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Why is TORn running so slow?

Cirashala
Valinor


Aug 19 2020, 4:19am

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Why is TORn running so slow? Can't Post

Every other webpage shows up within a second, but on TORn I literally have time to play tetris while waiting for pages to load up (at least a minute per page, sometimes more)...any idea why?

Using Windows 10 with Firefox browser, and as I said, it's ONLY TORn. Everything else is super fast.

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My historical novel print and kindle version

My historical novels ebook version compatible with all ereaders

You can also find my novel at most major book retailers online (and for those outside the US who prefer a print book, you can find the print version at Book Depository). Search "Amazing Grace Amanda Longpre'" to find it.

Happy reading everyone!


NottaSackville
Valinor


Aug 19 2020, 12:35pm

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It's fine for me [In reply to] Can't Post

Eastern USA using Chrome on a Mac

Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville


Silverlode
Forum Admin / Moderator


Aug 19 2020, 1:24pm

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Are you using [In reply to] Can't Post

an ad-blocker? I'm wondering if the problem might be connected with slow-loading ads on the page. I've found that some sites will lock up and freeze while waiting for an ad to load.

Silverlode

Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.




Lily Fairbairn
Half-elven


Aug 19 2020, 2:37pm

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It's very slow for me, too [In reply to] Can't Post

I'm using Windows 10, too, but with Edge---so I have a double whammy of Microsoft.

When I go to TORn, the circular "working on it" icon in the upper left whirls and whirls and whirls above a blank page, and keeps on whirling after the page finally appears. When it stops whirling, the words "Not Secure" and appear before the site address in the bar at the top of my screen.

So my very non-techie opinion is that Windows 10 is spending a long time sifting through the site for security risks and is never really satisfied it's all right.

Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....


Otaku-sempai
Immortal


Aug 19 2020, 3:48pm

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It's worst for me when my spouse is also on-line. [In reply to] Can't Post

Though I do think it might be time to clear my web browser.

#FidelityToTolkien


Ethel Duath
Half-elven


Aug 19 2020, 5:43pm

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It's the ads loading. Squire mentioned this [In reply to] Can't Post

maybe almost a year ago, and web-based ad blockers seem to get it back to normal. I use AdBlock on both Chrome and Firefox (the free versions. Don't know if there are paid versions).
Hope that helps! It's really exasperating to wait so long for things to load. Unsure



Cirashala
Valinor


Aug 19 2020, 9:24pm

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Worked like a dream-thanks! [In reply to] Can't Post

I know TORn needs the revenue from Sideshow's ads, but sadly I am too poor to afford the collectibles anyway, no matter how amazing they are...Unsure

My writing and novels:

My Hobbit Fanfiction

My historical novel print and kindle version

My historical novels ebook version compatible with all ereaders

You can also find my novel at most major book retailers online (and for those outside the US who prefer a print book, you can find the print version at Book Depository). Search "Amazing Grace Amanda Longpre'" to find it.

Happy reading everyone!


Silverlode
Forum Admin / Moderator


Aug 19 2020, 11:26pm

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*points left* [In reply to] Can't Post

There is a donate button in the sidebar, to which anyone can donate any amount they wish whenever it is convenient or desirable and banish any guilt about adblockers! Wink

Seriously though, if the ads make the site unusable for you, they won't get views anyway. Better to be here than not.

Silverlode

Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.




Cirashala
Valinor


Aug 19 2020, 11:27pm

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Thanks Silverlode! [In reply to] Can't Post

I can't spare anything til our house is done, as we're cash flowing it. But after that I may just drop Torn a dollar or two Cool

My writing and novels:

My Hobbit Fanfiction

My historical novel print and kindle version

My historical novels ebook version compatible with all ereaders

You can also find my novel at most major book retailers online (and for those outside the US who prefer a print book, you can find the print version at Book Depository). Search "Amazing Grace Amanda Longpre'" to find it.

Happy reading everyone!


NottaSackville
Valinor


Sep 4 2020, 12:39pm

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For what it's worth at this point, I do use Adblock Plus // [In reply to] Can't Post

 

Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville


Ioreth
Rivendell

Oct 31 2020, 10:22pm

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Adblock plus here too [In reply to] Can't Post

but on Linux ... No speed problems here - but then I think it might be influenced also by daytime. I notice whenever I load stuff from the US our "nighttime / US daytime" things feel slower.

 
 

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