# I weakly Pit websites whose pages take too frackin' long to load **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 28, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988 "2008-12-28T19:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/1 "2008-12-28T19:37:22Z")
Worst offenders: [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) and the _Washington Post._ Trying to fit too much content on one page, is that the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/2 "2008-12-28T19:41:05Z")
I pit websites with too much ‘user interface’ gimmickery. One of the worse offenders is menus that pop up (and cover something) when you mouse-over them. Mice have buttons **for a reason**. _Nothing_ should have mouseover behaviour. Not even to show a little yellow hint. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/3 "2008-12-28T19:52:04Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > the _Washington Post._ Trying to fit too much content on one page, is that the problem? Their pages are rather light in content (articles). There’s just too much gimcrackery. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/4 "2008-12-28T20:09:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Worst offenders: [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) and the _Washington Post._ Trying to fit too much content on one page, is that the problem? That’s certainly a factor, but some pages are dynamicly created for each request and are poorly coded to do so. I’m thinking of all the account pages for GoDaddy, which have relatively little need for current content rearranging, yet use PHP to generate each page. This takes time. Top notch programming strikes a balance between speed and flexibility, and caches stuff that takes a long time to generate but doesn’t need to be regenerated often. But most companies don’t want to pay for top notch programming, so the users suffer. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/5 "2008-12-28T22:02:25Z")
The problem is that professional web designers tend to have the belliest, whistliest computers available, which load and process such files faster than mine. THAT’S the standard of processing they’re designing for. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/6 "2008-12-28T22:23:08Z")
Allmusic ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/7 "2008-12-28T22:41:41Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > Allmusic YES! years ago, AMG used to be great and useful, but then they redesigned the perfectly working site to make it more bellsy and whistley. Now it just sucks. Great content; crappy delivery. ---
**Author:** ![taco\_machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taco\_machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taco_machine)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/8 "2008-12-28T23:45:50Z")
I think it’s because most modern commercial websites usually have about 3-5 flash based ads on each page. Those take time and your computer’s resources to load and display. Even this particular thread has a flash-based ad. They’re resource hogs. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/9 "2008-12-30T21:57:44Z")
The SDMB crashes the browser on my Blackjack phone on about 50% of the threads I open. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/10 "2008-12-30T22:05:22Z")
> [@taco\_machine](#): > > I think it’s because most modern commercial websites usually have about 3-5 flash based ads on each page. Those take time and your computer’s resources to load and display. Even this particular thread has a flash-based ad. They’re resource hogs. I have disabled Flash, Java and all other fancy stuff. Any site which uses that I do not need to see. Keeps my computer safe too. ---
**Author:** ![samm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@samm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samm)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/11 "2008-12-30T22:19:02Z")
What’s going on with [foodnetwork.com](http://foodnetwork.com)? That’s the only site I can think of that always takes ages for me. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/12 "2008-12-30T22:29:07Z")
I heart GoDaddy big time but their interface is atrocious. I keep trying to tell myself that I get my domain names so cheap because they sell so much stuff and thus have to advertise so much stuff but…all I ever want to do is access my domain names, not buy one of their crazy products. Every single time I log in and click “Domain Manager” the Domain Manager times out before it loads and I have to refresh. Every. Single. Time. It’s like realizing your one and only true love is really nothing but a sleazy car salesman. It pains me deeply. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/13 "2008-12-30T22:39:28Z")
> [@samm](#): > > What’s going on with [foodnetwork.com](http://foodnetwork.com)? Yeah, they’ve really mucked it up not long ago - used to be almost tolerable, but now, it’s the Timeout Diner. Amazon loads in the blink for an eye for me. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/14 "2008-12-30T22:49:12Z")
My peeve are restaurant websites, 94% of which are some hideous Flash zoom-zoom format. Hint: I should not have to hit 3 links to find your phone # to make a reservation! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weakly-pit-websites-whose-pages-take-too-frackin-long-to-load/478988/15 "2008-12-31T00:34:21Z")
Here here. I love the whizbang of gmail but I hate how long it takes to load. I wish there was a way cache that stuff without having to reload it every time I restart firefox.