Lyne wrote:

Quote - ...as I said in an earlier post...I think there are just too many bells and whistles taking up bandwidth.

I completely agree with you, Lyne. While I DO believe there is an underlying problem of insufficient server capacity, the situation was made worse with all the extra "glitz" added by the programmers when the conversions were made...it was veritable playground, I think. People can agree or disagree whether the bells & whistles look nice or are "fun"...but there's no denying that they suck up bandwidth.

One simple example is adding people's avatars all over the place...sure many people may think that's nice...not uncommon on other sites...but do we need it in the comments section of the galleries? That adds alot to the load...could we REALLY afford (speed-wise) that "enhancement"?? But that's just one example...it's happening everywhere on the site...fancy pop-ups, extra pagination in the galleries & forums (resulting in more page calls), hyper-customization options, etc, etc.

I'm not a coding expert by any means, so I'll just take it at face value that it's true that conversion to php would produce speed improvements...that's what we were told last Fall. But I think any speed gains that might have been attainable were mostly overrun by the added glitz & tricks. What is it people say...Sometimes, LESS IS MORE.

Stacey says that after the conversion is complete they'll address the speed issues...I hope that doesn't mean they're going to start limiting what members/customers can do...less gallery uploads, smaller filesizes, (Fill In The Blank)...rather than fixing the fundamental problems. Frankly, it's hard for me to believe they're going to start removing the bells & whistles after touting how great they are.

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