Joule Thief

[electricme]

@all   

All the new posts has a lot of new territery to catch up on, some of it is real good food to digest

However, I got troubles at my end, I seem not to be able to get a complete download of all the information people post, and I am not able to make PMs, even to myself.

Has anyone else noticed this today?

Also, on P546, 2 photos would not show up in their designated places on the screen, and only half of a circuit came through, I'm missing some info.

This makes it very difficult to follow the discussions.

Im on Dialup, 4Gig CPU, with 2Gig of RAM so this should be in the right ball park power wize.

I only noticed these hickups after the new forum web change cutover last week.

I am open for suggestions HELPPPPPP  lol.

Please see the attatched photos

jim

[Pirate88179]

@ Jim:

Good to hear from you my friend.  What browser are you using?  Stefan said during the changeover (in that topic) the new site is optimized for Firefox, which I highly recommend.  I am not saying this is your problem but, it is faster, safer, and offers add-ons like adblock, youtube download, etc.  Way, way better than IE could ever be.

I learned about this about a year ago on here and made the switch.  Especially with dial-up, you need all of the speed and less bulk you can get.  so, my advice is, if you don't use it already, get Firefox (mozilla.com) and then see if you still have problems.  If you need any help with it, I am here and would be all too happy to assist.  but, you won't need me as it is very user friendly and easy to learn.  One day will do it.  Plus, you can customize your pages and put stuff where you want it to be.  Take care.

@Xee2:

Wonderful job on the low mA draw there.  I still can't keep up with you folks.

Bill

[xee2]

@ electricme

I have been getting complete page but sometimes it takes quite a while for it all to get to me. Preview does not seem to be working when posting.

[electricme]

@Bill
Thankyou for the Firefox Mozilla tips, I willl wait and see what happens.


@Xee2
Thank you for your last post, I see you also have probs, but its in preview, I had not tried this.

When I tried to make a PM, a warning appeared stating my internet  could not open the item.
Then when I tried later on, it could, but I didn't make the actual PM in case it was still flakey

I wonder if this is wide spread? I'l take a look in the morning and see if others have probs.

At least the smily face is back lol

jim

[jeanna]

Hi Jim,
I didn't think anyone still used IE anymore!
Really, the change is way easy. It almost does itself.
In other words, please don't wait.

I found that when I stopped the flash animations, which means it stops them from automatically playing, (you just push the button to see it) all my troubles stopped.

It takes a really long time for those flash based ads to download themselves. One odd thing about flash (at least used to be) is that it all must download before anything begins. So, while it is a small file, you see nothing until it is all there. This means that all the ads in their entirety must download before your page can freely load.

Plus many times they are downloading from some other site. I can't say how many times I have waited for chitika to finish sussing my life so it can run my ads for me! 

Glad you are back.

jeanna