- Feb 19, 2011
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Hello again, I am trying to send constructive comments. I know there was a lot of negativity when the new platform went into effect, and some users and moderators advised to wait a week or so to see how things had been tweaked. Also many people reiterated over and over that we just need to learn how to use the new site.
I think there are 2 separate issues here though...One is learning how to use the new site and its powerful and useful new ways of doing things. There are lots of things that work well and were well thought-out. However, the site is just plain SLOW for many users, even users who've downloaded and switched to completely new browsers, etc. just to be able to run this one internet site. To me, it seems that if people are having no trouble with any of their other computer activities and also had no trouble with running the old BYC, then there is something actually wrong with the new platform, not just a matter of the user learning which button to hit, etc.
The main problem I have is the speed. (I searched several weeks ago and spent hours and hours trying everything I was capable of to speed it up. As a result, I am now using the newest Chrome, as several people suggested.) (also, I have NO NO NO speed issues with anything else at all that I do online.) Still, today, for example, I was looking at the egg auctions. I wanted to see photos of the parent birds, but each photo took about 45 seconds to load. I am not a programmer, but I can't help but wonder whether all those colorful ads and unrelated info at the right third of the screen are partly at fault. I also know from hours of reading about how to run the new platform that many many people object to that stuff at the right side. What I'm wondering is whether the programmers/moderators etc are considering any changes to the stuff that makes the site so slow to work for a fair number of people. Could you possibly have an option for people so all those ads could be changed to text only? (out of curiosity, I just now counted the ads on just this one page I see as I type this message. There were fully TWENTY-TWO ads on this page. That seems excessive to me; doesn't it seem excessive to you moderators/programmers, especially since so many people are having the site run so slowly?
I apologize if this has been discussed recently, but I just ran some searches, very frustrating: the last one was in only the one forum BYC Website and Forum Feedback and Announcements, and this is what my search results said:
3184 posts found for ""too slow" ads"
I simply am not capable of reading over three thousand posts to find out whether my concern has been addressed, especially considering how long each individual page takes to load. It would take me a lifetime! No wonder people are frustrated with the speed and not being successful. I am not trying to be mean, but I am trying to show you a detail of what the users are sometimes up against here. I assume the moderaters and programmers etc who chose this platform must not have the speed troubles; nevertheless, they are real for many people.
I do not recall ever seeing ads on the old BYC. Of course they may have been there but may have been unobtrusive, like the ads on Google mail are. I am wondering why there was such a huge jump from what seemed like NO ads at all to this current 22 on my current page. I can see that ads bring in money for people's salaries to run the site, but why such a drastic change, and if Google can have unobtrusive text only ads, might you be able to consider that option for some of your users that can't get t he site to load and run right?
Respectfully yours,
Beautiful_Chickens
I think there are 2 separate issues here though...One is learning how to use the new site and its powerful and useful new ways of doing things. There are lots of things that work well and were well thought-out. However, the site is just plain SLOW for many users, even users who've downloaded and switched to completely new browsers, etc. just to be able to run this one internet site. To me, it seems that if people are having no trouble with any of their other computer activities and also had no trouble with running the old BYC, then there is something actually wrong with the new platform, not just a matter of the user learning which button to hit, etc.
The main problem I have is the speed. (I searched several weeks ago and spent hours and hours trying everything I was capable of to speed it up. As a result, I am now using the newest Chrome, as several people suggested.) (also, I have NO NO NO speed issues with anything else at all that I do online.) Still, today, for example, I was looking at the egg auctions. I wanted to see photos of the parent birds, but each photo took about 45 seconds to load. I am not a programmer, but I can't help but wonder whether all those colorful ads and unrelated info at the right third of the screen are partly at fault. I also know from hours of reading about how to run the new platform that many many people object to that stuff at the right side. What I'm wondering is whether the programmers/moderators etc are considering any changes to the stuff that makes the site so slow to work for a fair number of people. Could you possibly have an option for people so all those ads could be changed to text only? (out of curiosity, I just now counted the ads on just this one page I see as I type this message. There were fully TWENTY-TWO ads on this page. That seems excessive to me; doesn't it seem excessive to you moderators/programmers, especially since so many people are having the site run so slowly?
I apologize if this has been discussed recently, but I just ran some searches, very frustrating: the last one was in only the one forum BYC Website and Forum Feedback and Announcements, and this is what my search results said:
3184 posts found for ""too slow" ads"
I simply am not capable of reading over three thousand posts to find out whether my concern has been addressed, especially considering how long each individual page takes to load. It would take me a lifetime! No wonder people are frustrated with the speed and not being successful. I am not trying to be mean, but I am trying to show you a detail of what the users are sometimes up against here. I assume the moderaters and programmers etc who chose this platform must not have the speed troubles; nevertheless, they are real for many people.
I do not recall ever seeing ads on the old BYC. Of course they may have been there but may have been unobtrusive, like the ads on Google mail are. I am wondering why there was such a huge jump from what seemed like NO ads at all to this current 22 on my current page. I can see that ads bring in money for people's salaries to run the site, but why such a drastic change, and if Google can have unobtrusive text only ads, might you be able to consider that option for some of your users that can't get t he site to load and run right?
Respectfully yours,
Beautiful_Chickens