Is there a way to make community pages load faster?

[*coins]

I've been connecting from a slow wifi connection lately...I have an extra antenna on my laptop and that at least gets me a little bit of internet and I can load faster sites, but it really struggles loading community pages. Most of the time it just loads the tops of pages and then stops and I just have to refresh the page over and over until it works.

Is there a setting to make the community load pages simpler, like without the images or extra stuff (I think it is called loading them in simple html?).

Thanks! 🙂

[*coins]

It's better than them never loading at all sometimes...I just started using different wifi a week ago, so this is pretty new to me and annoying.

[aguminus]

Try installing adblock. it get rid of all the annoying adds that slow down the pages. Some adds work in the background when you open a page even if you don't see them, so having something like adblock stops them and pages load super fast on any website.

[doug@ebay]

Hi @*coins it sounds like you have a slow connection overall. Generally the Community speed usually is fine after in initially loads.

The site does use a lot of JavaScript, but we've speed tested it and it's passed testing.

Are other sites slow? Is your computer slow? If you're using Chrome do you have a bunch of tabs open or apps running in the background?

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@*coins wrote:

I've been connecting from a slow wifi connection lately...I have an extra antenna on my laptop and that at least gets me a little bit of internet and I can load faster sites, but it really struggles loading community pages. Most of the time it just loads the tops of pages and then stops and I just have to refresh the page over and over until it works.

Is there a setting to make the community load pages simpler, like without the images or extra stuff (I think it is called loading them in simple html?).

Thanks! 🙂

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[pburn]

Are you paying for that wifi? Maybe you could contact your provider with the issues you're having.

[*coins]

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doug@ebay wrote:

Hi @*coins it sounds like you have a slow connection overall. Generally the Community speed usually is fine after in initially loads.

The site does use a lot of JavaScript, but we've speed tested it and it's passed testing.

Are other sites slow? Is your computer slow? If you're using Chrome do you have a bunch of tabs open or apps running in the background?

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@*coins wrote:

I've been connecting from a slow wifi connection lately...I have an extra antenna on my laptop and that at least gets me a little bit of internet and I can load faster sites, but it really struggles loading community pages. Most of the time it just loads the tops of pages and then stops and I just have to refresh the page over and over until it works.

Is there a setting to make the community load pages simpler, like without the images or extra stuff (I think it is called loading them in simple html?).

Thanks! 🙂

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Yes, most sites are pretty slow. I have only like 10 files total on my laptop and I try to keep 3 tabs open in my browser max. I do not use Chrome, but I use a browser similar to Chromium (I think it is called) that has a special adblocked built into it as well as script-blocking and other helpful things.

I did notice that everything loaded quicker after I had been in the community for a little while.

[berserkerplanet]

No specific canned plan for the forums for explicitly improving load times - my approach is to block everything and then turn back on what is needed for functionality

Adblock Plus (or whatever adblocker) rules:

Some delays are for the images - all the little avatars for every poster that load on topic list and topic pages.

ebay01.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/avatar-name/*.jpg$domain=community.ebay.com,image

i.ebayimg.com/00/s/*/$_*$domain=community.ebay.com,image

Blocked scripts for tracking? and other unneeded things that incur a lot of hits in the ABP stat log

community.ebay.com/beacon/*$domain=community.ebay.com 

community.ebay.com/ebay01/api/2.0/jsearch$domain=community.ebay.com 

ebay01.i.lithium.com/html/assets/addthis-custom.js*$domain=community.ebay.com

ebay01.i.lithium.com/html/assets/compressed.js?*$domain=community.ebay.com

ir.ebaystatic.com^$domain=community.ebay.com

google-analytics.com^$domain=community.ebay.com

each of the above is a separate rule to be added to the adblocker.

This has resulted in 404 fail errors for quite a while now, and until now I've just ignored it. 20+/- attempts are made to retrieve it on every topic/thread list page load. It takes a 1/2 second or so for each fail time-out on my 3MBPS DSL connection. Unknown if a fail from something I've blocked or if a fail for everyone, but might be worth seeing if blocking that helps a lot. However, I've tried variants of

ebay01.i.lithium.com/t5/scripts/*/angular.min.js.map$domain=community.ebay.com

it isn't working, and I don't know why. Will have to look at that in depth later when I have time.

Running a Windows HOST file to block domains also goes a long way towards improving performance and increasing privacy (in general, sometimes 90% of the traffic and CPU resources used when a page loads is advertising scripts, images, video, and other garbage. I have a crusty old file that started out as a manual list, got 40000 entries added by Spybot years ago, merged that with another 20k entries list and deduped, and have added another 5k entries manually over time as I come across annoyances (added 100 lines one night when I visited the Sears website - it was 90% garbage tracking and ads under the covers).

