Hmm... I may well be that the difference is in expectations rather than loading speed...
But then again I'm a slowish kinda guy... :-) Jostein 2009/8/31 Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>: > Jack, > I'm paying for a premium ATT broadband connection here. > The initial splash page takes 5 seconds or so to load. > I brought up 10 recent additions in 32 seconds, one after another. > It gets me impatient to see the little loading bar... > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jack Davis<[email protected]> wrote: >> IF I interpret your experience with the PPG correctly, I feel it's safe to >> say that I don't have the same experience. From the time I click on PPG, >> select an "artist" (myself..of course), choose a photo and have it come up >> is something like 4-6 secs. >> Comcast cable connection. >> >> Jack >> >> --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: PPG quota >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:37 AM >>> Jostein, >>> On occasion, somebody here will link to the gallery for a >>> photo. >>> I watch it post a gallery header page then spin up more >>> internally. >>> Finally, it will look like it is going to open something, >>> but no, >>> wait, just kidding, not yet! >>> When a picture opens it is nice. >>> I went thru all 100 of yours and they are beautiful (and a >>> major >>> accomplishment). >>> But I'm on a high speed line in the USA suburbs and the >>> gallery is too slow. >>> It's in the design on the Pentax side, not in the internet >>> distribution side. >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:25 AM, AlunFoto<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Rick, >>> > >>> > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G by any >>> chance? I really >>> > don't recognise your description... >>> > >>> > I didn't join the foray until half a year after the >>> first invitations >>> > went out. I had read a lot of bitching from many on >>> this list over the >>> > interface, and was very skeptical to begin with. In >>> fact, I wrote to >>> > Pentax and suggested some improvements, both on the >>> gallery display >>> > and the voting page. A few were incorporated too, >>> along with other >>> > changes to improve the interface speed over time. I >>> joined in June, >>> > btw, and the beta stage ended in September 2007. >>> Further improvements >>> > were made later that autumn, and I don't think it's >>> that bad anymore. >>> > I may have grown used to it too, of course. >>> > >>> > Last Thursday, btw, a colleague at work praised the >>> site's convenient >>> > interface for browsing images. Without any >>> encouragement from me >>> > except providing the link. >>> > >>> > Jostein >>> > >>> > 2009/8/30 Rick Womer <[email protected]>: >>> >> <rant on> >>> >> >>> >> I filled in the data form for a PPG account >>> shortly after it opened a few years ago. >>> >> >>> >> Then, I read here and elsewhere about the >>> ridiculous review system, which has only gotten more >>> ridiculous. >>> >> >>> >> I tried to look at people's photos, and found the >>> interface to be slower than an Apple II in Job's garage. >>> >> >>> >> "Screw this", I said, and have never uploaded >>> anything. When the very few PDMLers who post things to the >>> PPG post PESOs there, I usually run out of patience wth the >>> incredibly slow interface long before I've seen the photos. >>> >> >>> >> <rant off> >>> >> >>> >> Rick >>> >> >>> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bong Manayon <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> From: Bong Manayon <[email protected]> >>> >>> Subject: PPG quota >>> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> >>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 7:44 PM >>> >>> After a long spell, I uploaded >>> >>> something in PPG and discovered that we >>> >>> now have a quota of 1 upload a week. Should >>> make >>> >>> voting easier... >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Bong Manayon >>> >>> http://www.bong.uni.cc >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the >>> link >>> >>> directly above and follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the >>> link directly above and follow the directions. >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >>> > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >>> > >>> > -- >>> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >>> directly above and follow the directions. >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >>> directly above and follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
