The sprint ad interrupts the photos (it sat in the middle of the picture or text for the 80s gallery), and on random posts comments don't load (or rather, it says that they're loading...forever). I'm using a PC (hp), Internet Explorer ( i know, I know! I'm at work, though...) version 7.0.5730.11
Windows XP home edition, firefox: No probs with comments loading, but the Sprint banner appears across the middle of everything, including right across the pictures for the 80's Past Fashion.
I do have one issue with comments. It's not new, but while we're mentioning these things I might as well bring it up. If I go to a specific comment, so that the address bar has #cxxxxxxx in it or whatever, I then can't read through the rest of the comments. When I click "next", it goes to the next page for a second and then switches back to the original comment I clicked on. It's always been like that though and I live with it.
If you could do something about the Sprint banner that would be awesome.
HP Pavilion Notebook, Vista, Firefox 2. I've been having problems getting the comments on anything popular to load, especially the open threads. For about 30 seconds Firefox will stop responding, then all is well. And it's MUCH worse with the Sprint ad and the ads up top for The Tudors and stuff from a month or so ago. And I had to click on a heart in the comments about three separate times to make it go through a few days ago.
On my Mac OS using Firefox 3.0.7 I have been receiving constant javascript error popups, and starting last night had to hit reload at least once to see comments.
Very slow loads, or sometimes not loading at all until up to ten page refreshes. And it's just the comments, all the ads and banners seem to be loading fine.
At work (Windows XP, Firefox) videos frequently don't load, and when they do they kind of start and then quickly turn off again within a second or two.
At home (Safari Beta 4, Mac OSX 10.4.11) the videos load sporadically too.
And on both systems when I click on my friends/followers to see the long list the hearts do not show up by their names.
Running on a Mac, OS X, on Firefox 3.0.10. Yes, I've having a hard time getting comments to load. It will show the page loaded and the comments will continue to "load" separately. They haven't popped up on their own yet from that point. If I get stuck there, I just reload (sometimes a couple of times) and they tend to work at some point. I'm not having this issue on all posts at all times, it's intermittent.
Anna et al, I know this isn't your fault, because you folks provide the content and the discussion guidelines and your work is really what makes Jezebel what it is. I just have a general bitchfit about the Gawker commenting code infrastructure.
Every other week, something is broken. Back in May or so, for about a week and a half, I couldn't comment at all on my XP machine. Now threads do load...sometimes, after a great deal of refreshing, but there's some Javascript that's eating up processor and freezing up IE. The site crawls on Safari on my iPhone.
It sort of kills me, because I really love Jezebel and I love coming here and participating with all you fantastic folks, commenters and editors alike. (You are all fab, and the commenting code mess is not your fault!)
But Gawker commenting code has been a complete and total clusterfuck for months and months now. I don't think it was always like this; I remember that when I first started on Jez, it was snappy and responsive on all browsers and mobile devices I tried. But now, every other week, there's some new problem, and it's gotten to the point where nearly everyday I cringe a little when the code loads slowly, waiting to see if it'll come up broken or slow or both.
I have never seen code releases that were this badly broken in any other type of forum software, ever, on the Internet. There's gotta be some way for Gawker Tech to fix this, and make stuff load faster and more reliably on more devices.
@tscheese: Can I just second every single thing you said here?
I'd also like to add that Jez doesn't just crawl, it slows and occasionally freezes the entire OS when I'm on a Windows machine. I get the "abort script" prompt a lot.
@tscheese: <--not an expert, nor do I play one on TV. My amateur technology girl detective skills make me think it's the new super invasive LOOK AT ME!!!!!! advertising ruining it for everyone. The Sprint ad is trying (rather unsuccessfully) to pull post data, the ads that auto size themselves to cover the header - I think it's too much third party code trying to work with the legit site code.
I swear if I was independently wealthy I'd buy Jezebel right up from Mr. Denton and let it be the free range blog it was born to be. Free the Jezzies from this AJAX-based oppression!
Topic: I have problems every so often, but I thought they were my fault. Lengthy load times with time outs, the sprint banner floats on some gallery images, every so often comments won't load at all, but it's rare.
Specs: XP on an AMD Phenom 9600 quad core, Firefox 3.0.10, high speed connection for the computer, Safari on iPhone 3G
@Chamalla, now gainfully employed: Crap - that arrow is meant to point at me, not the lovely and charming tscheese, whose qualifications are likely quite impressive. ; )
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I'm using a PC (hp), Internet Explorer ( i know, I know! I'm at work, though...) version 7.0.5730.11
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I am;
MacBook Pro
Firefox 3
Most up to date Leopard
And the Sprint ads work sometimes.
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I'm on a Mac. OS X version 10.4.11 using Safari.
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Dell, Windows XP Pro, Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10
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I do have one issue with comments. It's not new, but while we're mentioning these things I might as well bring it up. If I go to a specific comment, so that the address bar has #cxxxxxxx in it or whatever, I then can't read through the rest of the comments. When I click "next", it goes to the next page for a second and then switches back to the original comment I clicked on. It's always been like that though and I live with it.
If you could do something about the Sprint banner that would be awesome.
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I'm on Mac OS X 10.4 using Firefox 5.0.
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I had always personally thought my problems were due to the weird random blocks on my work comp.
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At home (Safari Beta 4, Mac OSX 10.4.11) the videos load sporadically too.
And on both systems when I click on my friends/followers to see the long list the hearts do not show up by their names.
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Every other week, something is broken. Back in May or so, for about a week and a half, I couldn't comment at all on my XP machine. Now threads do load...sometimes, after a great deal of refreshing, but there's some Javascript that's eating up processor and freezing up IE. The site crawls on Safari on my iPhone.
It sort of kills me, because I really love Jezebel and I love coming here and participating with all you fantastic folks, commenters and editors alike. (You are all fab, and the commenting code mess is not your fault!)
But Gawker commenting code has been a complete and total clusterfuck for months and months now. I don't think it was always like this; I remember that when I first started on Jez, it was snappy and responsive on all browsers and mobile devices I tried. But now, every other week, there's some new problem, and it's gotten to the point where nearly everyday I cringe a little when the code loads slowly, waiting to see if it'll come up broken or slow or both.
I have never seen code releases that were this badly broken in any other type of forum software, ever, on the Internet. There's gotta be some way for Gawker Tech to fix this, and make stuff load faster and more reliably on more devices.
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I'd also like to add that Jez doesn't just crawl, it slows and occasionally freezes the entire OS when I'm on a Windows machine. I get the "abort script" prompt a lot.
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I swear if I was independently wealthy I'd buy Jezebel right up from Mr. Denton and let it be the free range blog it was born to be. Free the Jezzies from this AJAX-based oppression!
Topic: I have problems every so often, but I thought they were my fault. Lengthy load times with time outs, the sprint banner floats on some gallery images, every so often comments won't load at all, but it's rare.
Specs: XP on an AMD Phenom 9600 quad core, Firefox 3.0.10, high speed connection for the computer, Safari on iPhone 3G
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/symbol-based communication fail.