[acidtripwow]

For the last couple of weeks every time I go there things are really slow. So much so that I don't even bother trying anymore. What's up?

 

[shivohum]

I think it's your connection, as I've had no problem using Headwize over the past few weeks. It's been speedy.

 

[joelongwood]

Speedy for me, too!

 

[moose]

me three! (

)

 

[JMT]

I'm with Acid, lately it has been painfully slow. To the point where I just quit. Ok, I have a ancient dial-up connection, but there are/were times when HW loaded pretty fast.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

May I ask what browser y'all are using? If Headwize is using a MS server, then it's tweaked for IE. Theory -- the two people complaining about the speed are using Netscape, the other three are...not.

Hands up, please, I would like my theory verified.

 

[JMT]

IE here. Sorry to disprove your theory.

 

[shivohum]

I just tried using Netscape 6 to get to Headwize. Worked fine.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Quote:

Originally posted by JMT IE here. Sorry to disprove your theory.

Don't be sorry.

BTW, the underlying theory is still correct -- try going to www.microsoft.com with Netscape, then try going with IE. I swear, I think someone coded a bunch of "if (browser == "Mozilla*") then sleep (1000);" throughout the server code.

 

[Pierre Lambion]

I'm not sure about this theory ...

A page code could be optimized for certain browser, but not the server.

And even on the page code, only client side scripts (javascripts, actviex, java applets) could be optimized with one browser in mind. Server side perl and php could not. As far as I know.

P.

 

[Steril]

For me, Headwize is VERY slow at certain times, ans quite fast at others...

 

[acidtripwow]

I'm using IE 5 and am going through a T1 connection. Maybe I should try Netscape if they've fixed all the bugs it had.

 

[Steril]

Just right now, it is quite fast for me for example!

 

[freethetree]

Headwize is always really fast for me, and head-fi always pretty slow. Probably because of my stupid dialup connection and the simplicity of the headwize pages.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Quote:

Originally posted by Pierre Lambion A page code could be optimized for certain browser, but not the server.

To everyone else -- sorry for going off on this tangent.

Pierre -- why not? Look at this page, then, under the "About Privacy" pull-down, select "What data am I revealing right now?" to find out just how much the server can know about you.