How does this site load for you?
October 20, 2006 5:21 PM Subscribe
how does this site load for you?
i'm not sure about the ethicality of this question here, but i'll give it a shot and see what admin/meficommune thinks. how does www.thirdavedesign.com load on your computer? slow, fast, otherwise? is it fully in your browser window? i'd like to know what happens from a variety of connection speeds and browsers. comments appreciated. thanks!
i'm not sure about the ethicality of this question here, but i'll give it a shot and see what admin/meficommune thinks. how does www.thirdavedesign.com load on your computer? slow, fast, otherwise? is it fully in your browser window? i'd like to know what happens from a variety of connection speeds and browsers. comments appreciated. thanks!
There's also an ugly white border on the right side of the flash object. In IE6, the Info bar pops up and says it wants to install Shockwave Player 10.1, even though the flash (non-shockwave) object has already loaded.
posted by aye at 5:27 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by aye at 5:27 PM on October 20, 2006
Fast, fully in browser window. Used Firefox and Windows XP.
posted by LoriFLA at 5:29 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by LoriFLA at 5:29 PM on October 20, 2006
After installing Shockwave Player 10.1, your site doesn't seem to work at all in IE6 on Windows 2003. Blank purple screen after Shockwave loads.
Works fine in Firefox with my old flash version, though.
posted by aye at 5:31 PM on October 20, 2006
Works fine in Firefox with my old flash version, though.
posted by aye at 5:31 PM on October 20, 2006
I'm in IE6, Windows XP - I clicked on the ActiveX box and the Shockwave thing finished loading, but now all I have is a completely blank screen (in an attractive color).
posted by Sweetie Darling at 5:33 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by Sweetie Darling at 5:33 PM on October 20, 2006
Here's what I'm seeing.. OS X (10.4.8), Firefox 1.5.0.7, Shockwave Flash 8.0 r22, DSL (I think 768 kpbs). Was a touch slow to load, maybe 1 second or so before I saw the words.
posted by DakotaPaul at 5:45 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by DakotaPaul at 5:45 PM on October 20, 2006
Response by poster: seems odd that it would ask for 10.1. i exported it in flash 6 format so as to make it more accessible.
i always thought that the flash 6 plugin is on almost everyone's browser, and that flash 8 or 9 files would cause more people problems and prompts to install a newer version.
perhaps this idea is wrong and i ought to export it as the latest version?
posted by localhuman at 5:47 PM on October 20, 2006
i always thought that the flash 6 plugin is on almost everyone's browser, and that flash 8 or 9 files would cause more people problems and prompts to install a newer version.
perhaps this idea is wrong and i ought to export it as the latest version?
posted by localhuman at 5:47 PM on October 20, 2006
Loads in <3 secs here (cable modem, opera 9). no idea what it does, though.br>
That full-screen colour fade is a bit choppy here (some 64Mb AGP card, 1024x768)
posted by Leon at 5:49 PM on October 20, 2006
That full-screen colour fade is a bit choppy here (some 64Mb AGP card, 1024x768)
posted by Leon at 5:49 PM on October 20, 2006
Loaded instantly, 3Mbit DSL Firefox Beta2 RC3 Windows XP SP2 at 1024x768
posted by defcom1 at 6:02 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by defcom1 at 6:02 PM on October 20, 2006
512K connection, Ubuntu 6.06, Firefox 1.5.0.7, Adblock Plus with Filterset.G Updater, NoScript. Took me about one second to see a big white rectangle in the top left corner of a purple window.
posted by flabdablet at 6:52 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by flabdablet at 6:52 PM on October 20, 2006
It loads, but when I mouse over the words that appear as links I don't get any indication in the bar at the bottom of my screen as to where I might be led, so I'm not going to click them.
Also, there's no "text only" or "skip flash" option, which means I probably wouldn't spend more than about two seconds on it if I came upon it while randomly surfing the web.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 7:32 PM on October 20, 2006
Also, there's no "text only" or "skip flash" option, which means I probably wouldn't spend more than about two seconds on it if I came upon it while randomly surfing the web.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 7:32 PM on October 20, 2006
Safari, OSX 10.3.9, 10mbps+ cable.
Never loads. Shockwave progress bar gets 3/4 complete and stops. No crash or freeze. Safari says the page is fully loaded.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:40 PM on October 20, 2006
Never loads. Shockwave progress bar gets 3/4 complete and stops. No crash or freeze. Safari says the page is fully loaded.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:40 PM on October 20, 2006
I'm using Safari 2.0.4 on Mac OS 10.4.7, and I get the same results as Thorzdad. I see nothing but a big white space with the incomplete Shockwave progress bar, and a periwinkle-bluish sidebar to the right.
posted by invisible ink at 8:27 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by invisible ink at 8:27 PM on October 20, 2006
Not sure why this can't be done with HTML and some Javascript.
posted by camworld at 9:18 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by camworld at 9:18 PM on October 20, 2006
Response by poster: are there this many mefites not using firefox as their main browser? or are you plural all just trying it out in ie6 just for the hell of it...
posted by localhuman at 9:52 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by localhuman at 9:52 PM on October 20, 2006
Best answer: It won't help with the speed question, but if you want to see how your site loads in a variety of browsers, you may want to check out browsershots.org. Give it your URL, and within 2-60 minutes you'll get screenshots of your site in various browsers delivered to you. Here, I got a request started for you.
posted by Vorteks at 10:30 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by Vorteks at 10:30 PM on October 20, 2006
In addition to my post above though, I have to echo some other MiFis comments that a pure flash site probably isn't a good idea. It's annoying, it can be a resource hog, it breaks the back/forward/history functions in your browser, and, most importantly, it is nearly impossible for a search engine to properly index your site.
posted by Vorteks at 10:32 PM on October 20, 2006
posted by Vorteks at 10:32 PM on October 20, 2006
Slow loading.
Blank screen except for bar down the right
OS X, Omniweb 5.5
posted by mphuie at 2:44 AM on October 21, 2006
Blank screen except for bar down the right
OS X, Omniweb 5.5
posted by mphuie at 2:44 AM on October 21, 2006
I get scrollbars. Is no-one else here running at 1024x768?
Firefox (1.5.0.7), Windows XP.
I'd also like to point out that you could perfectly well do that layout in HTML, without putting all that Flash crap everywhere.
posted by reklaw at 6:05 AM on October 21, 2006
Firefox (1.5.0.7), Windows XP.
I'd also like to point out that you could perfectly well do that layout in HTML, without putting all that Flash crap everywhere.
posted by reklaw at 6:05 AM on October 21, 2006
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I tested in Opera 9.02 on Windows 2003.
posted by aye at 5:25 PM on October 20, 2006