What I was clumsily trying to say, the TOTAL time needed from clicking on PPG to the opening of a selected artist's image is 'prox 4 - 6 secs.
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, 9:54 AM > 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. 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