I always look at the number of visitors when it slows down here...though I am not at all sure that number is accurate any more...at the same time, when it is over 1300 the site is slow...but over all on AVERAGE the site is only...say... a 3rd faster than before the changeover...and that is not that much, when it was VERY slow before.... on the other hand...so many sites have gone to flash and other things that slow the load down... RDNA and Content Paradise used to load sooo fast and now it's wait and wait while the initial chunks of flash load....Don't get me wrong, I won't stop visiting those sites and am only talking about my own visit experiences. I do NOT mean to disparage anyone or any site... just a comment on the way that graphic sites seem to be going these days.

One thing I have done lately when Rosity is really slow, I dash over to my own sites, and other stores, to see if it "is me" ...and those other sites do load VERY fast always.

I made a post on this a bit ago, and wondered if setting my gallery visits to "show images full size always" was one reason... but over the past few days it seems to be an "overal site" sluggishness... on the other hand (I am running out of hands! ;).... it is not PAINFULLY slow any more and I have not given up and left lately.... so that is a plus.

I do think the site is "bloated" with too many bells and whistles that take a lot of bandwidth... for example I just discovered that my home page keeps a record with thumbs of "recently visited gallery pics"!! Yikes! WASTE...in my opinion.. gosh...they may be images I don't even like, but clicked them because the thumb looked interesting... it's even embaressing as I would not want some I click to represent my interest or endorsement....

I have come back to shopping fairly regularly, and using the forums again...so as long as it does not slow down more...

Life Requires Assembly and we all know how THAT goes!