Hi
Just thought I'd let you know that when I'm typing a post, it seems to pause (or freeze) occasionally whilst typing and then catches up...putting the characters in that I've typed but didn't show.
I've only noticed this recently. It's happening on my work PC and home PC and very intermittent.
Is it in the movie or music voting threads? That's the only place I'm seeing it and I know it's from all the youtube links.
I have seen this too...actually happening right now with this post. I never go in those other posts you mention.
I'll take a look at it later this morning after I've got kids to school and job calls handled. I've noticed some slowness when on my phone, but it was affecting other sites, too and not just GH, so I thought it was the phone.
Not sure if it helps in your investigation, but I am using Chrome from my desktop computer on Windows 10.
No problems from my home or work machines this morning.
For anyone who is having trouble with sight speed, please humor me and go hit a couple of articles on the front page (yeah, yeah...) and leave a comment or two, even if they are not immediately approved to appear. That will help me narrow down whether it is the entire site, or forum specific
Site is faster for me than normal, on my phone.
Quote from: Gusington on February 20, 2018, 08:59:58 AM
Site is faster for me than normal, on my phone.
so you stole all the speed
Gus needs to pedal faster is all.
Quote from: Barthheart on February 20, 2018, 08:16:16 AM
Is it in the movie or music voting threads? That's the only place I'm seeing it and I know it's from all the youtube links.
No. It happened as I was writing the original post here (and is now) and also in the Computer Gaming forum...basically wherever I go
(Like
Gus...oops - meant Grim - sorry Gus), I'm using Chrome on Windows 7 (at work and home)
I just went on the main page (who knew Unicorns were real?) and typing there was fine.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on February 20, 2018, 09:50:59 AM
I just went on the main page (who knew Unicorns were real?) and typing there was fine.
I'm running the DB backups now before I start on the maintenance processes
We'll see if that helps.
Even if it doesn't, it's been a while and I need to do them
Still no issues for me.
Keep pedaling.
Just had some slowness as JD describes in the pc gaming thread, but I would blame my phone quicker than the site.
I've had some slowness issues at times the last 2-3 weeks. But I always assumed it was something with either my PC and or internet connection causing it.
What I usually saw was the first few seconds were slow/delayed display of what I was typing. Then it would catchup and would be fine.
I'm usually using edge on Win10.
BTW, if you've completed you DB maintenance, then things are running very fast now.
Quote from: OJsDad on February 20, 2018, 10:17:22 AM
I'm usually using edge on Win10.
That's your problem right there ;)
Quote from: OJsDad on February 20, 2018, 10:17:54 AM
BTW, if you've completed you DB maintenance, then things are running very fast now.
Actually - still trying to get the backups downloaded, so it may be that the maintenance has squat to do with it :)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 20, 2018, 10:41:30 AM
Quote from: OJsDad on February 20, 2018, 10:17:54 AM
BTW, if you've completed you DB maintenance, then things are running very fast now.
Actually - still trying to get the backups downloaded, so it may be that the maintenance has squat to do with it :)
You should have just taken credit for it. That's IT 101.
OK, maintenance tasks are all run.
Lemme know if there's any improvement.
It might not hurt for y'all to dump your caches on your end, either
Quote from: mirth on February 20, 2018, 10:50:28 AM
You should have just taken credit for it. That's IT 101.
I'll take your word for that, since you're our IT guy ;D
IT 102 teaches not to believe anything the IT guy says.
Also good advice
:nerd:
Whenever I go into Reply mode, Chrome starts jittering between using 5-10% CPU. I don't know if that's linked to the speed - but it seems odd.
Though maybe not - maybe that's just the emoticons
This post has been absolutely fine. When I was replying in the Religion/politics forum, it was really bad.
So I was posting in the R&P forum in Chrome and it was terribly slow. Sometimes typing half a dozen words before they actually showed.
Using IE, I had no issues.
