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RTE Sports website...very slow?

  • 06-04-2012 12:23pm
    #1
    Mike_Eile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I've noticed that RTE have added some features to their sports website (http://www.rte.ie/sport) in recent weeks. Most notably a social share widget to the left hand side and a javascript pop-out when you scroll down the page. The page is now extremely slow to load up for me. This is annoying as their content is good but this is testing my patience. Anyone else having a similar experience?


Comments

  • #2
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    < 2 seconds here, seems fine


  • #3
    desaparecidos
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭desaparecidos


    119 requests
    1 MB (815.1 KB from cache)
    2.99s (onload: 2.63s)

    119 requests and 1MB total size (with gzip enabled) is a bit mental alright.


  • #4
    reitoei
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭reitoei


    It's not really...

    BBC Sport is 1.06mb and that's *without* advertising.

    Look at other large sport sites and you'll see similar numbers (Fox Sports 1.7mb).


  • #5
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    The background pic is 300kb :rolleyes: , not exactly huge but will be noticeably slower on slow connections. Your browser should cache it though for further visits

    Nick

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  • #6
    desaparecidos
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭desaparecidos


    Fading to white on the background image hurts my eyes, very distracting.


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  • #7
    desaparecidos
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭desaparecidos


    reitoei wrote: »
    It's not really...

    BBC Sport is 1.06mb and that's *without* advertising.

    Look at other large sport sites and you'll see similar numbers (Fox Sports 1.7mb).

    So because everybody does it, it makes it right?

    1MB for 1 page is ridiculous in my book. Also I don't care about caching, no developer should have the lazy excuse of caching. A browser doesn't have infinite resources to cache the entire internet.


  • #8
    bamboo2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭bamboo2


    Yes, it is slow.
    This has nothing to do with FlashPlayer, javascript or whatever is used. Unfortunately it is the RTE server that is slow. It is a bit of hit and miss I am afraid. I guess, there will be no improvement either in the near future. I watch foreign iplayers and there are no problems with them and far sharper quality, If this is any good to you.

    RTE or eircom probably bring out the old excuse again. There must a church or chimney in the way and is stopping any reception.


  • #9
    Kensington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    Works fine here, are you using Internet Explorer? :p


  • #10
    bamboo2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭bamboo2


    I am using Chrome. Not sure what you mean by "working fine". It is working for me in Chrome. But it hangs every now and then, and the resolution is low.


  • #11
    _AVALANCHE_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,620 ✭✭✭_AVALANCHE_


    desaparecidos wrote: »
    119 requests
    How did you get this?


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  • #12
    desaparecidos
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭desaparecidos


    _AVALANCHE_ wrote: »
    How did you get this?

    Firebug's Net tab.

    It's actually closer to 148 requests, I had adblock enbabled first time round.


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