Slow response to following in-site page link

[The_Doc_Man]

I looked through the recent posts but haven't seen anything. I am getting very slow response - 45 seconds or more - when following a link that is clearly within the AWF site. Such as opening the "Recent Posts" page and picking a recent post. I checked and there were only about half-a-dozen people logged in. I used the Windows Task Manager to check my machine's load and the network performance load, but both of those appeared normal. As further tests, I tried several other sites that I sometimes visit for news and they were not particularly slow - at least no slower than normal.

EDIT: One additional observation - when I posted the unedited version of this I got a yellow bar racing across the top of the screen with three short vertical bars flashing when the horizontal bar reached their position. Took about 25-30 seconds to post even though low numbers of logins at the time.

Is anything going on with the site that anyone else knows about?
Is my observation isolated?

 

[Gasman]

I do not even know where Recent Posts is, but all the others work fine for me.
I know what you are saying about the the yellow bar, I have had that in the past.

Best I can offer, is perhaps trying to clear cache.
Alternatively, I try another browser like Firefox. if that works fine, then I know Chrome is at fault. I have found several sites, where I have to switch to Firefox to get the correct functionality on that site.

 

[June7]

I don't see "Recent Posts" either, there is a "New Posts". No delay for me.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Bad choice of words.... "New Posts" was one of the culprits.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I have cleared the cache, but no joy. But other sites don't have the problem. Like YouTube, for example.

 

[Gasman]

I have had that yellow bar going across a good few time when using my phone in the past. However, not for a while now.
How about another browser?

 

[bob fitz]

I've been busy, so I haven't been here much of late, but I don't appear to have any problems . Yet.

 

[Isaac]

Mine are behaving normally.

 

[GPGeorge]

My first visit this morning was painfully slow. Subsequently, performance returned to normal.
Is it something to do with caching behavior of browsers?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I cleared my cache and still got slowness for a couple of days - until this morning, when it seems faster.

EDIT BY TDM: At least, until I tried to save the post - at which time I got the flashing yellow bars for about 45 seconds.

 

[GPGeorge]

LOL. The reverse of my experience today.

 

[cheekybuddha]

@Doc, have you tried disabling your anti-virus temporarily?

Otherwise, a reboot of your router is worth a try, and also trying other DNS providers if you are using ISP provided DNS (eg Cloudflare: 1.1.1.1 or Google 8.8.8.8)

 

[Isaac]

Your @ Doc goes to the wrong member I think, FYI. no big deal, just happened to notice.

 

[cheekybuddha]

Your @ Doc goes to the wrong member I think, FYI. no big deal, just happened to notice.

Oops!

Cheers, Isaac!

Probably too late now that an edit will have no effect, (ie notification to wrong member will already have been sent), so I'll leave it as is.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

So far, the ONLY site affected is AWF. I've looked at New York Times on the Web, Wikipedia, YouTube, and a couple of gaming portals and they are not affected.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

And now an update/reboot cycle and the problem persists. Going to delve into my A/V to see what is going on, if anything, regarding AWF site.

 

[cheekybuddha]

And now an update/reboot cycle and the problem persists.

Did that include rebooting your router?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

That will have to come later, as the wife's computer is involved and so is our TV service. Have to time that carefully to not interfere with the shows she records for time-shift viewing.

Still looking into settings for A/V package to see if AWF is being singled out. Other sites are not, as far as I can tell.

 

[Gasman]

Oops!

Cheers, Isaac!

Probably too late now that an edit will have no effect, (ie notification to wrong member will already have been sent), so I'll leave it as is.

They joined in 2014 and have never posted, so I think you might be OK.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

This morning, response is faster. Sometimes the speed that I previously considered as "normal"; sometimes, a little bit slower. But today there is some improvement. Except I'm about to post, and that often takes a lot longer.

EDIT: And yet today, it posted immediately. Go figure.