This thread now seems to be OK (in Chrome)
IE?? The horror.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 20, 2018, 10:50:58 AM
It might not hurt for y'all to dump your caches on your end, either
Oh, so now you're blaming our dietary fiber intake?
I've had the same issues as JD. Having them now as a matter of fact. I've also had the emojis show up at the bottom of the last slot in a poll, obscuring the choices for votes, time run, and whether or not to see the votes. Thought it was just my machine.
I use a government computer on a government network all day. That is the definition of slow. If I'm typing an email, and another email comes in, my email program stops working for about a minute. That's when it's working well. Lately it's been much worse. We keep getting these emails from IT that there are unplanned issues with the network. No kidding.
This is still an issue - really bad at times and not so at others (perhaps specific threads...don't know).
I mentioned using Chrome...so I will exclusively post using IE for the time being and see if it is a Chrome thing.
I'm guessing it is browser related. Didn't Chrome just get a big update including some built in adblocker? Wouldn't be surprised if it is related to that.
I view the site on Mac and PC, both at home and at work, and I haven't had any problems this week. I use Firefox exclusively though.
The only time I have any kind of issue is in my phone and that's always due to a crappy connection.
Same for me. My phone is slowest, 99% of the time because of the connection. On my iPad I use Safari and have no issues. On my PC I use Chrome and hardly ever have a problem. Have only experienced what you guys have described above once this week, on my phone, and that was three days ago. So...wtf is going on?
Russian trollz
Of course after I typed and posted the above I had the worst slowdown on my phone in three days.
Don't anger them.
Hard to anger when it takes 5 minutes to post a sentence.
Gives you time to compose your thoughts.
You should work in marketing.
Half the time, I do.
What about the other half?
Waiting for my posts here to finish typing.
I use Internet Explorer and have not had any problems here. I do have problems with Windows 10 when it automatically updates it screws up my HDMI video connections resulting in a split screen effect. Reversing the HDMI cables and refreshing the settings on my monitor clears it up but I had to figure that out on my own as the local computer people had never heard of it happening before. It always occurs just after Windows 10 updates and is damned frustrating. :knuppel2:
Quote from: Sir Slash on February 22, 2018, 09:46:22 AM
I use Internet Explorer and have not had any problems here. I do have problems with Windows 10 when it automatically updates it screws up my HDMI video connections resulting in a split screen effect. Reversing the HDMI cables and refreshing the settings on my monitor clears it up but I had to figure that out on my own as the local computer people had never heard of it happening before. It always occurs just after Windows 10 updates and is damned frustrating. :knuppel2:
Sir Slash, next time that happens try pressing
Win+Ctrl+Shift+B. That should restart the graphics driver (the screen will go black for a second). I don't know if it will work or not but it's worth a try.
Thanks bb. I'll do that. :bd:
I have been forced to actually use Edge to use this site. EDGE! The indignity of it all!
Quote from: Arctic Blast on February 22, 2018, 03:46:03 PM
I have been forced to actually use Edge to use this site. EDGE! The indignity of it all!
Disgraceful.
So I've been using IE all day and I didn't have a problem.
Not 5 minutes ago, I used Chrome to reply the the Consolidate Gun Control thread and it was a nightmare. At one point it took over a minute to display the 6 words I had typed.
I'm currently suspecting Chrome is the issue. I haven't noticed the problem on other sites, though I don't post on many other sites.
And I'm using Chrome currently and noticing the issue again - though not as bad as earlier.
I'm using Safari on a Mac, and it seems to be working just fine.
I'll bet it's that Chrome update that just came down this week.
I don't recall noticing it more than a week ago
Yeah. Google just rolled out a crappy built in ad-filter for Chrome. I'm guessing that it's having a bunch of unintended consequences.
Eek. I'm affected too.
Just happened to me for the first time while using Chrome on my gaming PC :-[
so the consensus appears to be: "Screw Chrome and the horse it rode in on"
I already said that about Firefox! Options getting...slimmer.
