New Park Index and Firefox - Please read!

[robbalvey]

Hey FIREFOX USERS!

 

As you know we are doing some testing with the new version of the park index. There is one issue that I need to get some feedback for our developer on. It's specifically with Firefox browsers.

 

Please click on this link:

http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/

 

I need to know how long it takes for the entire page to load, like all the way to down the letter Z, and does it seem to load slower than you would expect, or about right?

 

Also, if it is loading slow for you in Firefox, can you test it in another browser and tell me if it loads faster?

 

That's it! Thank you!

 

--Robb

 

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EDIT

 

This is all helpful, but I need to know how long it takes for the entire page to load, like all the way to down the letter Z, and does it seem to load slower than you would expect, or about right?

 

I think some of you might have just clicked the link, and seen it appear on the screen, and thought it loaded quickly, but did you scroll down to the bottom to see how long it took to load up to the letter Z parks?

 

If you didn't do this, could you please go edit your post to reflect how long it took for the ENTIRE page?

 

Thank you!

 

--Robb

 

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EDIT

 

PLEASE! FIREFOX USERS ONLY!!!!

If it is loading slow for you in Firefox, please try another browser and tell me if it loads quicker. I ***ONLY*** need other browser information as a comparison if you're using Firefox and it loads slow for you.

Edited February 26, 2011 by robbalvey

[Popcorn54]

I am Using Chrome and it's loading very slowly then I get the page is not available. I refreshed it and it took a while to load however it worked in the end. It's not my internet as I tried opening another page from tpr to check and that worked fine.

[Iowa Beaver]

My primary browser is Firefox, so that's the one I tested first. The page seemed to be loading line by line. It took about 40 seconds for the status bar to finally read "Done". I load the page in Chrome in about 18 seconds, all as one page and just needs to load the ratings images. I got about the same 18 seconds result with Internet Explorer 8. My internet is generally pretty slow, but there shouldn't be that big of a gap depending on which browser I use.

[Gav]

It took about 9 seconds to load fully for me, with no rendering errors at all.

Im running FF 3.6.13 on Windows 7.

[Groteslurf]

The page loads very fast in Safari, IE AND Firefox on my computer.

And with very fast, I mean really immediately. It doesn't even take a second to load the full page.

[AlmereStars]

Took around 20 seconds to load in Firefox, with an 20 mb/s connection. When loaded a second time, everything pops up pretty fast. Except for the Disney Add at the right side of the screen. That one takes, again, around 20 seconds to load for me

 

Other browsers:

 

Chrome: 5 seconds, add 8 seconds

Opera: 7 seconds with add (no difference between add and the rest)

IE 9 (beta): 6 seconds with add

Safari: 5 Seconds, add 9 seconds

[robinschroder]

Very bad news here for Firefox - 2 minutes 50 seconds to load right down to the Zs, updating line-by-line.

 

However, on Internet Explorer on the same machine, the page loads all in one go in 23 seconds.

 

On my iPod touch (using the same internet connection), the page loads all in one go in 25 seconds.

 

I promise I'm on broadband, not on a dial-up modem!

[Nosferatu]

Firefox 14s

Chrome 6s

(both time were until I got done in the browser)

 

Quite a bit faster in Chrome.

[osm]

I didn't count the seconds, but the loading time was about the same as any other page on this site using Chrome

[beatle11]

It took about 6 seconds for me on a 15mbps connection. Maybe it could be faster, but it's not horribly slow either.

[ajc47]

Loaded in about 10-15 seconds for me on FF.

[gci2011]

Loaded very fast for me in Safari and Chrome on a Mac. Looks nice, by the way!

[Airtime&Gravity]

It is loading fairly fast for me, although it seems a little inconsistent with it taking from around 2.5 to 4 seconds. It goes faster if I click the link, but slower if I hit refresh.

[Jayjay719]

The page loaded in 3 seconds and I'm using Internet Explorer 8. It looks great btw...

[Maximo37]

Also using Internet Explorer 8... with a so-so connection... and it loaded in about 4-5 seconds...

[BigDipper 80]

It's loading the same speed as the rest of the pages on the site for me. I'm running the most recent version of Firefox with Windows 7 on an Acer Aspire, and I've got a fairly good connection with Cox High-speed.

[STR8FXXXINEDGE]

I'm using Firefox and the page loaded almost instantly for me. I was trying to scroll down the page as fast as I could to see if I could beat it, but it was too fast to load. Looks and works great on my end!

[coasterbill]

I'm on Firefox and it's also almost instant.

[ParkTrips]

7s for me on Firefox - it actually took longer to load in IE for me, about 10s

[sspaz1000]

With firefox, it loaded slightly slower than the rest of TPR pages. But maybe 3-5 seconds slower. I'm on my mom's computer which is windows 7, with firefox 3.6.13 as my browser.

 

I loaded it in IE 8.0 and there was maybe a second difference between the two, but if you weren't looking out for load speeds, one would say they loaded at the same time.

 

The only difference I notice is that the text on the ad in IE is centered correctly, while in Firefox the text is down just a little bit off the white box.

 

Loading park pages, clicking both the same park in IE and Firefox, they loaded at the same time.

[CoasterWeasel]

Using the most recent firefox and it loaded instantly(no sooner I tabbed over the page was done loading. Btw the new park index is amazing and looks great.

 

Using Firefox was actually quicker for me than IE8 and Opera. Using IE8 it took forever and the page was offset.

Edited February 26, 2011 by CoasterWeasel

[Carnage]

In Firefox I thought it loaded instantly, but then realized it was rendering line by line off screen. (as some others have noted). Probably 10-20 seconds for the full page to load.

 

With IE the page loaded instantly without line by line rendering.

[KDcoasterMAN]

Load fine for me, a Google Chrome user, though on the individual pages it was slightly slow...

[robbalvey]

This is all helpful, but I need to know how long it takes for the entire page to load, like all the way to down the letter Z, and does it seem to load slower than you would expect, or about right?

 

I think some of you might have just clicked the link, and seen it appear on the screen, and thought it loaded quickly, but did you scroll down to the bottom to see how long it took to load up to the letter Z parks?

 

If you didn't do this, could you please go edit your post to reflect how long it took for the ENTIRE page?

 

Thank you!

 

--Robb

[Big-M]

It loaded in about 7 seconds for me in Firefox. It seems to be a little slower than most TPR pages, but not by a lot. Took about 9 seconds in Internet Explorer.

Edited February 26, 2011 by Big-M