TheMightyEthan Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) Something on the forum main page, I assume the ads, is using a ridiculous amount of system resources. Just closing the tab freed up 800MB of RAM and reduced my laptop's CPU usage from 37% to 25%. I know the ads help support the site and I'm not suggesting they be removed, but I wondered if there's something that can be done to possibly reduce their impact? *Edit - Just to make it extra clear, the problem appears to be limited to the main page, no other pages have that issue. Edited March 15, 2016 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 ^^^^ Everyone wants something for free! Nah I'm just kidding Ethan. I wonder if Dean could set up donations and eliminate banner ads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 We have donations set up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 If you load the main page with ad block enabled, is the resource usage reasonable? It may be the status updates that are a doing it? I'm always suspicious of those as they take longer to load than the rest of the page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Things seems normal on my end. Anywhere on PXOD on a single tab is registering about 450-460 MB of RAM with Firefox. That's about the baseline of RAM usage for Firefox for me. I will note that sometimes I will get video ads which I haven't gotten with this quick check. I never complained about them since they load up muted. The only indication that I get that they are there is when my tabs shows me that there's sound coming from them. Maybe RAM usage will be way different if they show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 After playing around a little, it seems like it's more of a memory leak type issue. Just going to the main page doesn't use an inordinate amount of resources, but if I leave a tab sitting there it starts using progressively more and more over time. Leaving it sitting on any other page doesn't though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 What's up with the View New Content? It always had something for me, but lately it's been blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Forum's been slow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 I always have it on 24hrs, usually has at least a few posts. Depends on your other settings I guess, you've not blocked out some sub-forums or got it showing as only "unread" or what not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 It hasn't worked for me for over a year(?) well before Dean first mooted the upgrade to next major version. There is new content - all the threads with new posts are highlighted with icons to the left of their titles, it's just that when you press the new content button it doesn't present them in a list just says there is no new content. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 What settings in the left bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Not settings, the highlighting of forums with new content (like the PS Games here), and when you click through, the individual topics with new posts are also highlighted so there is definitely new content, but when you click on the new content button top right it always says no new content even if there definitely is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 yeah but in the "New Content" what are your settings on the left bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 yeah but in the "New Content" what are your settings on the left bar? Oh. My. God. Sometimes I'm not sure I deserve the internet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 LOL. I must have clicked something there. I'm blaming it on touch screens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 Tapatalk temporarily disabled until I get a response from their support dudes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 What's the problem with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Updated it and it decided to have a fit. So between the rest of the site being somewhat nonfunctional and having tapatalk I picked the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Oh yeah, had a chance to sort this out this morning. The support response I got was "you installed it wrong" which was super duper helpful (it's like a two step process, so there's not really much wiggle room for shit to go wrong tbh). Anywho now seems to work after once again deleting it all, and re-installing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 7, 2017 Report Share Posted April 7, 2017 Now when looking at status updates clicking "Show previous comments" brings up an "Are you sure?" box, and when you click OK the link to show previous comments goes away but the previous comments are not shown. I know you've got a lot on your plate, and this will be low priority, but just wanted to get it on your list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Tried to like Ethan's post about getting Watch Dogs 2, but the forum told me I'm not allowed to give reputation to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Ethan has no reputation that's why. Nah I'm unsure on that one, I can like stuff(but I can do loads of stuff). I'd guess not super critical so okay if I wait until I'm back on Monday? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) Not at all. Just was perplexed. I can like other people's posts, just not Ethan's. His ego is big enough, anyway. Edit: huh, the problem seemed to resolve itself. Edited April 14, 2017 by Mr. GOH! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 Has anyone else found themselves unable to use the mobile app ever since the recent upgrade? It keeps giving me a network error no matter how many times I try to log in, even from different locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 As in Tapatalk? or the mobile/tablet sie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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