Forum News and Admin Thread

[froot loops]

It really seemed to be for only a couple minutes.

[-Deborah-]

Thanks, that helps.

[Panoptes]

Deb,

I've noticed for at least over a week that the URL line for this forum now has a notice indicator...

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Clicked on the "i" for info button and it says this:

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Should I be concerned for my personal info? Does that help you any in understand the slow/crashing forum situation?

[-Deborah-]

It's not new. It just depends on your browser whether you get some sort of notification about that. We aren't on a HTTPS connection. I think Chrome will notify you about that other browsers might not. I noticed it for several months but it is something that I should see about resolving. I know it has nothing to do with slowness. I did do a few tweaks this week we'll see how things work out.

[wcfwtf]

I always have trouble using the forum on my android phone.
I think it relates to time when you said there was a change in server
I can click on a thread and instead the person's profile who started thread shows up.
Or the thread previous or after the one I clicked on shows up

I believe its caused by the slowness of the forum to connect to my phone.
As
Seems to be lagging all the time

[wcfwtf]

And it doesn't matter what day or how many people are on the forum
Also like just now I have to repeately hit the button before the thread loads

[FVD]

Maybe your connection or your phone sucks. I browse on a Galaxy S9 and have no issues.

[FVD]

I always have trouble using the forum on my android phone.
I think it relates to time when you said there was a change in server
I can click on a thread and instead the person's profile who started thread shows up.
Or the thread previous or after the one I clicked on shows up

I believe its caused by the slowness of the forum to connect to my phone.
As
Seems to be lagging all the time

That could be a touchscreen calibration or fat finger issue.

[-Deborah-]

Yes, if you are clicking a thread and someone's profile comes up, you are clicking on the wrong spot. Perhaps your phone needs some calibration or you need to zoom in a little bit to get to the right spot to click or tap.

[wcfwtf]

I'm not a tech person so I dont know what you mean by calibration relating to phone
My blackberry phone had no issues
And no I don't have fat fingers and I have tried zooming in and every other little trick to help it

[wcfwtf]

I do have a cheaper LG 150 dollar phone but I don't have any issues with apps or websites loading

[wcfwtf]

I'm not clicking on wrong spot people think I'm stupid but come on lol

[wcfwtf]

I celebrated touchscreen everything was 97 to 99 percent
Probably just cheap phone

[-Deborah-]

haha, I don't think you're stupid. If the calibration or screen is off by a few pixels, it's easy to tap in one place but activate another. On my phone, I have to zoom in just a little in order to tap the right spot.

Gonz, I think I have to buy an SSL certificate in order to get rid of the informational notice you see. That's more money at a time we are already not covering our costs, so it will remain a low priority.

It's been that way a long time. There's no risk to your data, but you shouldn't share your credit card info on a site that doesn't have SSL.

[-Deborah-]

Still very unhappy with performance during "busy" times here. :( Sorry, gang. I may transition us to a new host in the coming week.