Report Problems with the Board Here - Page 3

Siageah · 02-06-2008, 06:16:27 AM

I am sure that you are aware of this, but just wanted to post my results nonetheless. And perhaps some of the members will want to switch browsers for the duration of the site slowdown to improve performance.

Internet Explorer is the worst for viewing this site at the moment. The slowdown in loading the site is *extremely* noticeable. The Hot Coupon World Logo will load and then the rest of the site (forum and other ads) can take anywhere from 20-50 seconds to load.

Using Opera last night I barely noticed any slowdown at all. Not much more than just my normal lag.

Netscape, that I just tried now, has a bit of a slowdown, but nowhere near as bad as IE. The Logo and the new ad to the left load almost immediately, and then the rest of the forum loads shortly thereafter.

So those of you who are experiencing problems that are starting to really get on your nerves, try a different browser if you can. At least until the good folks at HCW get the bugs worked out.

collectorofbells · 02-06-2008, 06:48:07 AM

I use Firefox ( which you can also get the add-on to remove most ads) it's slow during the day but in the morning it's not noticeable at all.

char1975 · 02-06-2008, 08:41:36 AM

I have AOL, and its extremly slow. I thought it was just my computer.

Siageah · 02-06-2008, 10:20:45 AM

Originally Posted by collectorofbells

I use Firefox ( which you can also get the add-on to remove most ads) it's slow during the day but in the morning it's not noticeable at all.

Yes, I am using Firefox right now and it is still noticeably better than IE. There is a bit of a delay, but not the half a minute-minute delay.

CQintraining · 02-06-2008, 10:30:33 AM

I use IE and HCW recently started requiring and ActiveX control to be installed. I installed it and this caused the slowdown. I am on dialup at home and it was so slow I could not even search through the boards to find a solution. I removed the ActiveX control that HCW site wants you to install and I no longer get the slow down. On each screen refresh it IE does warn me that the site wants ActiveX, but I ignore it and the page loads fine.

billig · 02-06-2008, 12:16:11 PM

I'm still having problems with the computer at work...I can hardly do anything at HCW even tho' every other site on the www. works fine. When I went to check my PM's it would just boot me right out of HCW! The computer at work is REALLLLLLY old...and I mean like jurassic park!

I'm home for lunch and thought I'd check in.

lmcconne · 02-06-2008, 02:12:30 PM

I don't have a choice of browser. My screen loading delay is no 20-50 seconds; it's like five minutes later and threads can't be viewed. Is this going to get better or is this just the way it's going to be?

Siageah · 02-06-2008, 02:55:30 PM

Originally Posted by lmcconne

I don't have a choice of browser. My screen loading delay is no 20-50 seconds; it's like five minutes later and threads can't be viewed. Is this going to get better or is this just the way it's going to be?

Ouch. Now that is really awful.

I've noticed a real slowdown now vs earlier. I don't know if it is server load or what. But it almost like something is trying to load on the site and just freezing everything up.

hotcouponmama · 02-06-2008, 04:38:24 PM

Originally Posted by CQintraining

I use IE and HCW recently started requiring and ActiveX control to be installed. I installed it and this caused the slowdown. I am on dialup at home and it was so slow I could not even search through the boards to find a solution. I removed the ActiveX control that HCW site wants you to install and I no longer get the slow down. On each screen refresh it IE does warn me that the site wants ActiveX, but I ignore it and the page loads fine.

Um, we don't require an ActiveX to view the site. Can you send Mark some information about this cause we don't have anything like that. If you're downloading something like that to see the site, it's nothing that we have you use, so something's strange there and Mark would like to look at it if you can provide him some details or a screen shot. You can PM him here through the site.