pages load very slowly when videos are posted

[paulthesinger]

sometimes it takes over a minute for a page to load because people have posted a video and then someone has quoted it etc.
is it possible to 'suggest' people only do this in the video thread?

 

[Niall]

Example thread please?

 

[prateik]

quoting youtube videos ?
use flashblock on firefox if the ram cant handle it

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

 

[paulthesinger]

chelsea banned from signing players thread
https://www.redcafe.net/f7/chelsea-banned-signing-players-266243/

 

[prateik]

no videos .. pics .. and quoting them multiple times on the same page wont slow down the net

 

[cj_sparky]

chelsea banned from signing players thread
https://www.redcafe.net/f7/chelsea-banned-signing-players-266243/

Took me seconds, to load that.

 

[Red_Jamie]

Damn that 56k modem!

 

[cj_sparky]

Damn that 56k modem!

, Only time I have trouble is match day and if I go onto the match day thread.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

quoting youtube videos ?
use flashblock on firefox if the ram cant handle it

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

That seems like your solution paulthesinger.

That or a new pc+Internet connection.

 

[golden_blunder]

fork out a bit of cash to upgrade your broadband speed

 

[Wibble]

Pull the string a bit tighter.

 

[ALX8725]

is the threadstarter still using dial up or something

 

[Alex]

Think of how bad life would suck with dial up

 

[Raven Blade]

Methinks its time for an upgrade, my friend.

 

[Wibble]

is the threadstarter still using dial up or something

He either has a very very slow connection or a very old computer with sod all RAM. Or both.

 

[paulthesinger]

I've got 8 meg broadband but I am on a mac

 

[paulthesinger]

oh and 2 gigs of ram

 

[Red_Jamie]

Really can't see what the problem could be then..

I think the reason most people are finding this funny is because, at least in my case, this site always seems to load up very quickly. Videos or no videos..

 

[paulthesinger]

It's probably because I use Safari as a browser.. the page loads instantly, then as I scroll down it hangs for at least a minute until the whole page contents are loaded

 

[paulthesinger]

Yup it loads fine in firefox 3.5.2 but consistently hangs in Safari 4.0.3 which is supposed to be the fastest browser there is!

 

[Tumbling-Dice]

I've had this problem aswell using a laptop with XP and Firefox. It's probably more computer related than forum server related methinks.

 

[Wibble]

I have a mac with a poorer spec abd it all loads fine.

I hope that helps.

 

[paulthesinger]

I have a mac with a poorer spec abd it all loads fine.

I hope that helps.

Cheers Wibble, which browser do you use?

 

[jojojo]

Yup it loads fine in firefox 3.5.2 but consistently hangs in Safari 4.0.3 which is supposed to be the fastest browser there is!

At a guess, it's not directly related to the Youtube videos.

It could be computer related - a browser add-on needing an update or failing, a link scanner/phishing check scanner not responding.
It could be due to one or more ads playing up, sometimes browsers hang waiting for an adserver to reply which can affect some people/locations/machines more than others as a lot of ads are context sensitive and context can even include things like which Browser are you using.

I've had the same kind of thing happen in threads with no posted vid/photos, fortunately for me it's rare.

 

[MadDogg]

They take a while for me as well, but that's because I'm on an old-arse internet connection. One of these days I'll get off my butt and upgrade.

Theoretically, I wonder if the video's were posted inside a spoiler tag would make a difference? Would it load as the page was loading up, or only when the spoiler was opened? Not that I expect anyone to do that though.