Quote from: Gusington on February 24, 2018, 10:21:51 AM
I already said that about Firefox! Options getting...slimmer.
I'm using Firefox without any issues.
I switched from Firefox to Chrome years ago over issues I can't even remember.
For awhile, Firefox had big problems with memory leaks. It's much better now than a couple years ago.
I use Chrome and Firefox together at work (two screens with each running on one). I only use Firefox at home.
Just to be clear, it's OK for the PEOPLE on this website to be 'slow', just not the website itself, right? That's what we're against, correct?
Quote from: Sir Slash on February 25, 2018, 02:33:22 PM
Just to be clear, it's OK for the PEOPLE on this website to be 'slow', just not the website itself, right? That's what we're against, correct?
We prefer to think of you as 'special'.
Why Thank You. Is that why I get to wear this nice padded coat you gave me?
This is still a nightmare. I simply can't use Chrome to write. It's not even limited to the forums...sending a PM is also proving painful.
It takes a few minutes for it to happen to me, and if I close the tab in Chrome and then open it again it is ok for another few minutes. Is it some kind of memory leak?
Quote from: Gusington on February 27, 2018, 04:52:53 PM
It takes a few minutes for it to happen to me, and if I close the tab in Chrome and then open it again it is ok for another few minutes. Is it some kind of memory leak?
Possibly. Try Gingko Biloba.
What about some Bilbo Baggins?
Try that too.
Tea-baggin'?
Everything seems to be working fine again after the latest Chrome update. No more Edge! :smitten:
I'm having something of the same issue, JD. For a few weeks now.
Sometimes the typing gets intermittent in that it takes a few seconds before what I'm typing/clicking actually appears, but more often it just sits there and does absolutely nothing.
I've found if I click in another tab and then click back, whatever I've typed appears. Since I'm aware of this, I'll start typing a sentence or two and nothing appears, but then I click out and back in again and poof, it's all there as if everything's normal.
That doesn't always work though. I'll start typing and after a few seconds the page will jump halfway down. I have to scroll back up and click in the message box, which does not always work and sometimes takes multiple tries.
It's driving me nuts. I had to switch over to Firefox where I don't see any problems typing for the moment.
^ This! O0
The stuttering is happening to me on every reply box.
What browser are you guys using? My Macs have been fine but on my windowbox I've been using Chrome and get the freezing and stutters too, though not all the time. I'm starting to suspect some periodic data harvesting tomfoolery from Google or Microsoft.
Or both.
Chrome.
It's only been an issue in the last two, three weeks or so for me.
Using Firefox now for GH and no problems. I'll never use IE though. I'd rather go back to my 1200 baud modem and dial up BBS sites from that huge book that listed all the numbers back in the day.
I think it is safe to say I use the forums more than anyone and I have not had any of these problems with Firefox on Win7 machines or Mac. Nor has it been a persistent problem on my Android phone.
Sounds like Chrome is borked. I only use Chrome for specific work stuff, not for routine browsing.
Drat. I shoulda knew Chrome was too good to last.
Everything changed when Google dropped "don't be evil" from the mission statement
Maybe they only dropped the 'don't' and kept the rest.
Heh. Pretty much.
Quite.
If you say 'chrome' backwards real fast over and over it sounds like..... "Red Rum"? ??? What could be evil about Red Rum?
Quote from: mirth on March 07, 2018, 07:26:25 PM
I think it is safe to say I use the forums more than anyone
...
Ya think?
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4797/39976164814_d679e952c2_b.jpg)
Dammit! I got to step-up my game.
I gotta get a life.
How am I the number 2 poster but don't even rank in time online? How is Star #3?? And LB who jettisoned 2-3 years ago #5??? Something ain't right, I tell ya.
I sometimes forget to log out of GH and leave it overnight, so I'm surprised even with that happening a lot I'm not in that top 10 of time online, either.
