Loading a thread sometimes takes forever (probably because of 1500 emojis)

[waclawek.jan]

It appears to be consequence of loading 1500 icons for emojis.

Just switch emojis off.

If you think we need them (and we really don't), use Unicode emojis instead of 1500 jpgs.

JW

Hi @waclawek.jan 

Do you have any example of such thread taking too much time to load? I've tried some random long threads on different browsers and machines but they all load in a few seconds.

Michael

[waclawek.jan]

Yes. This is log from loading this very thread:

JW

JW

[Pavel A.]

For me the unacceptable lag occurs when I click in the reply field  (not when the thread page loads initially).

Especially, on older smaller slower machines. Browser: MS Edge (updated).

On ipad & Safari - the delay is annoying but tolerable.

Example of "good" machine: i7, 16 GB RAM., SSD.

Example of poor machine: Intel Atom or AMD Brazos, 4GB RAM, hard disk.

[Tesla DeLorean]

Per @Pavel A. the whole Hit Reply to viable editor on Chrome, using several relatively high bandwidth cable and fiber nodes, has way too much latency.

Bit like Musk's complaint about rendering a 1000 things in twitter.

 

Hi @waclawek.jan & @Pavel A. 

Just an update - we have forwarded this as a bug to our Support department. Thank you for your continued participation and feedback.

Michael

[RhSilicon]

There is also a problem on the Internet that can affect navigation, which are black holes. I've been noticing more and more page load failures, perhaps due to redirecting multiple websites to get only one website to load, most likely the redirects are data collection for ads.

In networking, a black hole, also known as a block hole, refers to a place in the network where incoming or outgoing traffic is silently discarded (or "dropped"), without informing the source that the data did not reach its intended recipient.

When examining the topology of the network, the black holes themselves are invisible, and can only be detected by monitoring the lost traffic; hence the name as astronomical black holes cannot be directly observed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_(networking)

[waclawek.jan]

This issue apparently got "fixed" so that the 1500 emojis are not loaded when the thread is loaded, but when reply is started.

So the consequence is, that threads now load faster, but trying to reply takes forever.

Seriously?

Just switch the emojis off. This is a technical forum, not a chitchat. Grow up.

JW