Why is Windows Central so slow?

[Windows Central Question]

I've posted on this before, I'll post yet again - your site is SLOW. I know I don't have the most up to date PC, but Windows Central runs MUCH SLOWER than almost any other site I visit.

It gets to the point where I have to wait so long I just give up and leave the site.

Ironic.

I enjoy the articles and comments, but I'd spend more time here if you site simply worked in a reasonable manner.

It's not only ironic, it's ridiculous. You should be embarrassed.

 

[wolfee48]

It's not just Windows Central. All three run slow... Windows Central, iMore, and CrackBerry.


W10
Core - i7
MS Edge

 

[beman39]

I have to agree with others that this site is horrible!!!!!!!!!!! and it is not adblocker because I'm using chrome with no AB and it is still stupidly slow! it is a bad running script!! you guys need to get ur **** in order or fire the webmaster! keeps crashing IE11 edge and chrome is just looping this is just horrible and shoddy website now

 

[RobHalligan]

Dittos. Way slower than any other site
Edge. W10 Pro 1607. Core M5 with 16 GB RAM. CPU running at average of 30%.

 

[Michael Alan Goff]

The irony is I can type out comments and responses on my iPad Pro but not my Surface Pro 3. I have to click on the text field a good 5-7 times for they keyboard to come up on edge. One time does it for Safari on iOS.

 

[Bobvfr]

This has been an issue with this site for a long time, and I have to say without adblocker or the hosts file amendment the worst site I have come across, they of course suggest using the app, but when I am browsing, I am browsing not app-ing.

I would never have even tried the hosts file change if it wasn't for how bad this site is.

Having said that, with the hosts file and now with the latest adblocker extension it is fine.

 

[wolfee48]

The forums seem significantly better on Microsoft Edge after the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

 

[James Falconer]

That's great to hear!!!

 

[Bobvfr]

The forums seem significantly better on Microsoft Edge after the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

Have you installed Adblock?

 

[wolfee48]

Have you installed Adblock?

Negative.

 

[RumoredNow]

I believe AdBlock is faster than Adblock Plus on Edge.

 

[wolfee48]

I just installed AdBlock and the surfing the forums are fantastic. Multiple forum tabs open and no stuttering when trying to type in text box.

 

[pim scheffers]

Website performance is super slow

Hello,

I've been browsing (at least attempting to) this website for a while now and really like the content on the website.
However the performance on the website is so incredibly slow that the site it just unusable.

It doesn't matter giving specific browser info or machine configurations as it seems to affect ALL browsers and configurations.
The combination of bad coding and A SH*T METRIC ton of ads makes (well me at least) leave this site.

The fact is people have been starting threads for ages now about this problem and there just is no improvement what so ever.

So the raging fans, thermal throttling, memory swapping and browser crashing will continue i guess.


See the date of this reaction: so i guess the answer is YES you are ignoring it!

Pim

 

[James Falconer]

@Pim - thanks for replying, and for your concern. Trust me, all concerns in this thread (and elsewhere) are very much important to us. Fixing any and all slowness issues are key for us here, but you're right, progress has been (ironically) slow.

We can't do it without your (constructive) feedback though. Sometimes the smallest tip will help us solve a nagging problem.

Thanks again!