ASF Site Performance

[Boggo]

There have been major problems with Firefox over the last few months.

I have gone back to the last most stable version 3.0.13

It can be downloaded from many free sites, just google it.

ASF is working much faster for me since I uninstalled my newer versions and installed 3.0.13

gg

Latest one is good gg, v3.6 rc

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Latest one is good gg, v3.6 rc

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

Thanks Boggo.

I tried that a few days ago, but the one I mentioned , for me, anyway is faster.

Perhaps Joe, you might check speeds with different browser versions.

gg

 

[Joe Blow]

Perhaps Joe, you might check speeds with different browser versions.

I've tested them all and Google Chrome is the fastest without a doubt.

 

[Boggo]

For anyone using Firefox where it is slow or "locking up" this will fix it in most cases...

Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll over ½ way down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
network.http.proxy.pipelining

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which will speed up page loading.

Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30.
This means it will make 30 requests at once.

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.
Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

 

[Wysiwyg]

Thanks Drac. A road test proves this trick reduces site loading speed.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

For anyone using Firefox where it is slow or "locking up" this will fix it in most cases...

Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll over ½ way down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
network.http.proxy.pipelining

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which will speed up page loading.

Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30.
This means it will make 30 requests at once.

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.
Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

I've used that trick in the past but wondered whether it increased your use of your allotted gbytes per month before going on to slow.

gg

 

[drsmith]

Zone Alarm antivirus is detecting the following when browsing this site

Trojan.JS.Redirector.ar was found in C:\Users\.........\AppData\Local\MICROSOFT\Windows\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\Low\Content.IE5\QADJ0BC8\show_ads[1].js on 1/25/2010 17:59:56

 

[Joe Blow]

Zone Alarm antivirus is detecting the following when browsing this site

Trojan.JS.Redirector.ar was found in C:\Users\.........\AppData\Local\MICROSOFT\Windows\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\Low\Content.IE5\QADJ0BC8\show_ads[1].js on 1/25/2010 17:59:56

This is being reported as a false detection on the Kaspersky forums. Kaspersky is the antivirus used by Zone Alarm. It will be fixed in the next update.

http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=155383&pid=1248044&st=0

 

[Joe Blow]

ASF will be moving to a new server today, so at some point the forums will need to be shut down for a little while.

I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but assure you that loading times and general site performance will be much improved after the site is moved to the new server.

 

[Miner]

Terrific information gathering and thanks for the posting

First time I visited this thread and equally interesting as in the stock chats

 

[Joe Blow]

An attempt was just made to move ASF to the new server but issues were encountered and it has had to be temporarily postponed.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

An attempt was just made to move ASF to the new server but issues were encountered and it has had to be temporarily postponed.

Probably global warming.

Go for a grant from ole Kev07, you might get some pink bats.

gg

 

[Joe Blow]

An attempt was just made to move ASF to the new server but issues were encountered and it has had to be temporarily postponed.

The move to the new server is back on and I will be shutting down the forum temporarily in about 15 or 20 minutes from now.

So please, for your own sanity, avoid starting any long, detailed posts until the move to the new server is complete.

 

[nunthewiser]

Now that was strange ........ The forums went offline like you mentioned BUT the chatroom was still working ............. weird stuff man !

 

[Joe Blow]

Now that was strange ........ The forums went offline like you mentioned BUT the chatroom was still working ............. weird stuff man !

We're only half way there... will let you know when it's all done.

 

[Joe Blow]

We're only half way there... will let you know when it's all done.

Okay, ASF has now been moved and we are live on the new server.

I hope that people are noticing slightly improved performance and page loading times.

 

[Aussiejeff]

Okay, ASF has now been moved and we are live on the new server.

I hope that people are noticing slightly improved performance and page loading times.

A tad quicker, but I'm only on LO speed ADSL.

I'm sure when I get a super-dooper, cheap hi-speed optic fibre link courtesy of Messrs KRudd & CONRoy I'll notice a BIG difference!

Chiz,

aj

 

[Joe Blow]

There seems to be a problem with the site search function.

Looking into this.

 

[Buckfont]

Joe have noticed that when a company code is typed in and you hit search, it automatically comes up with `no matches`. Did this with several.

Cheers, Buckfont.

 

[Joe Blow]

Joe have noticed that when a company code is typed in and you hit search, it automatically comes up with `no matches`. Did this with several.

Cheers, Buckfont.

This is in the process of getting fixed. I'm onto ASF's host about it right now and it will hopefully be back to normal soon.

Moving to a new server always proves to be a bit of a headache so please bear with me.