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Stinky The Clown

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2. Speed goes from barely okay, to slow to terrible.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Aug 29, 2013, 07:29 AM

Aug 2013

This morning it is terrible. A minute or more to load a page. It just hangs and hangs. Some page elements, like avatars, often don't load.

I have tried three different browsers (Safari, Firefox, and Chrome) and the results are the same. I have also tried other sites and they do not have the same problem. This is clearly a DU-only issue.

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poll on DU performance [View all] steve2470 Aug 2013 OP

Last night ... Chrome wouldn't load DU for over an hour. I switched back to IE. In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #1

Speed goes from barely okay, to slow to terrible. Stinky The Clown Aug 2013 #2

yea over the past several weeks I have tried several browsers steve2470 Aug 2013 #3

Steve, have you tried flushing the DNS cache? davepdx Aug 2013 #11

yea I've done that also steve2470 Aug 2013 #12

That has got to be frustrating. davepdx Aug 2013 #14

it appears OpenDNS is the fastest (see graphic) steve2470 Aug 2013 #15

Is this slow page loading only happening on DU or does it davepdx Aug 2013 #16

my only problem is here on DU, really steve2470 Sep 2013 #17

Have you tried clearing your temporary internet files for each browser? Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #6

I've done that many times, it does not help nt steve2470 Aug 2013 #8

Speed goes from quite acceptable to 20 seconds or more. RC Aug 2013 #4

Several times a day. lpbk2713 Aug 2013 #5

Skinner is baffled steve2470 Aug 2013 #7

i rarely have issues fizzgig Aug 2013 #9

maybe every other month for me. progressoid Aug 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author steve2470 Aug 2013 #13