Slow responses.

George66 · Post by **George66** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:02 am

Hi Guys,

I'm having a bit of trouble with slow responses. Anyone know why?

Inkling · Post by **Inkling** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:17 am

Traditional Theme does not look as good, but has less graphics. Maybe a lighter (less graphics) theme would help. BTW, same thing happens to me, too. No matter what web site I'm visiting. It sucks.

soon2be · Post by **soon2be** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:21 am

Inkling wrote:Traditional Theme does not look as good, but has less graphics. Maybe a lighter (less graphics) theme would help. BTW, same thing happens to me, too. No matter what web site I'm visiting. It sucks.

I found that you simply must go to your settings page and select original/bandwidth saving settings to get a normal interface that fits in an 800x600 space, etc. I like the simple interface best. Cheers!

George66 · Post by **George66** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:32 am

OK, I'll try that.

George66 · Post by **George66** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:45 am

Inkling wrote:Traditional Theme does not look as good, but has less graphics. Maybe a lighter (less graphics) theme would help. BTW, same thing happens to me, too. No matter what web site I'm visiting. It sucks.

OK, I've gone over to Traditional Theme.

Things a speeding up a bit, but I'm not sure yet how much.

George66 · Post by **George66** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:49 am

Soon2BeDivorced wrote:
Inkling wrote:Traditional Theme does not look as good, but has less graphics. Maybe a lighter (less graphics) theme would help. BTW, same thing happens to me, too. No matter what web site I'm visiting. It sucks.
I found that you simply must go to your settings page and select original/bandwidth saving settings to get a normal interface that fits in an 800x600 space, etc. I like the simple interface best. Cheers!

Hi 2b,

Where's my "settings page"?

Is the "simple interface" the same as the "Traditional Theme"?

Inkling · Post by **Inkling** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:50 am

Soon2BeDivorced wrote: select original/bandwidth saving settings to get a normal interface that fits in an 800x600 space

What OS are you talking about?? I don't have original bandwidth option, but that might not be what you mean. Yes, resolution is 800x600. Are you talking about monitor setup, Display Properties, modem, or BIOS? I'm running Windoze 98 2nd Edition. George66 Man, if I were at 60 kbps, I wouldn't be complaining. Yes, it's as you describe. Instant (or as instant as it gets for dial-up at about 48 kbps) for 2 to 5 pages, then like a whole minute for another page.

George66 · Post by **George66** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:17 pm

Inkling wrote:
Man, if I were at 60 kbps, I wouldn't be complaining. Yes, it's as you describe. Instant (or as instant as it gets for dial-up at about 48 kbps) for 2 to 5 pages, then like a whole minute for another page.

Hmmm.... not as much as a minute for me.

I think Trad has speeded me up.

Inkling · Post by **Inkling** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 11:12 am

George66 wrote:When I connected a message came up to say that my "speed" was "560" kbytes or something. Don't know what that means.

The test run screen said that I was downloading at 60kbps, which the engineer said was excellent.

He is right. 560 was probably 56.0. kbps = kilobits per second. I think it would be in bits, not bytes. If this still happens, it's probably a server-cable-network thingy. In other words, a matter of handling everyone on the network.

George66 · Post by **George66** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:11 pm

Inkling wrote:
George66 wrote:When I connected a message came up to say that my "speed" was "560" kbytes or something. Don't know what that means.

The test run screen said that I was downloading at 60kbps, which the engineer said was excellent.
He is right. 560 was probably 56.0. kbps = kilobits per second. I think it would be in bits, not bytes. If this still happens, it's probably a server-cable-network thingy. In other words, a matter of handling everyone on the network.

Actually, to be precise, when I connect it says: "Speed 576kbps" which is 72KB/sec isn't it?

and when I do a speed test it says that I'm downloading at 60KB/sec, and in fact downloads a 12MB file in about 200secs.

mytime · Post by **mytime** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:48 pm

Hi George 66

I have a 512 KB/s connection (ADSL) that is really fast.
There are faster connections but they are more expensive
But even I have choosen a simpler theme (*nukenews*) to let it
run a bit faster.
It takes about 5 seconds on my machine to open a new item/thread in
a forum.
I'am using win 98 SE / IE 5.0 and a firewall *norton personal firewall*.

Mytime