Australis said:Unfortunately I've seen the issue intermittently reoccur even after clearing my cache.

I'll keep an eye out.

Still lagging, but a bit better.

I haven't had any problems since I did what I did.

And I spoke too soon. I go to a thread, read it, go back to home page & it says there's a new post on the thread I just left. I go to it & there's no new post.

Are you using the home button (the little house) or the back button (left arrow)? That can make a difference. If I use the back button, I just ignore the 'new post' messages I've already reviewed. Or, could be some little bug that is not affecting everyone. Mine is displaying correctly.

I'm using the home button Deb.

I figured you probably were, just thought a 'quick fix' might be worth exploring. And perhaps others might learn the difference between the two - it took me a while to catch on to it...

Same here @flaflwrgrl but it doesn't seem to happen as often as it had.

Using home button here.

pirl said:Same here @flaflwrgrl but it doesn't seem to happen as often as it had.

Same for me too...
Also on Safari... I'll try the cache... thanks Ann

edited...Me too...Home click...

Bonehead said:I figured you probably were, just thought a 'quick fix' might be worth exploring. And perhaps others might learn the difference between the two - it took me a while to catch on to it...

Good thought Deb.

I'll have to try that. I've tried everything else.

I've been following this thread, and just for the record, I have NOT seen this problem. Win 7 and Firefox.

Ann, in the last few days I've also seen that.

I read the thread, then hit the middle option here:
« Back to the top
« Garden.org homepage < - - -
« All Things Gardening forum

Sometimes it still says "New" on the Home Page. I check, and, no. Mine was the last post, and I never saw "there have been new posts since you ...".

Windows 7 and Firefox 30.0 - I need to update FF.

It's not annoying, just unusual to see Dave's code do something unexpected.

I assume the coming rollout of new code will make this discussion moot in a few days or weeks.

So far, this time, it doesn't happen after I make a post but if I just read the thread without posting or read & give a thumbs up and then go to the homepage.

Yes, I still get it off and on. Dave has been busy this past week but I know he originally said because it is inconsistent, it's harder to pinpoint the issue.

OK! I just got a different problem with it. I had replied to a thread in Plant ID, moved through the rest, and when I went back to it, my reply didn't show up. I thought I might have forgotten to hit send, but there was another ahead of me, and it didn't show either. Took a break and now both are there.???

I don't know if this problem has been noted elsewhere, but sometimes when I post a pic what comes up is the BB code it needs but it has a lot, and I do mean a lot of computer code after it. This is noted in the preview stage. I highlight all of said code after the first line and discard it which gets rid of all the excess code. The results are just the first necessary line and pic when 'finish' clicked.

I don't know if this site runs with multiple "threads" or "processes", but if it does, such things tend to only show their vulnerable spots when heavily stressed with volume or simultaneous exceptions. If two different processes try to use or modify the same data at the same time, the potential for "funny behavior" increases, and entirely different kinds of software are needed to mediate the potential conflicts.

Maybe (MAYBE) an increase in forum activity plus the extra load of the NGA sections of the site has caused things that used to work flawlessly or almost so, now glitch often enough that heavy users notice it. This is a pure guess.

Maybe (MAYBE) this is one of the reasons for Dave re-working the code behind the site. Dave and Trish and Jon have never said that; I'm just speculating. Integrating NGA, totally re-designing the site, and making it very customize-able would be more than sufficient reasons all by themselves!
The thread "Changes are coming!" in Site Talk forum

P.S. The rollout was originally planned for this month, and it would be just like Dave to MEET such an ambitious deadline, unlike so many "big, professional software companies".

But since I'm guessing and speculating wildly, I'll make one more guess. If Dave has to choose between "fast" and "even better", he'll go with making ATP / NGA / Garden.org EVEN BETTER. Even if it takes a few more days, or even weeks. Even if testing the changes is slow, and polishing the chrome takes time.

"Good" software is really hard to write.
"Great" software is even harder, takes longer, and few people can create it at all.
"Bullet-proof" multi-threaded software is somewhere between "much harder" and "almost-impossible".
It's hard to write and slow to design and implement.
Big software projects are MUCH harder than small or medium-sized projects, and take MUCH longer for normal designers.

Since the site is going to be "great", "bullet-proof" AND bigger, meeting the original deadline would be astonishing even for a big, highly-paid team working 12 hours per day. I hope Dave isn't losing sleep!

jmorth said:I don't know if this problem has been noted elsewhere, but sometimes when I post a pic what comes up is the BB code it needs but it has a lot, and I do mean a lot of computer code after it. This is noted in the preview stage. I highlight all of said code after the first line and discard it which gets rid of all the excess code. The results are just the first necessary line and pic when 'finish' clicked.

I haven't seen anything like that! (thankfully)

It's pretty weird.