Options setting are MS IE emulation, support javascript.

Anybody having similar problems?

I also downloaded Opera Mini, but it was too kludgy. It wouldn’t even permit filling in the login field.

Is it that the engine is too slow, or are the servers too slow for the engine? I noticed you mentioned Python…I assume that’s the issue. Depending on the server platform, it may or may not be an issue (scripting languages are generally not recommended for very-high transaction rate applications – at least I wouldn’t recommend it!) Is there a precedent for a Python-driven dynamic site that sustains the kind of hit rate that RS does?

(I know this is not the best thread for this conversation – I’d be glad to start a diary to discuss the technical aspects of RS3…us geek types are interested in these things…)

So right now we’re running with some very dumb caching that caches the entire html page, including the sidebar.

Yes, it’s a total pain, but until we can find ways to speed the engine up, it’s what we’re stuck with, sadly.

I was replying to that comment, but it looks like I am actually replying to And “Recent Posts”

Now I can’t remember what I was going to say…

Good luck and good night.

I’ll just wait–these aren’t complaints. I’m here too much, anyway.

Maybe tomorrow will bring another comprehensive update from Neil.

Maybe I’ll try FireFox again, although it had some bad problems for me the last time.

Of course this IS Sunday night, and things tend to be a bit sloooow. Tomorrow will be the killer.

There is no single uniform central cache of the side boxes and things. Every page you view gets its own cache.

I understand about capacity problems, too. My first big batch implementation I overlooked processing time while testing. My test ran in minutes. Nationwide, it took the entire night. We re-launched the next month.

Not that I’m suggesting you overlooked anything. But I did.

Comments are posting almost immediately now. Coincidence, or did you tweak some options?

(You can’t kid me. You were just looking for a way to keep he Rooster quiet.)

Over time we may reduce that, but we’re doing what we can to keep the site running.

So please, don’t even think we’re trying to keep people from commenting, heh. We’re trying to keep the site up at all so that commenting is even possible!

Two things might help you, but not much.

First, the “Recent Posts” Tracker at the top of the page will post the latest comments in reverse chronological order, although it doesn’t seem to be working right now.

Second, you can use the “Search” function, searching for something in your comments. My name works for me, but I suspect that a search for “bs” is going to find every comment with words like abs, absent, absentee, observe, etc.

However, even if your latest comment is found in that search, it may not yet be posted when you link to it, and therefore all you get is the diary you posted to.