Technical Issues - TPU Main Site & Forum (2022)

[Mussels]

Heres a 4K video of the issue just because
(At this time still processing, so it's blurry)

I uploaded these images myself so they were fully loaded already and visible, but after hitting submit there was a good 5 second delay with nothing visible before I started the recording

These were images i pasted from my clipboard into TPU, so they aren't exactly large images
I'm not too concerned with the delay, just wanted to demonstrate what it looks like - as images load text can jerk all over the place, depending on its location on a page.

 

[lexluthermiester]

as images load text can jerk all over the place, depending on its location on a page.

I've been seeing this alot too. Thought it was a FireFox thing until I used Iron to load the same page in one of the threads.

 

[sneekypeet]

I always assumed that was the lazy load for images. Been that way for me, quite a bit tbh.

 

[Athlonite]

yup same for me on vivaldi and if you on a page say like sexy hardware close ups the page jumps around like a spaztic kangaroo until all the images load in

 

[Mussels]

I'd prefer it to load an empty box and fill in, so I know where things are gunna load and not have it bounce around - but was never really sure if this was an Au thing, a me thing, an adblocker thing... etc

 

[lexluthermiester]

yup same for me on vivaldi and if you on a page say like sexy hardware close ups the page jumps around like a spaztic kangaroo until all the images load in

Yeah, that's what I've been seeing.

 

[64K]

This really isn't an issue but for the last couple of years I don't get the "Bell" notice that someone quoted me. I check it when I log on because I don't want for anyone to think that I ignored them when I didn't get the notice. Maybe it is some kind of fluke with Firefox?

 

[Mussels]

This really isn't an issue but for the last couple of years I don't get the "Bell" notice that someone quoted me. I check it when I log on because I don't want for anyone to think that I ignored them when I didn't get the notice. Maybe it is some kind of fluke with Firefox?

if the notification is added in an edit and possibly a post-merging, that may not get a notification sent

 

[cvaldes]

yup same for me on vivaldi and if you on a page say like sexy hardware close ups the page jumps around like a spaztic kangaroo until all the images load in

This behavior happens to me and it's not specific to a certain web browser or operating system since I use Windows, macOS, iOS, and iPadOS with a variety of browsers.

It's annoying enough that these days I avoid clicking on certain TPU thread discussions (sexy hardware closeup, build logs, latest hardware purchase, what game are you playing, etc.) if I suspect that there will be lots of images on the resultant page.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It's annoying enough that these days I avoid clicking on certain TPU thread discussions (sexy hardware closeup, build logs, latest hardware purchase, what game are you playing, etc.) if I suspect that there will be lots of images on the resultant page.

I don't avoid them. Instead I patiently wait for images to load. It's irritating watching the page jump all over the place as the images load up, but that's it, just irritating.

 

[cvaldes]

The biggest issue is that I don't know when it's done loading. I have often started reading the page when I thought the page was done loading only to have the words yanked out of view because another photo (or more) started loading.

I'm not inclined to wait 20-30 seconds for a page to load then wait another 10-20 seconds while I try to decide whether or not it's done loading. I often visit this site on mobile (smartphone, tablet, often on a slower connection) where putting it in another browser tab is less desirable.

Ultimately, this is a sole comment by a sole reader: me. I understand that the TPU site operation team may consider my usage case to be fringe and unnecessary to address. But that's what this discussion thread is for: individual user feedback.

It wasn't always like this. The HTML specification has had the WIDTH and HEIGHT tags for the IMG element since the very start (i.e., early Nineties). They exist exactly for the purpose of setting aside a portion of page real estate so this DOESN'T happen.

If TPU has decided that they no longer want to abide by this type of page layout formatting, that's their call. It's their site, they can do whatever they want. I certainly don't expect them to fix everything I find objectionable.

 

[Super Firm Tofu]

@lexluthermiester @cvaldes @Athlonite

Do you have 'Disable Lazy Loaded Images' enabled? Without that, I have the same experience. Set it to yes, and I was good to go.

 

[cvaldes]

@lexluthermiester @cvaldes @Athlonite

Do you have 'Disable Lazy Loaded Images' enabled? Without that, I have the same experience. Set it to yes, and I was good to go.

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That setting is blank in my preferences. I have never changed it so the behavior started without any user interaction on my part.

I should note that I often visit this site without being logged into my account. My opinion is that the page layout should still behave without having to log in.

 

[lexluthermiester]

@lexluthermiester @cvaldes @Athlonite

Do you have 'Disable Lazy Loaded Images' enabled? Without that, I have the same experience. Set it to yes, and I was good to go.

