Google Chrome

[TEG]

I don't use Chrome. I had noticed the slowdown using Firefox.
It was unusable for me with Facebook+Twitter links.
Now that it has just Twitter, and I have less posts per page it is usable, but not as quick to load as it was before this "social network integration."
If the Twitter links are not doing much good I hope they get removed to speed up loading again.

There must be some other factor in the variability of the slowdown from person to person... Java version? Internet connection speed? Virus scanners? Free memory? Speed of the Twitter cache server local to that user?

[dpeilow]

Quite a few people use the Twitter links.

I thought we'd had this fixed after the topic came up last time.

[NigelM]

For those of you that use Chrome, can you post your OS and whether you're having problems or not? Maybe we can get this figured out.

I have Chrome on Windows 7, am using 20 posts per page, with no problems. HOWEVER, I also use my Kindle Fire sometimes for hanging out surfing from the couch and I've had not problems there either. As far as Internet connection I'm using Verizon Fios 25MBits up and down....

[smorgasbord]

This site is much faster redirecting the following to 127.0.0.1 via etc/hosts:

doubleclick.net
doubleclick.com
googleads.g.doubleclick.net
platform.twitter.com
connect.facebook.net

If you don't understand this message, don't ask how to do it. It can be dangerous.

[AnOutsider]

Adblock plugin helps with the slow ads, though it obviously interferes with the revenue earned by the forum.

[woof]

This site is much faster redirecting the following to 127.0.0.1 via etc/hosts:

doubleclick.net
doubleclick.com
googleads.g.doubleclick.net
platform.twitter.com
connect.facebook.net

I also saw a large slow down on Chrome (on the Mac) back when the twitter stuff was added, so I did the above for just platform.twitter.com. Made a very large difference. Chrome still seems to 'stall' if I open 5 or more tabs from this site at a time. Never bothered to investigate further...just don't do that anymore. I'll add the other sites above and see if that helps.

[Edit] Nope. Still stalls.

[NigelM]

Ran a speedtest just now as I have no problems with loading. Results:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 18470 kbps (2308.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 17256 kbps (2157 KB/sec transfer rate)
Tue Feb 21 2012 19:51:50 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

P.S. I have no idea if that's helpful....

[howabout2]

I have NoScript blocking Twitter and Facebook (among other things I don't care for) and therefore don't even see the links. I temporarily allowed scripts from all domains and was shocked by the difference.

If you're using Firefox, don't want to muck with your hosts file or a local caching DNS server, and don't care about Twitter et al, you can grab NoScript and just blacklist twitter.com.

[ElSupreme]

Wow I first tried using IE8 (work computer is XP) and it was unusable. Then started using chrome, and is mostly ok. If FF is indeed faster I may have to install it.

So it seems like Me, vfx, TEG and maybe ElSupreme are having problems with Google Chrome. NigelM and dpeilow aren't having problems with Chrome.

I don't think it is really a Chrome problem, more so my crappy work computer. IE is unuseable on my work computer though. And pretty bad on my home laptop. My desktop can power through anything so I don't notice.

[JRod0802]

I also saw a large slow down on Chrome (on the Mac) back when the twitter stuff was added, so I did the above for just platform.twitter.com. Made a very large difference. Chrome still seems to 'stall' if I open 5 or more tabs from this site at a time. Never bothered to investigate further...just don't do that anymore. I'll add the other sites above and see if that helps.

[Edit] Nope. Still stalls.

Yeah, mine stalls after 4 or 5 too