New member question

**johnmil** · May 10th, 2018, 08:49 AM

I tried to send a personal message but told I need 10 posts to do so and I have only one.

SOOOOOO. I'll ask here

Dear Mr. White,
As a new member and having zero experience with Hostboard.com, i am curious
why the Altec users forum is sooooo slow.

The site has an incredible amount of information. I ask only because viewing
the website seems to be "more wait than read"..

Respectfully,
Johnmil

**Old Guy** · May 10th, 2018, 02:41 PM

It's been an ongoing issue.

Seems to be the worst with Firefox, Chrome seems a little faster.

**rogerh113** · May 11th, 2018, 10:02 AM

I agree that the problem is significant. I often just give up, despite the fact I do have Altec speakers that I built with the help of this community. It really is unsupportable if the community hopes to 'prosper'.

It is like having a long, horribly potted road leading up to your 5 star hotel. Even when you finally arrive, the room service is appallingly slow.....generally requires 2 or 3 calls to get your order. Not a formula for success.

regards -- Roger

**Altec Best** · May 14th, 2018, 11:22 PM

I agree with OG.. It seems some browsers work better than others.. I use Opera 52 and don't have any of the slow issues some folks are having.YMMV

**westend9** · May 20th, 2018, 01:30 AM

Every action is half-paralyzed using Chrome.

GM · May 23rd, 2018, 10:29 PM

My ongoing experience too. Don't know if Comcast has anything to do with it, but it's the 'timing out' that finally drove me away from continuing to be a regular poster.

GM

**Old Guy** · May 24th, 2018, 08:43 PM

I'm using Waterfox now. Essentially Firefox with the commercial stuff stripped out. Seems acceptable so far. I've decided I hate Chrome.

**rogerh113** · May 25th, 2018, 08:26 PM

So, it seems like we write off the Altec Forum because a functional site cannot be found??

regards -- Roger

PS - First try at posting a reply, and I get a big green space with 'your add here'. The second time I get the posting page, with no posting space (just the title area available). Third try, and I actually get to post!!!! How many people are going to put up with that?? Answer - not many. There is so much to offer here, and it is going to the dogs due to crappy technology.

**Phil-G** · May 25th, 2018, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by rogerh113

So, it seems like we write off the Altec Forum because a functional site cannot be found??

regards -- Roger

PS - First try at posting a reply, and I get a big green space with 'your add here'. The second time I get the posting page, with no posting space (just the title area available). Third try, and I actually get to post!!!! How many people are going to put up with that?? Answer - not many. There is so much to offer here, and it is going to the dogs due to crappy technology.

this is strange. i'm using windows 10 with "Windows Edge" (which i hate) and i have on problems at all.