Jack, I'm paying for a premium ATT broadband connection here. The initial splash page takes 5 seconds or so to load. I brought up 10 recent additions in 32 seconds, one after another. It gets me impatient to see the little loading bar... Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jack Davis<jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > IF I interpret your experience with the PPG correctly, I feel it's safe to > say that I don't have the same experience. From the time I click on PPG, > select an "artist" (myself..of course), choose a photo and have it come up is > something like 4-6 secs. > Comcast cable connection. > > Jack > > --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: PPG quota >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 6:37 AM >> Jostein, >> On occasion, somebody here will link to the gallery for a >> photo. >> I watch it post a gallery header page then spin up more >> internally. >> Finally, it will look like it is going to open something, >> but no, >> wait, just kidding, not yet! >> When a picture opens it is nice. >> I went thru all 100 of yours and they are beautiful (and a >> major >> accomplishment). >> But I'm on a high speed line in the USA suburbs and the >> gallery is too slow. >> It's in the design on the Pentax side, not in the internet >> distribution side. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:25 AM, AlunFoto<alunf...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Rick, >> > >> > You're not connecting via dialup or mobile 3G by any >> chance? I really >> > don't recognise your description... >> > >> > I didn't join the foray until half a year after the >> first invitations >> > went out. I had read a lot of bitching from many on >> this list over the >> > interface, and was very skeptical to begin with. In >> fact, I wrote to >> > Pentax and suggested some improvements, both on the >> gallery display >> > and the voting page. A few were incorporated too, >> along with other >> > changes to improve the interface speed over time. I >> joined in June, >> > btw, and the beta stage ended in September 2007. >> Further improvements >> > were made later that autumn, and I don't think it's >> that bad anymore. >> > I may have grown used to it too, of course. >> > >> > Last Thursday, btw, a colleague at work praised the >> site's convenient >> > interface for browsing images. Without any >> encouragement from me >> > except providing the link. >> > >> > Jostein >> > >> > 2009/8/30 Rick Womer <rwomer1...@yahoo.com>: >> >> <rant on> >> >> >> >> I filled in the data form for a PPG account >> shortly after it opened a few years ago. >> >> >> >> Then, I read here and elsewhere about the >> ridiculous review system, which has only gotten more >> ridiculous. >> >> >> >> I tried to look at people's photos, and found the >> interface to be slower than an Apple II in Job's garage. >> >> >> >> "Screw this", I said, and have never uploaded >> anything. When the very few PDMLers who post things to the >> PPG post PESOs there, I usually run out of patience wth the >> incredibly slow interface long before I've seen the photos. >> >> >> >> <rant off> >> >> >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> >> >> >> --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bong Manayon <bongmana...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> From: Bong Manayon <bongmana...@gmail.com> >> >>> Subject: PPG quota >> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> >>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 7:44 PM >> >>> After a long spell, I uploaded >> >>> something in PPG and discovered that we >> >>> now have a quota of 1 upload a week. Should >> make >> >>> voting easier... >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Bong Manayon >> >>> http://www.bong.uni.cc >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >>> PDML@pdml.net >> >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the >> link >> >>> directly above and follow the directions. >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> PDML@pdml.net >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the >> link directly above and follow the directions. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >> > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > PDML@pdml.net >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
