I am not an impatient man; having acquired the noble title and esteemed status of Senior Citizen I have learned how to smile while I wait. But Rendo is now taking so long to load its pages that really it's getting past a joke.

So I borrowed a stopwatch this evening and made a note of the time it took me to move from page to page. There were about 2,000 artists on line

First let me point out that Daz and RDNA loaded their first page this evening instantly; I could flit from page to page in no time at all while I browsed the goodies on display for my delectation. Other websites were also quick to respond to the click of the mouse

Second my machine, which is a new iMac, is no slouch, my broadband connection (Virgin) is fast: ping 28ms, download 159.94 Mbps, upload 12.18 Mbps. (And my purchases at Rendo have gone down not because of site changes but because Macs ain't cheap, with the result that I have been very short of pennies recently.)

And can I flit from page to page at Rendo, reading comments, making comments and admiring the artistry and merchandise? Can I hell. It's more like wearing lead boots than flitting.

Time to open Renderosity page: 54s (Prime flash pix not showing even after 2 minutes.)

I want to make comments, - Time to open 'notifications': also 54s.... from 'notifications' to given picture: 45s...
There are ten comments. Read comments. Click on first artist making comment and go to their page: 48s. Make my comment on their work; and return: 50s ....

Round trip for one comment (ignoring the time it takes to make my comment): 98s. There are ten artists to visit; total 980 seconds plus time for my comments. Today I have three pictures to check for comments - if they each get ten comments then that's 3 x 980s or 48 minutes plus my comments.

Which makes it obvious that though 40 - 50 seconds is a drop in the ocean as far as the universe is concerned, all those drops mount up and making my way from page to page here at Rendo is better described as wading through treacle.

I haven't had much spare time today so tomorrow I'll spend an hour or so 'commenting'; at presnt Rendo page-loading velocity an artist with three or more pages of comments will probably need a week to get their commenting done ...