Suggest you hunt down a good general purpose HOST file and use it also (lots of info and files here http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm)

When using a HOSTS file one must keep in mind that HOSTS file entries are only domain or subdomain, and if you use entries like

0.0.0.0 doubleclick.net

127.0.0.1  ads.google.com

those domains are blocked for EVERY browser, email client, system program, user program, and routine on the machine - those domains DNS resolve to nowhere and don't exist then.

A HOSTS file is just a first line DNS lookup - those entries tell the requesting program that the IP address for doubleclick.net is 0.0.0.0 and fails silently, and  that ads.google.com  IP address is 127.0.0.1 which is the local loopback adapter address and also resolves to NULL. (I prefer 0.0.0.0 - it is faster as the requests time out quicker than using 127.0.0.1)

[doug@ebay]

@*coins if most sites are running slow, it's most likely your connection. Here are a couple of basic things that might help.

• Clear browser cache and cookies and restart browser. If you need help with that, let me know your browser.
• Restart your computer.
• Reset your router or modem. This usually entails unplugging, turning off, waiting 30 seconds and restarting.
  
  

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@*coins wrote:

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doug@ebay wrote:

Hi @*coins it sounds like you have a slow connection overall. Generally the Community speed usually is fine after in initially loads.

The site does use a lot of JavaScript, but we've speed tested it and it's passed testing.

Are other sites slow? Is your computer slow? If you're using Chrome do you have a bunch of tabs open or apps running in the background?

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@*coins wrote:

I've been connecting from a slow wifi connection lately...I have an extra antenna on my laptop and that at least gets me a little bit of internet and I can load faster sites, but it really struggles loading community pages. Most of the time it just loads the tops of pages and then stops and I just have to refresh the page over and over until it works.

Is there a setting to make the community load pages simpler, like without the images or extra stuff (I think it is called loading them in simple html?).

Thanks! 🙂

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Yes, most sites are pretty slow. I have only like 10 files total on my laptop and I try to keep 3 tabs open in my browser max. I do not use Chrome, but I use a browser similar to Chromium (I think it is called) that has a special adblocked built into it as well as script-blocking and other helpful things.

I did notice that everything loaded quicker after I had been in the community for a little while.

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[loveyourimagination49]

Alex, You’re using VoP aren’t ya?

[*coins]

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@loveyourimagination49 wrote:
Alex, You’re using VoP aren’t ya?

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VPN. I don't think that would have anything to do with it though. Mine is actually made to speed internet up rather than slow it down.

[*coins]

Thanks @berserkerplanet .

I will try adding those to my adblock and blocked scripts lists.

[*coins]

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doug@ebay wrote:

@*coins if most sites are running slow, it's most likely your connection. Here are a couple of basic things that might help.

• Clear browser cache and cookies and restart browser. If you need help with that, let me know your browser.
• Restart your computer.
• Reset your router or modem. This usually entails unplugging, turning off, waiting 30 seconds and restarting.
  
  

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@*coins wrote:

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doug@ebay wrote:

Hi @*coins it sounds like you have a slow connection overall. Generally the Community speed usually is fine after in initially loads.

The site does use a lot of JavaScript, but we've speed tested it and it's passed testing.

Are other sites slow? Is your computer slow? If you're using Chrome do you have a bunch of tabs open or apps running in the background?

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@*coins wrote:

I've been connecting from a slow wifi connection lately...I have an extra antenna on my laptop and that at least gets me a little bit of internet and I can load faster sites, but it really struggles loading community pages. Most of the time it just loads the tops of pages and then stops and I just have to refresh the page over and over until it works.

Is there a setting to make the community load pages simpler, like without the images or extra stuff (I think it is called loading them in simple html?).

Thanks! 🙂

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Yes, most sites are pretty slow. I have only like 10 files total on my laptop and I try to keep 3 tabs open in my browser max. I do not use Chrome, but I use a browser similar to Chromium (I think it is called) that has a special adblocked built into it as well as script-blocking and other helpful things.

I did notice that everything loaded quicker after I had been in the community for a little while.

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Thanks doug@ebay .

I'll try those and see if it helps.

[berserkerplanet]

Interested to see how much, if any, effect blocking those things has.

>>VPN. I don't think that would have anything to do with it though. Mine is actually made to speed
>>internet up rather than slow it down.

All VPNs have overhead penalties (5%+) to my knowledge. The only way it could speed things up for you, and not actually slow things down, assuming using the VPN doesn't just coincidentally bypass a non-VPN quagmire on the path, would be if it is using a proprietary transfer protocol in web proxy fashion the way Opera does with their Opera Mini Browser or Opera Turbo in desktops, which I'd doubt, as that can have functionality drawbacks due to the page translations used.