SLOW and photos not loading?

[chris chabre]

Every thread I go to read only loads a few photos and then nothing. Im talking current threads with up to date photos/posts. Im not having issues on any other forums/pages etc. Only here. Anyone else?

[stitchdup]

me, i suspect in my case its an old computer as my other one is faster and loads everything.

[bbowser]

I am seeing the same, if I wait long enough the photos finally load.  Until then its in limbo.

[chris chabre]

ok thanks guys. I'm glad it's not just me having issues.  thanks

[Ace-Garageguy]

  On 5/28/2025 at 8:22 PM, chris chabre said:

Every thread I go to read only loads a few photos and then nothing. Im talking current threads with up to date photos/posts. Im not having issues on any other forums/pages etc. Only here. Anyone else?

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Yup. Windows 10, Chrome and Firefox, everything updated, clear caches.

[Bainford]

Me too. For the last week or more photos frequently fail to load, and take a very long time when they do.

[Rodent]

Same here.

[tim boyd]

Same here on Sunday morning....TB

[tim boyd]

  On 6/1/2025 at 11:09 AM, tim boyd said:

Same here on Sunday morning....TB

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Turns out the issue, at least for me, may have been that my own images in my Fotki album were not loading properly, including when accessed from a site like MCM.  So at least for me, on Sunday morning, Fotki was the issue, not the MCM Forum...

TB

 

[Dave Ambrose]

I'm pretty sure the photos we host are loading properly. The text should be loading promptly. If it isn't, let us know.

We've enabled "lazy loading" which means the photos don't actually load until you scroll to that part of the thread. This saves us a lot of resources. However, we can't vouch for photos loaded on an external host. So, if you're using something like Photobucket or Fotki, there may be performance problems that we cannot address. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

  On 6/12/2025 at 5:42 PM, Dave Ambrose said:

I'm pretty sure the photos we host are loading properly. The text should be loading promptly. If it isn't, let us know.

We've enabled "lazy loading" which means the photos don't actually load until you scroll to that part of the thread. This saves us a lot of resources. However, we can't vouch for photos loaded on an external host. So, if you're using something like Photobucket or Fotki, there may be performance problems that we cannot address. 

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Some of the photos being 2 billion pixels doesn't help much either...

[Rodent]

  On 6/12/2025 at 5:42 PM, Dave Ambrose said:

We've enabled "lazy loading"

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OK, I understand now. My company's web product is very image heavy and we did the same thing a few years ago.

[Ace-Garageguy]

The more I investigate and try different things, the more I'm seeing evidence that the slow performance may be directly related to issues with my ISP and Chrome.

 

Edited Friday at 12:13 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[Warren D]

I had the issue but it seemed to clear up when I logged out and back in.  Running Win 11 and Firefox.

Edited Saturday at 12:31 PM by Warren D