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I am finding this site so very slow!

(11 Posts)
rosesarered Thu 16-Oct-14 13:32:21

Having done a few experiments with timing, have found that lunchtime seems to be the fastest! So that's when I will come on here in future.

rosesarered Fri 10-Oct-14 21:05:57

Nope, my computer is fine. The site here is working well tonight, but that is often not the case.Other social media sites are fast, this is the only one I have problems with.It does vary time-wise, so it's just a case of seeing what times work best with Gnet.Thanks for responses.

janerowena Fri 10-Oct-14 10:30:34

I had to replace my computer not long ago. I couldn't cope with the slow speed I was getting to run the forum for which I am admin, and this one was slow too. I had already upgraded my computer to its maximum capacity, and had to accept that my old one really was just that, too old and not able to cope with the many updates and upgrades foisted upon the poor thing by almost all the websites I used most. Mumsnet was impossible to use, this site is smaller so was manageable, mine became impossible as did a few others such as M&S and eBay. The amount of moving image advertising has a lot to do with it. You can try installing adblocker, or admuncher, which will help a little. Adblocker is free but not compatible for all browsers, it does work with firefox I believe, but I used admuncher which gives a free trial for a while before charging around £30 for a year. Now my computer is so fast I don't have to bother.

jinglbellsfrocks Fri 10-Oct-14 10:00:18

Mine's amazingly slow this morning. Amazon, iplayer and john lewis are all immediate.

It's all those lurkers waiting with bated breath for the gems we post. Can you blame them?

Ana Thu 09-Oct-14 22:01:45

Sometimes I do find GN very, very slow and quite often a notice comes up saying 'Gransnet is not responding'. I don't get that on any of the other sites I visit.

It's been fine today, though...confused

annodomini Thu 09-Oct-14 21:45:48

It works well for me - always has.

Purpledaffodil Thu 09-Oct-14 21:42:42

No problems here.

janerowena Thu 09-Oct-14 21:32:50

It might be your computer, sadly.

pompa Thu 09-Oct-14 21:15:21

Fine for me

GigiGransnet (GNHQ) Thu 09-Oct-14 21:12:32

Hi rosesarered do send us a report if you're still finding it slow - mine is fine tonight so it might just be a wee glich somewhere at your end. x

rosesarered Thu 09-Oct-14 21:09:38

Is anyone else having problems with Gnet? I come on here, and then the whole site is so slow [takes a while to get on and off a thread] that after a few posts, I can't be bothered, so leave and go onto my gardening site [it's fast, as are all other sites.]There are so many things to look at on the internet, that it's really not worth the trouble of staying on here, which is a shame.