Quote from: mirth on March 08, 2018, 11:27:55 AM
I gotta get a life.
If any of us did, there'd be no posts here. ;D
Quite.
Quote from: BanzaiCat on March 08, 2018, 01:47:04 PM
I sometimes forget to log out of GH and leave it overnight, so I'm surprised even with that happening a lot I'm not in that top 10 of time online, either.
Quote from: mirth on March 08, 2018, 11:27:55 AM
I gotta get a life.
If any of us did, there'd be no posts here. ;D
You can log out of Grogheads any time you like but you can never leave.
Damned temporal loops.
I updated Chrome today to 65.0.3325.146 and after seems to work much better for me now....hopefully this is the cure.
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6duNLWtGym7CJM9vlbMDNDGL8M8E6uudcx6cjHMMTRsJuc-Z2ng)
Seems like heaven
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on March 08, 2018, 07:05:46 PM
I updated Chrome today to 65.0.3325.146 and after seems to work much better for me now....hopefully this is the cure.
Thanks for posting this. I just tried it and it looks like it's working well for me, too.
Quote from: BanzaiCat on March 09, 2018, 07:03:31 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on March 08, 2018, 07:05:46 PM
I updated Chrome today to 65.0.3325.146 and after seems to work much better for me now....hopefully this is the cure.
Thanks for posting this. I just tried it and it looks like it's working well for me, too.
No problem, been working great for me ever since.
I'm really sorry - but it is so painful for me to post here now - I really can't do it.
It takes a while for my keystroked to register and that's even more peinful when I have to backspace (which becomes more often the older I get). Like 30 seconds before that full stop showed upw.
I don't know ehre this camefrome, where this happend of when - but it's fucking downright painful to make a single post here
Honestly - just look at the fucking state of my last post - that's what oi have to deal with and editing is even more painful.
Same with me using the Chrome PC. Slow as snot.
Mate, just switch over to Firefox. That'll alleviate all of your pain instantly.
Check your version of Chrome, too, and see if it's due for an update.
The latter worked for me...so too did the former, before I was made aware that there was an update for Chrome.
Are you still using Chrome, JD? Have you tried using Firefox instead?
Quote from: JudgeDredd on March 10, 2018, 04:33:49 PM
Honestly - just look at the fucking state of my last post - that's what oi have to deal with and editing is even more painful.
Are you sure your on the latest version of Chrome? Before getting the latest, I had the same issues as you. But ever since I installed the most current version, everything has returned back to normal. Go to help->about and make sure you have minimally this version....
Version 65.0.3325.146
Just a note to others- to have Chrome check for updates go to the menu section, click 'help' and then 'about Chrome'.
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 10, 2018, 07:51:40 PM
Just a note to others- to have Chrome check for updates go to the menu section, click 'help' and then 'about Chrome'.
That did it for me. I wasn't current, but now that I am, everything is smooth.
Quote from: BanzaiCat on March 10, 2018, 04:38:41 PM
Check your version of Chrome, too, and see if it's due for an update.
I wasn't...
Quote from: mirth on March 10, 2018, 04:39:03 PM
Are you still using Chrome, JD? Have you tried using Firefox instead?
Because the reason I moved to chrome was Google pulled HD support for images for IE - I don't really want to go to another one
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on March 10, 2018, 05:52:02 PM
Are you sure your on the latest version of Chrome? Before getting the latest, I had the same issues as you. But ever since I installed the most current version, everything has returned back to normal. Go to help->about and make sure you have minimally this version....
Version 65.0.3325.146
I wasn't - thank you that seems to have worked.
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 10, 2018, 07:51:40 PM
Just a note to others- to have Chrome check for updates go to the menu section, click 'help' and then 'about Chrome'.
Great - thanks - all seems to be well - just now. I can at least type and backspace!!
Just testing and it seems much better for me after updating Chrome. No more lag in the Reply window. :)