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Comment on Facebook is slow, but there’s an easy fix by Kenny Brunton

Kenny Brunton — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:49:36 +0000

I’m not a fan of facebook (faeces book as I call it). Kind of ditched them when I discovered Microsoft had dibs in their advertising.

Here’s a tip which may help though, install a hosts file on your PC that blocks their advertising - okay, it wont fix all the issues.

Just these may work (not sure)

127.0.0.1 ads.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 ads.ak.facebook.com

Alternatively - visit here http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm where there’s plenty of information and a good hosts file you can use.

Comment on I outsourced myself to Argentina (late announcement) by Calimecita

Calimecita — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:29:07 +0000

Hi! You won’t remember me, but I used to read your posts, back when you were working at YA (where I still participate, btw).
I just read that you moved to Argentina and I had to say Welcome to my country! I live in La Plata, a nice town about 15 kms away from Buenos Aires city, so if you ever come visit and are interested in a city tour, let me know. As you may have noticed, us locals are very friendly :-)

BTW I’ve bookmarked your Feed reader and I’ll be checking it. Good luck with everything!

Cali (Cecilia)

Comment on Quick, Cheap Usability Testing with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk by Doug

Doug — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:24:24 +0000

For anyone who doesn’t want to take the time to set everything up on Mechanical Turk, we’ve set up a small company to provide this service for you - http://www.EasyUsability.com. We’re still in beta, so sign up if you want some free tests.

Comment on Facebook is slow, but there’s an easy fix by Facebook: fix your load times « Jared Tame @ Phunctional

Facebook: fix your load times « Jared Tame @ Phunctional — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:02:21 +0000

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Comment on Facebook is slow, but there’s an easy fix by Udi

Udi — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:45:47 +0000

If you want a fix, I’d suggest forwarding a link to this post to Facebook. They’re the only ones that can fix this issue.

Comment on Facebook is slow, but there’s an easy fix by Nico

Nico — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:38:20 +0000

Same from Switzerland (MUCH slower since abt 3 weeks, timeouts, etc.)…

But indeed, apart from the good feeling of not being the only one with the problme, quite a useless post (what is the fix?)

Comment on Facebook is slow, but there’s an easy fix by jfn

jfn — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:48:01 +0000

This past week I keep getting timeout errors when trying to log in to facebook. The login page comes up quickly enough, and I was also able to browse their help pages fast as well - but when I key in my email and password, then hit the login button, the page goes white, sits for a while and then I get the timeout error. A right royal pain in the rocks! Every other webpage I visit is working as normal. Any ideas what this could be?

Cheers,
J

Comment on Facebook is slow, but there’s an easy fix by matty p

matty p — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:31:20 +0000

did that !@# at the top actually say ‘passe’
whats passe, getting in touch with old friends
doing business…? or just being a facegeek…
i agree its a bit overhyped, and its not perfect, but it serves a very good purpose
…sorry, its just…
besides, who says ‘passe’
damn!

Comment on Facebook is slow, but there’s an easy fix by Pro Ro

Pro Ro — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:33:58 +0000

Are most people using IE to view Facebook? I’ve found that Firefox now seems to deal with Facebook a lot quicker than IE does, so have started using that instead.

I’m not an MS basher - I usually find IE more functional than Firefox in general (bet this will generate some flames!) so I still use it for other browsing, but it may be worth a try if you visit Facebook frequently.

Comment on Facebook is slow, but there’s an easy fix by Xterminator

Xterminator — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:15:25 +0000

Yea Facebook is getting damn slow from this past week!!!.. they need to do something quick.. im running out of patience.