Is it just me or has the site slowed down since the forum software upgrade? It takes 5-10 seconds to view a page and this is driving me crazy. 
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RWI too slow
- Thread starter makoberry
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I have to agree the site can be perceived as slow, what's outside of the site's control is the internet pipe, but I have been doing a few little tests and the average page is taking me 7.507 seconds and the telling part is the time from browser click to first byte received from the site which is on average 5.151 secs - so once in motion, it takes approx 2.4 seconds to load, that's not bad considering the richness of media.
However, 5.1 seconds for the web-server to respond is extremely slow.
From home my 24 MBit line takes an average of 165ms to reach the site (round trip), this page I'm typing into took 5 requests to load it, meaning network latency is about 5x165ms == 825 ms. Take that from the 2.4 seconds the browser took to get all data and that fairly good.
Still the initial 5.1 secs took 0.165 seconds for the server to get the request - what it was doing for the other 4.9 seconds, would be pure supposition.
But, as far as I can see, yes I'd consider it slow.
However, 5.1 seconds for the web-server to respond is extremely slow.
From home my 24 MBit line takes an average of 165ms to reach the site (round trip), this page I'm typing into took 5 requests to load it, meaning network latency is about 5x165ms == 825 ms. Take that from the 2.4 seconds the browser took to get all data and that fairly good.
Still the initial 5.1 secs took 0.165 seconds for the server to get the request - what it was doing for the other 4.9 seconds, would be pure supposition.
But, as far as I can see, yes I'd consider it slow.
I noticed this too and posted long ago, but no one responded; I figured it was me (although the site is slow on any PC I use).
Here's what I do: I open two tabs with different watch sites on each. While RWI is loading, I go to the other tab & surf there.
It DOES really discourage me from being a much more active member here...
(EDIT - 5 seconds just to upload this post. It's like dial-up)
Here's what I do: I open two tabs with different watch sites on each. While RWI is loading, I go to the other tab & surf there.
It DOES really discourage me from being a much more active member here...
(EDIT - 5 seconds just to upload this post. It's like dial-up)
Has been slow here too since the upgrade, will take 20 seconds sometimes once a page has loaded the heading title to when the page actually displays.
Well I hope it works - the last page has a footer that says:
Page generated in 672.03051 seconds (0.07% PHP - 99.93% MySQL) with 26 queries
Yeah, over 11 minutes. Lol. Poor DB is being hammered.
PS: csquared, if you're just doing a MySql optimise, that won't really make a huge difference unless the DB has had major schematic changes that result in table fragmentation ... or you can just tell me to shut-up
Page generated in 672.03051 seconds (0.07% PHP - 99.93% MySQL) with 26 queries
Yeah, over 11 minutes. Lol. Poor DB is being hammered.
PS: csquared, if you're just doing a MySql optimise, that won't really make a huge difference unless the DB has had major schematic changes that result in table fragmentation ... or you can just tell me to shut-up
wow...for me it varies on which computer im on immensely....my computer isnt too bad but i cant log on if im on a computer even remotely old or it takes lightyears for the pages to load... :S
I'm on a 10 meg connection and this site is really slow. It is slow enough that when I open a browser and come to the site, I have enough time to start this one and then go open a couple other tabs and get started on those before this site has loaded up properly. It is definitely slow enough that it limits the amount of time that I am able to spend here. I could read probably three or four times as much material in the same time if the site were loading properly.
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That's a major user-experience issue, if people find the site slow enough (that is: below their own acceptability threshold) then their usage will deteriorate yielding a smaller active user-base and therefore a less valuable resource, with less interest, less channels of information and fewer buyers and sellers of items.
Let's hope the extreme is never reached.
Ironically, if such a tail-off occurred, if would almost certainly reduce site load resulting is a better 'experience' for the remainder.
FWIW, I lurked on this and a several other replica forums before I joined here, and from what I've seen out there I'd still say this is the best place. It is worth putting up with the load times for threads that have valuable content in them.
Yeah, it is slower some days and ok the next - funny thing, I've been on a lot today, and THIS post was the slowest opening page so far!
Yeah, at the end of the day, this is a slow website but who cares. The stuff you get on it, for very little cost or none, is worth waiting for!