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  • french frank
    Administrator/Moderator
    • Feb 2007
    • 30518

    #31
    Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
    Something has woken up!
    Morning, folks!

    It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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    • Northender

      #32
      Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
      No problems here and thanks to all those involved.
      Ditto!

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      • french frank
        Administrator/Moderator
        • Feb 2007
        • 30518

        #33
        Andrew's main headache was getting rid of new stuff that we didn't want, mainly the blog (we have a separate one for the FoR3 site and no one posts much on it) and the 'activity stream'. If you go on to any Profile Page, your own or someone else's, you do indeed find a stream of activities, the profiled person and - I think - that of any 'friends' that they have.

        I don't think that adds much as if you want to find someone's recent posts you can just click on their name beside a post and get a menu where you can View Forum Posts. Or click the link on their profile page.

        On the whole, I think we prefer thinks to be less intrusive rather than more. But the bits and bobs seem to have been added on all over the place.

        Frances - I haven't found any slowing down of page loading - and you presumably have images switched off, which I don't.
        It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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        • BBMmk2
          Late Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 20908

          #34
          I was in bed at that! We still have Summer School where I work,so I had a bit of extra to do, which is ok, for a few weeks!
          Donโ€™t cry for me
          I go where music was born

          J S Bach 1685-1750

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          • aka Calum Da Jazbo
            Late member
            • Nov 2010
            • 9173

            #35


            ...and many thanks to the heroes of administrative duties!"
            According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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            • Frances_iom
              Full Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 2418

              #36
              Originally posted by french frank View Post

              Frances - I haven't found any slowing down of page loading - and you presumably have images switched off, which I don't.
              yes images always off unless I need load them - not a great fan of eye candy + emoticons indicate to me an inability to use the English langauege.

              - the slowing down is only if I load a page via the topic heading - if I use "what's new" I get instant access

              agree with your decision to turn off all the 'intrusive' parts, most of which are easily turned into yet more tracking mechanism (I presume for other sites which use the same code not this this site)

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              • salymap
                Late member
                • Nov 2010
                • 5969

                #37
                Originally posted by french frank View Post
                Andrew's main headache was getting rid of new stuff that we didn't want, mainly the blog (we have a separate one for the FoR3 site and no one posts much on it) and the 'activity stream'. If you go on to any Profile Page, your own or someone else's, you do indeed find a stream of activities, the profiled person and - I think - that of any 'friends' that they have.

                I don't think that adds much as if you want to find someone's recent posts you can just click on their name beside a post and get a menu where you can View Forum Posts. Or click the link on their profile page.

                On the whole, I think we prefer thinks to be less intrusive rather than more. But the bits and bobs seem to have been added on all over the place.

                Frances - I haven't found any slowing down of page loading - and you presumably have images switched off, which I don't.
                Intrusive is the word ff. I've already deleted one of my friends as his page is full of my ramblings about the problems and such a busy man doesn't want all that on his page. I hope he understands the reason, no fall out with him at all.

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                • Andrew Slater
                  Full Member
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 1799

                  #38
                  Saly - I've removed the blog and article options from the Member's page sidebar, which I suspect was the cause of the fierce message which you got, asking you to log out.

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                  • Andrew Slater
                    Full Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 1799

                    #39
                    Frances:

                    I'm currently logged on under Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) using Firefox 13.0.1 with both Java and images disabled, and have not yet reproduced your problem. About the time you reported the problem, I too noticed a certain slowness of loading, and have noticed it before periodically. There might be a problem on the server / heavy use by another website on it. I'm afraid that sort of thing is out of my scope, but it's worth keeping an eye on and reporting to ff.

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                    • Frances_iom
                      Full Member
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 2418

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Andrew Slater View Post
                      Frances:

                      I'm currently logged on under Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) using Firefox 13.0.1 with both Java and images disabled, and have not yet reproduced your problem. About the time you reported the problem, I too noticed a certain slowness of loading, and have noticed it before periodically. There might be a problem on the server / heavy use by another website on it. I'm afraid that sort of thing is out of my scope, but it's worth keeping an eye on and reporting to ff.
                      I currently use a much older Firefox (javscript is off - as is Java)
                      The slowness is always in loading the last part of the page (often just the trailer) - I wonder if it is attempting to update databases with eg last viewed page - sometimes I have to force a stop in loading to release the browser to do something more productive

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                      • jean
                        Late member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 7100

                        #41
                        Originally posted by french frank View Post
                        If you go on to any Profile Page, your own or someone else's, you do indeed find a stream of activities, the profiled person and - I think - that of any 'friends' that they have...
                        Or the cruel fact that they haven't got any.

                        No opportunity to record the fact that they may not have actually been trying.

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                        • amateur51

                          #42
                          Originally posted by jean View Post
                          Or the cruel fact that they haven't got any.

                          No opportunity to record the fact that they may not have actually been trying.

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                          • salymap
                            Late member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 5969

                            #43
                            I've just deleted one because when I looked round very early I had about 15 messages by one of my other friends and two from me on my page. Now I wish I'd waited because they clear after a bit, it seems. And he asked me to be his friend originally.........

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                            • french frank
                              Administrator/Moderator
                              • Feb 2007
                              • 30518

                              #44
                              This is a test message
                              It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                              • Andrew Slater
                                Full Member
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 1799

                                #45
                                Originally posted by salymap View Post
                                I've just deleted one because when I looked round very early I had about 15 messages by one of my other friends and two from me on my page. Now I wish I'd waited because they clear after a bit, it seems. And he asked me to be his friend originally.........
                                Saly - it should now have reduced to one message, as I eventually found a way to set the minimum number of messages, which is one. I've also turned off a few other things and set history to one day, so with luck there should be no messages there at all by tomorrow or the day after. Sorry for the confusion I've caused

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