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Has ER.org changed servers, software or other?
01-21-2018, 10:08 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
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Has ER.org changed servers, software or other?
I'm just trying to figure out if it's something on my end or not.
Everything looks the same but when I bring up the ER.org website on my PC or iPad, the ER page to pops up like always but it seems to keep loading for a long time. And the "Community" and "Search" drop downs won't work? All the other drop downs, without down arrows, seem fine. It's been different on my end for several weeks it seems?
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Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 40% bonds / 10% cash
Target WR: Approx 2.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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01-21-2018, 10:13 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2013
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Most likely related to this:
http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...onnecting+time
Seems top be getting worse in terms of delay time for me.....
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01-21-2018, 10:29 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Boise
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The site has been working fine for me lately.
Dell laptop with Windows 8.1 over WiFi to CableOne 100Mbps cable. Chrome 63.0.3239.132 with AdBlock.
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01-21-2018, 10:56 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Something change a couple weeks ago.
I would click on a link on the portal page where I had previously looked at threads. It would go to the current page instantly, but then take 20 to 40 seconds to go to the first unread message. In the meantime, at the bottom left hand corner of the page I could see what it was trying to load. Thinks like connecting to Facebook, connecting to ad-server, connecting to facebook, blah blah blah. I believe that the lag from those services returning the advertising content was creating the delay.
I installed Ad Block Plus, and the problem disappeared. I have been of the opinion to let the ads run, it seems they help pay for the support of the website. But when they destroy the user experience, then the ad blocker can mask them.
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Well it's all right, we're heading to the end of the line...
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01-21-2018, 11:02 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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Interesting observation. I have noticed taking longer to load on different sites as well. I was wondering if it had anything to do with the Gov. changed or done away with some regulations if it had w=something to do with it.
I have NO idea just a thought.
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01-21-2018, 11:12 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Mississippi
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Originally Posted by Clone
I installed Ad Block Plus, and the problem disappeared. I have been of the opinion to let the ads run, it seems they help pay for the support of the website. But when they destroy the user experience, then the ad blocker can mask them.
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I mentioned in the other thread I suspected some ad server issue. I just installed uBlock Origin for chrome, and the problem appears to have gone away. When I disable it, the problem returns.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...jbkeiagm?hl=en
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01-21-2018, 11:26 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Midwest
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I started noticing various irregularities after a routine Microsoft update download. This is not uncommon in my experience. Get the force-fed updates then for weeks certain things just get screwy.... then at some point they seem to revert to "regular".. or maybe I just get used to the "new normal"...? Most of them clear up I suspect when MS updates the update that caused all the conflicts.
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01-21-2018, 11:29 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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On an iPad, In the past year or so I have noticed many periods of extreme slowness loading this site, sometimes leading to server timeout. It doesn’t affect any other sites. All my software is current.
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01-21-2018, 01:43 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2013
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Ghostery ad block ON for all ads - no problems. Turn OFF ad blocking - slows tremendously.
My problem was that a new ad was added to the typical list and Ghostery didn't automatically add it to the blocked list.
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“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” ― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
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01-21-2018, 01:45 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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No problems here using Win10, Chrome browser with Adblock Plus and Privacy Badger.
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Numbers is hard
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01-21-2018, 01:46 PM
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Location: Flyover country
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I haven't seen any change. I do use AdBlock and Ghostery all the time.
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I thought growing old would take longer.
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01-21-2018, 02:35 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
I haven't seen any change. I do use AdBlock and Ghostery all the time.
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Same here.
To my knowledge there haven't been any changes in the forum software.
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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01-21-2018, 03:10 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: Rio Grande Valley
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I've had trouble with the "Congratulations Google User" (or something like that) popping up on my iPad the last couple of weeks.
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Retired since summer 1999.
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01-21-2018, 03:28 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Must be something on my end. I’m getting sporadic use of the drop downs, no one else seems to see that. I’ll start digging...
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 40% bonds / 10% cash
Target WR: Approx 2.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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01-21-2018, 04:05 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Mississippi
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Midpack
Must be something on my end. I’m getting sporadic use of the drop downs, no one else seems to see that. I’ll start digging...
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I don't think so. With the ad blocker turned off the drop downs don't work for me either but that is probably due to the page reload being so slow. With the ad block on they work fine.
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01-21-2018, 05:09 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Midpack
Must be something on my end. I’m getting sporadic use of the drop downs, no one else seems to see that. I’ll start digging...
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I get the same thing on both my iPad and PC running Win10. The quick links and search tabs only function abut 25% of the time.
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01-21-2018, 05:32 PM
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My recent anomaly is that when I click on a link from the Recent Threads box (upper right), I get redirected to the ad that is directly above that box. Similar enough to the other problems that I guess I need to look at installing some type of ad blocking.
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01-21-2018, 05:38 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
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I've been experiencing the same issue.... just installed AdBlockPlus and it solves it.
I don't mind the ads but when it starts spoiling the user experience.....
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01-21-2018, 05:42 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Berkeley, Denver, CO, USA
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There are ads here?
Who knew?
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01-21-2018, 09:12 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: yonder
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I'm getting Bergdoff/Goodman lingerie ads. Some great stuff. Thanks for fixing whatever was broken. However, given a choice, I'd like to have my Victoria Secret ads return.
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