Board slow again????
 

Is it my computer or is the board slower then ever before? I keep getting errors on page loads and when they do load it takes for ever. Especially if there are pictures.

I am having the same problems as before, very slow, pages are not loading completely, page not found, etc.

Same here... un-friggin-real! Yeah, it's gonna get better... that's what they all said on Wall St. a few weeks ago...:rolleyes:

:angry-smiley-038:Same problems here. It really makes me want to re-up my membership.

Same here. It seemed to be "fixed" for the last couple of weeks, but for the last two days......slower than chit again.

And for the record, I'm not switching to Firefox to "fix" the problem. I have used Firefox, and don't like it. IE works perfectly fine for me on EVERY other site I go to.


EDIT: Just for kicks, I opened up Firefox and used it to edit this post.....no faster than IE.

yup...reduces all enjoyment to pre frustration.

'bout time to get serious about offshore!:party-smiley-004:

SLOW
....SLOW
........SLOW
............as a blowboat!

yup, keeps timing out....

Same here. This played a substantial factor in my not renewing. You'd think they'd get the hint.

Seriously offshore should be fast!

So slow it sucks and makes me wish for a new boat site.

how long has this been going on? TOO LONG!

actions speak louder then words. IB doesnt care guys.

hmmmm, seems we have a conflict of intentions! :drink:


I can't control the site performance guys, or this thing would be powered by Turbine Marine.

Like I said in the other thread regarding the attitude change of the board and what "restrictions" there are going forward, they will be LAX.

NOTHING.....is more important than the site running smooth however, so Speedgirl & I will stay on them about it. :angry-smiley-044:

I have not had the slowness issues as bad as some, until this time. I am on a super fast connection at work and at home.

This morning OSO is completely locking up, while every other site is fine.

This morning is the worst it has ever been on my end, coming to complete stops. Totally freezing up.

Life is hard sometimes......

Painfully slow...with problems and errors!

I get an interesting error message... :p

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.
IB bought the webite and spent the money on hookers and beer! :eek:

I have my computer set to go directly to this forum in my favorites and I rarely have a problem. I am hooked to verizon DSL and use windows xp pro.

I either get a server busy error or if I can get in, it is crawling. Had been pretty good for awhile. Oh well...

I'm not fighting with this site any longer today. Extremely frustrating.

The worst it has ever been. Sad.

I just got right on no problem. I go through AOL does that make a difference?

rediculous

Super slow. Sucks.

Agreed, worst ever.

Who are the Web Devs for this site and is it really sitting on Internetbrands Servers?

First of all, the current Web Devs should have never told people to run Firefox to solve all the slow problems.

#1 ... That won't make a difference if its being hosted on a slow pipe.

#2 of all ... They may have "written it" to be more optimised with Firefox but should also make sure there are no ie issues.

#3 95% of Home users use ie. They are not going to switch browsers for 1 Website and their is NO reason they should have to. Someone obviously has somthing to learn about customer service. If this was a 500 Million Dollar eComerce site, it would be sitting with WaMu right now.

So what now? Well, This site needs to be hosted somwhere else with super fast servers sitting on a huge pipe.

I have a team of Web Devs that can make that happen within a price range that is problably cheaper than they are paying now.

Someone get a hold of me. Let me know what storage requirements are needed, estimated bandwidth used and what they are paying Internetbrands. I'll let you know what we can do.

Its time to speed some stuff up tremendesly. As was said before .. this is offshoreonly.com, isn't it susposed to be fast?

IB is a pretty major aggregator of internet community sites. The have serious money and an Ivy League CTO. If they were remotely interested in site performance, they'd have done something by now.

Maybe we should give it a few more months?

They could be busy with NewPuppy.com.

How embarrasing to be the largest player in forums and have a forum that you paid good money for turn into a place where people discuss how incredibly incompetent you are.

I know IB Hosts it but who officially owns offshoreonly.com?

IB owns it.

They bought it from Steve.

IB owns Vbulliten, too.

IB. Internet Brands. They bought dozens of online communities this year, OSO being one of them. I've visited a number of their other acquisitions- they all grind along laboriously.

IB has been stepping on their own "member" since day one. They completely botched their buyout announcement- allowing their PR agency to release it to the world prior to telling us- the paying members. It was a few days before they even acknowledged it- and then they did it with a pathetic canned statement from one of their middle managers. Then they sent some poor girl into the lion's den- some innocent little Silicon Valley dot-com'er who was devoured swiftly and soundly. And they've steadily worked their way down from there. we thought there would be changes and a bland corporate-ization brought to the site. Boy were we wrong. But they did make it slower.

I had to refresh a page 4 times yesterday, to get it loaded. I have better things to do than that, I'm seriously thinking about sueing them.

Oh man ... So this site officially has no heart now. Its not owned and operated by Boaters?

It's all about the buisness now. :mad: They have no reason to care.

This sux. Now I'm depressed.

Fixed it for you. Check out some of the other sites that IB has purchased.

Why? So I can wait for the page to load, get there and ***** about how long it took me to get there? I hope I never come across 1 of their sites again.

Ok. Fair enough.

man up people, relief is right around the corner...

im gonna get drunk tonight and post later, this should be good... if i hurt someones too fing bad.... thats all i have to say on the matter.....