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Sch3mat1c · 8th June 2004, 01:01 AM

Hmm, I would use http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/I...hone_Small.gif but it won't accept it.

Tim

AudioFreak · 8th June 2004, 01:37 AM

Avatars are no problem whatsoever. It's attachments I've got to work on.

mbroker · 8th June 2004, 02:30 AM

I find the 10 posts per page to be a minor annoyance, even less so if it significantly improves the bandwidth. But can we please list more than the next 5 pages of posts? It really sucks when one sorts the threads with the latest posts last and is on page 12 of 20..... This is particularly obnoxious in the members listing where, IIR, only the next 3 pages are available.

Wow, a Gigabyte per day in attachments!

Matttcattt · 8th June 2004, 09:17 AM

I see the ten thread limit is gone... I have removed my avatar also. I agree with roibm, if possible, the image should be displayed on the same page as the thread.

Jason · 8th June 2004, 01:18 PM

Avatars are no problem - they are 1/20th of bandwidth currently. Perhaps there are ones on here that are not optimized properly, but it's not worth worrying about.

In this day and age, bandwidth is cheap, and only going to get cheaper. We thought we'd allocated enough (4x the current usage) for the new box, but I think the stats we had from our last one were off (probably because of my webalizer config settings) so we need more than we thought. There are also issues of hotlinking from other (chinese) websites. We're (read: AF ;) working on them.

Both AF and I am strongly against hurting the user experience to do something like save bandwidth. We will endevour to minimize *unneccesary* bandwidth usage (eg: someone loads a single page, with 50 posts, and it loads 20 100KB images = 2MB, and they didn't even look at any). That should make a huge difference.

Don't worry, we're on to it ;)

peranders · 8th June 2004, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jason
There are also issues of hotlinking from other (chinese) websites.

Is chinese servers slow? Is this a problem more than for the server owners or users?

fireman · 8th June 2004, 01:38 PM

Would it be possible to insert the "Go to first unread post" link in each forum main page. That would probably save some bandwidth too and make the "user experience" even more enjoyable

I read many very active threads and sometimes there will be more than a full page a new posts. If I click on the last page link, I "waste" this bandwidth as I have to go back 1 or 2 pages to pickup the thread were I left it last.

Having this option would bring me to the right place right away, saving both my time and some bandwith.

peranders · 8th June 2004, 02:28 PM

You have this feature already. Just click on the small arrow icon at the left.

Jason · 8th June 2004, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by peranders

Is chinese servers slow? Is this a problem more than for the server owners or users?

Other forums pulling our images thru into their pages via image tags. So we cop the bandwidth, they don't.

officeboy · 8th June 2004, 04:21 PM

Maybe some kind of geocities type block would work for the hotlinking issue.
Only let images load if the referrer tag is correct. Or however they do that so that images can only load off of the main site.

Or some kind of image/forum attachment ID shuffle, but that might be messy with the DB.

8th June 2004, 01:01 AM	#21
Sch3mat1c diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI	Hmm, I would use http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/I...hone_Small.gif but it won't accept it. Tim __________________ See my Electronics webpage -- the home of Vacuum Tube Drag Racing. The key to being a successful Audiophile: "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

8th June 2004, 01:37 AM	#22
AudioFreak Warp Engineer On Holiday Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Queensland, Australia	Avatars are no problem whatsoever. It's attachments I've got to work on. __________________ - Dan

8th June 2004, 02:30 AM	#23
mbroker diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Neenah, WI	I find the 10 posts per page to be a minor annoyance, even less so if it significantly improves the bandwidth. But can we please list more than the next 5 pages of posts? It really sucks when one sorts the threads with the latest posts last and is on page 12 of 20..... This is particularly obnoxious in the members listing where, IIR, only the next 3 pages are available. Wow, a Gigabyte per day in attachments! __________________ The Geek Group http://www.thegeekgroup.org

8th June 2004, 09:17 AM	#24
Matttcattt diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bristol	I see the ten thread limit is gone... I have removed my avatar also. I agree with roibm, if possible, the image should be displayed on the same page as the thread. __________________ If it aint broke, don't fix it. If it is broke, fix it. If you can't fix it, take it apart and see how it "worked".

8th June 2004, 01:38 PM	#27
fireman diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Go to first unread post Would it be possible to insert the "Go to first unread post" link in each forum main page. That would probably save some bandwidth too and make the "user experience" even more enjoyable I read many very active threads and sometimes there will be more than a full page a new posts. If I click on the last page link, I "waste" this bandwidth as I have to go back 1 or 2 pages to pickup the thread were I left it last. Having this option would bring me to the right place right away, saving both my time and some bandwith.


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8th June 2004, 01:18 PM	#25
Jason :) diyAudio Administrator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne Blog Entries: 1	Avatars are no problem - they are 1/20th of bandwidth currently. Perhaps there are ones on here that are not optimized properly, but it's not worth worrying about. In this day and age, bandwidth is cheap, and only going to get cheaper. We thought we'd allocated enough (4x the current usage) for the new box, but I think the stats we had from our last one were off (probably because of my webalizer config settings) so we need more than we thought. There are also issues of hotlinking from other (chinese) websites. We're (read: AF ;) working on them. Both AF and I am strongly against hurting the user experience to do something like save bandwidth. We will endevour to minimize unneccesary bandwidth usage (eg: someone loads a single page, with 50 posts, and it loads 20 100KB images = 2MB, and they didn't even look at any). That should make a huge difference. Don't worry, we're on to it ;)

8th June 2004, 02:28 PM	#28
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	You have this feature already. Just click on the small arrow icon at the left. __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

8th June 2004, 04:21 PM	#30
officeboy diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NW Washington	Maybe some kind of geocities type block would work for the hotlinking issue. Only let images load if the referrer tag is correct. Or however they do that so that images can only load off of the main site. Or some kind of image/forum attachment ID shuffle, but that might be messy with the DB.

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