads loading slower today. It's possible the thread has an ad that is slow loading today or maybe that thread has a lot of posts with dragons or sigs from the clintonio site.

I finally blocked the dragon site, I got too tired of those slowing down the pages (and I'm on DSL). I seriously considering blocking the images from the clintonio site too although I like seeing all the different sigs.

[Thunder Hawk]

I have noticed some threads loading slower today. It's possible the thread has an ad that is slow loading today or maybe that thread has a lot of posts with dragons or sigs from the clintonio site.

I finally blocked the dragon site, I got too tired of those slowing down the pages (and I'm on DSL). I seriously considering blocking the images from the clintonio site too although I like seeing all the different sigs.

the rotating sigs from clintonio are the main problem for me

[Skydiver]

clintonio is a major problem. their servers are painfully slow and yeah, bog down both on my high speed at home and my T1 at work