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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 12:29 PM
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Is the Fodor's site getting even slower?
There have been posts in the past discussing how slow the Fodor's site was to load, but I thought that had been fixed some time ago when they redesigned the layout. Perhaps it is just my computer, but similar sites load in a flash, while lately Fodor's seems to take forever.

Anyone else have this problem?
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 12:32 PM
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Yup. It's interminable.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 12:33 PM
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Yes, I find it's frequently very slow. And I've tried a couple of different browsers and nothing helps. I think the problem is that there are some ads that are constantly reloading and that interferes with the content.

IMHO they need to let the ads sit for a moment - not just continually revolve.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 12:33 PM
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Yes, very slow here too!
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 12:41 PM
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Extremely slow!! When I'm on Fodor's I feel like I'm on dial up!

If it's taking way too long to pull up a post I hit the escape key and try again to open the thread. This usually works.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 12:43 PM
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The Fodor's gerbil died.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 12:45 PM
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Yes, slow here too. And I keep having to "refresh" the page to get the text to appear! I get only the logo and info at the top of the page, plus side-ads. Have to hit refresh at least every 4th - 5th thread I open. Aggravating!
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 12:48 PM
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Yes, slow to load no matter where I am getting a WifFi signal.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 01:04 PM
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Slow here too.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 01:10 PM
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it can't be the ads - I got rid of them ages ago.

some threads load really quickly, others take an age.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 01:10 PM
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Your response made me laugh out loud, Big Al!
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 01:12 PM
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ann - I think the ads run in the background, even if you don't see them.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 01:14 PM
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What you are laughing about Nuke, who do you think is running the tread wheel?
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 01:14 PM
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yep-horribly slow, like the old days with dial-up.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 01:46 PM
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Drives me crazy - so slow that I often give up...
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 01:56 PM
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Only sometimes. Not particularly slow once on the site.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 05:58 PM
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It also takes a long time after you hit the submit button. Sometimes I think it is a omen from the cyber gods not to post.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 06:11 PM
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slow here also, and has been for quite some time now. It does not matter if I am on my laptop or my IPad using wifi. Google Chrome seems a hair faster than Internet Explorer but nothing to brag about.
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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 08:37 PM
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SLOW, SLOW, SLOW. I MAY GIVE UP SOON.

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Old Jul 29th, 2013, 08:56 PM
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Will using Google Chrome help? I have an old laptop and I swapped to Chrome after observing how well it works on my tablet. No I don't work for Google.....
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