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Mine was in fact set to "No". I don't remember having changed it so we'll see what happens...

EDIT:
That fixed it. Changing to "Yes" caused everything to work properly.

 

[Mussels]

Mine was already set to yes, but i still get the weird loading at times.

Might be something different between videos and images, or local and external hosted images.

 

[Athlonite]

Mine was in fact set to "No". I don't remember having changed it so we'll see what happens...

EDIT:
That fixed it. Changing to "Yes" caused everything to work properly.

mine wasn't set to anything but yes setting to YES did the trick for me so far will wait and see how it is in a few days if it's still working great I'll say so or if it's not and it's back to doing the slow image load jerky jerk

 

[W1zzard]

That setting is blank in my preferences. I have never changed it so the behavior started without any user interaction on my part.

I should note that I often visit this site without being logged into my account. My opinion is that the page layout should still behave without having to log in.

"blank" means "default", which means "lazy load enabled".

Ultimately, this is a sole comment by a sole reader: me. I understand that the TPU site operation team may consider my usage case to be fringe and unnecessary to address. But that's what this discussion thread is for: individual user feedback.

It wasn't always like this. The HTML specification has had the WIDTH and HEIGHT tags for the IMG element since the very start (i.e., early Nineties). They exist exactly for the purpose of setting aside a portion of page real estate so this DOESN'T happen.

If TPU has decided that they no longer want to abide by this type of page layout formatting, that's their call. It's their site, they can do whatever they want. I certainly don't expect them to fix everything I find objectionable.

Your feedback is very much appreciated. XenForo by default enables lazy loading images. I added that user option myself, so people can turn it off.

The problem with width and height attributes is that the size information is often not available, or can change at any time, especially for images not hosted on our servers

 

[dorsetknob]

It's annoying enough that these days I avoid clicking on certain TPU thread discussions (sexy hardware closeup, build logs, latest hardware purchase, what game are you playing, etc.) if I suspect that there will be lots of images on the resultant page.

right mouse click >>open link in new tab problem solved.
Just continue to browse untill page in new tab has loaded.

Ah the Beauty of modern tabbed browsers

 

[cvaldes]

right mouse click >>open link in new tab problem solved.
Just continue to browse untill page in new tab has loaded.

Ah the Beauty of modern tabbed browsers

As I mentioned in post #486, I frequently visit this site on mobile (smartphone and tablet) where tabbed browsing is less than desirable.

The whole paradigm of surfing the Internet on a PC with a large screen is obsolete.

So is the notion of always being logged into your user account. Most of my web surfing these days is done via private browsing (cookies deleted upon exit). I rarely log in unless I need to accomplish something.

The world moved on from desktop computing a decade ago.

I could choose to only visit this site when I'm on a computer but that would cut back my visititations by >75%. In fact, I normally visit this site on a PC to post comments. I hate typing in general on mobile, it's such a pain.

In any case I am just one insignificant web surfer in an ocean of users. I don't expect TPU site operators (or operators of any site) to custom tailor their page presentation to exactly the way I want it.

No one can please everyone all the time.

But this site's operations teams has asked for individual user commentary in this thread. While the site operator has expressed appreciation for my feedback, I get the feeling that some community members don't care for my contributions to this discussion. Naturally the same "no one can please everyone all the time" guideline applies to me as well.

Food for thought...

 

[ThrashZone]

right mouse click >>open link in new tab problem solved.
Just continue to browse untill page in new tab has loaded.

Ah the Beauty of modern tabbed browsers

Hi,
Think middle click is easier to auto open in new tab unless you're using chrome that is then it doesn't work

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Hi,
Think middle click is easier to auto open in new tab unless you're using chrome that is then it doesn't work

?
Works fine on Chrome.

 

[qubit]

Right, not that I'm complaining, but I've noticed that I've got my 15 year badge a couple of days early. It's the 4th now, but I joined on the 6th, so something might want adjustment somewhere.

 

[Mussels]

I mean it's almost the 5th here, but i guess we learned W1zzard did in fact invent that time machine

 

[ThrashZone]

Right, not that I'm complaining, but I've noticed that I've got my 15 year badge a couple of days early. It's the 4th now, but I joined on the 6th, so something might want adjustment somewhere.


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Hi,
Interesting a 15 year member badge is the number 18

 

[W1zzard]

Right, not that I'm complaining, but I've noticed that I've got my 15 year badge a couple of days early. It's the 4th now, but I joined on the 6th, so something might want adjustment somewhere.


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I think i was lazy and used 365 x 15 x 24 x 3600