not trying to be a jerk but I can't stand wait for slow web sites.
I don't know what changes were made but if your goal is to lose your loyal visitors I think you might achieve it. This site is now way to slow, and if it continues I think people will go elsewhere.
Just my 2 cents,

 

Unfortunately I have to agree!

It was much faster before the 'improvements'

 

I'm not really noticing any big problems. I think the popularity of this site, and its revamped look may be bringing a lot of people on at once. That may be the problem.

 

I think it's faster. May just be your network connection to the server.

 

hello....mcfly? get used to it

 

Been using it all day and it seems as fast as its ever been. Could be a bad router somewhere in the country maybe?

 

Seems very slow to me too. 'Back' navigation buttons do not work properly either.

 

It's as fast as ever for me. The first visit was pure hell...3 minute page load times and random stalling. Ever since then, though, I've been cruising at full speed.

 

I think it's speeding up, actually. It's nowhere near as bad as it was initially.

 

tako?jmanz? anyword on what the problem could be. i think it has its moments of being faster, then it gets slow again. at least acknowledge us that you are aware of a problem. dont be like NNA and the bose situation.

 

no problems here.

 

ive started to get the incremental picture loading which makes the loading appear faster. still really slow though...

 

I Think Its Been Faster Since The Improvements.....Ive Yet To Have Any Problems W/ Speed Issues...

 

C'mon, guys. Look at the stats on the home page...

Most users ever online on a day was 1625 on 09-24-2002.

There's your bandwidth issue. 1,625!!!

 

seems its only slow after a post is made and you return. But as far as actual time in seconds, it may be the same and just a different sequence.

 

Hold on a second. That's 1625 over an entire day. If all of those people hit the server all at once, that would indeed create some problems. But over the course of a day? That shouldn't be such a burden.

I wish I had the foresight to capture some before/after metrics to compare server performance. I don't think the entire site is slower, but I think some of the perceived slow-down may be related to the more involved HTML (this would help explain the initial slowness, which goes away once the content is cached.)

 

Actually, that stat is most ever and it's my opinion that that was the cause of the slowdown this A.M. 1,625 simultaneous sessions is quite a bit for one box, especially since we don't know A) what the site is actually running on; B) what the connection is from the box to the backbone.

 

Well It's been faster for me, but I have cable. And also, there's so much more stuff to load, so that might explain the slow down. And maybe the new server is not as close to you as the old one. Many reasons.

 

seems faster than the old site to me

 

Maybe I'm wrong, but doesn't that stat reflect the largest number of users ever seen over a 24 hour period? I think above that stat you have the simulataneous stat

"Most users ever online was 190 on 09-23-2002 at 08:37 PM."

Just my $0.02. If I'm wrong, I'll be the first to admit it.

Duh -- I just realized that today is 9/24. Damn this infernal job where one day blurs into the next with no clear delineation between them. 1625 users, and the day is only 16 hours old. That's a lot of users.

Maybe once the hubbub dies down the performance will get a bit better...