Is anyone else experiencing this? For the last few days, I have been seeing a situation where the forum page (usually in a thread) will freeze. Eventually I'll get a box that tells me that the forum page has stopped responding, and gives me the option to kill the page or to wait. If I switch to another tab and then immediately switch back to the page in question, it works again. Although it may freeze again after a few seconds.
Is anyone else experiencing this? For the last few days, I have been seeing a situation where the forum page (usually in a thread) will freeze. Eventually I'll get a box that tells me that the forum page has stopped responding, and gives me the option to kill the page or to wait. If I switch to another tab and then immediately switch back to the page in question, it works again. Although it may freeze again after a few seconds.
Win 7. Google Chrome.
Thanks.
Yes, several times and tho I don't know why it would cause it, each time after I finally opted for the "Kill the page" I saw I had left a PFF 'post preview' open in separate tab. (preview--where you look to see what your post will actually look like as posted) I've had the same thing happen on another board, and again, I found I had left the preview tab open.
Coincidence maybe--I dunno, but that has been my experience. Win 7 and Chrome.
That's the only time I have encountered "this page has stopped responding"
Many reasons possible but often you or cliff can't do anything about it... PFF or anything could be under DDOS attack. Have DNS problems. Browser got a update and "broke" PFF pages.
Try using a different browser or change DNS. OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 www.opendns.com
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Originally posted by theogre: Many reasons possible but often you or cliff can't do anything about it...
Have DNS problems. Try using a different browser or change DNS.
No, a DNS problems would prevent the site from coming up at all for the most part, if the IP address was not able to be resolved. Simply not resolving the location of a web page will not cause a page to "freeze"
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Originally posted by theogre: PFF or anything could be under DDOS attack.
No, a DDOS attack would cause the entire site to be very slow, unreachable or fail to find the page at all resulting in a 404 error. It would not cause the page to "Freeze" to the point of locking up.
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Originally posted by JohnWPB: No, a DNS problems would prevent the site from coming up at all for the most part, if the IP address was not able to be resolved. Simply not resolving the location of a web page will not cause a page to "freeze"
No, a DDOS attack would cause the entire site to be very slow, unreachable or fail to find the page at all resulting in a 404 error. It would not cause the page to "Freeze" to the point of locking up.
You think you're only dealing w/ PFF? Sorry but Wrong. Either can effect any or all 3rd part items while PFF, local ISP and your device are 100% Ok.
Pages can "freeze" for both cases waiting for scripts, images, etc, to access slow 3rd party or wait to time out all of the connection(s). Many browser won't give you any error for slow/dead script connections and only "Red X" for unavailable pictures.
PFF itself have use/used 3rd party scripts calling to viglink.com, Ebay, and other. PFF Images/Pictures come from many places. PIP pic's are served by hostkansas.com then add photobucket etc. Any can have DNS, DDOS or other network problems making PFF pages slow to display and even "freeze."
Add that PFF pages can have issues depending on device and browser version. Is how Cliff wrote the code years ago. (covered in several thread use search.) Sometimes can cause problems using PFF, intermittently or constant. Often Worse on "Smart Phones" and ARM CPU tablets w/ OE browser w/ missing "features" to save memory and flash.
Note that Chrome browser does or very soon will block all Flash, like the clock at top on PFF pages.
I'm thinking that it's trying to run some script or process in the background that is causing it to "vapor lock". Probably an ad. Since I really want to help Cliff to maintain his server, I have my Ad Blocker disabled. But I may enable it to see if it helps.
Oddly enough, I have been experiencing the exact same problem on other sites. PFF is as fast as ever for me. But for the past 1-2 weeks I've been experiencing these problems on a whole bunch of other sites...
I'm thinking that it's trying to run some script or process in the background that is causing it to "vapor lock". Probably an ad. Since I really want to help Cliff to maintain his server, I have my Ad Blocker disabled. But I may enable it to see if it helps.
I have all scripts disabled, because PFF was "pausing" when loading, as of a couple years ago....two, three, five seconds, every time I'd change pages. It was...gross.
Originally posted by theogre: You think you're only dealing w/ PFF? Sorry but Wrong.
I am not "dealing" with anything, I simply took the time to read the Original Posters problem (The first post at the top of this page) They make no mention of this happening on other sites.
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Originally posted by Raydar: For the last few days, I have been seeing a situation where the forum page (usually in a thread) will freeze.
Originally posted by Raydar: Update... I enabled my AdBlocker. Freeze is gone.
When I get some time, I'll dig around and see which ones are making it vapor lock. Too tired right now.
No surprise to me... I read your top post too and work in IT jobs for decades to know how often this is the case.
I block most ads because to many malware problems from ad farms. Doubleclick (now owned by Google/Alphabet) etc have many problems. So many now have a name called "Malvertising."
