Questions tagged [performance]
For questions with regard to the performance (as in time) of the features of the network.
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Turning thumbs, waiting for a review audit test
As described in this other question, sometimes the creation of an audit test takes several seconds, making it a real giveaway.
Is there a way to improve the performance?
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Degraded Stack Exchange network performance
Subject should say it all, but overall the Stack Exchange network has been very laggy (so far) all day on, February 27th and 28th.
I am connecting from Brooklyn, NY, USA is happening on my home ISP ...
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Long loading time on reputation page
When I open my Stack Overflow profile page (when logged in) it takes a long time for the page to load. The first request takes at least 7 seconds. This is easily reproducible. It happens in all ...
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Improve load speed of side nav links on blog, or include loading indicator
When visiting the blog I noticed that it takes a long time for pages to load when clicking on the links in the left navigation sidebar. In addition, there is no visual indicator that anything is ...
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HTML document for SE websites loading extremely slow on Firefox and Chromium
A 35-50kB HTML document on many Stack Exchange website pages including Stack Overflow is taking 10+ seconds to load. Please see screenshots for evidence. Please note that the issue is intermittent. ...
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Comment getting posted twice
Right now, I am working on a speed-"unreliable" network connection.
Sometimes, when I comment on a post, and network is unusually slow, after some time that same comment gets posted twice. ...
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Performance delay in editor when moving to a blank line
I initially thought this affected MSE only, but now I started to face the same issue on other SE sites.
I've encountered/reproduced only on Stack Exchange on Firefox for Win 10.
Place cursor at the ...
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Review queues architecture wrap up
The planned work on Review Queues includes Backend Architecture changes (listed on our Public Platform roadmap for February). As this project is now concluded, I would like to report to the Community ...
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I am wearing a hat on Stack Overflow, but when I update the page it does not appear immediately
I have a mask for my avatar on the Stack Overflow website. However, when I go through Stack Overflow back and forth, for example, go home from the Questions tab, my mask does not appear on my avatar ...
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Please don't completely remove the mobile website, for the benefit of users on slow connections
A Stack Exchange employee just said the following regarding the mobile site:
We are actively working on the responsive design that works on both desktop and mobile, based on screen size. Once that is ...
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Scrolling on Stack Overflow is slow if a question has lots of answers
Chrome Version: Google Chrome 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit)
OS: Ubuntu
Try opening one of these pages:
How do I create a URL shortener?
How to use a decimal range() step value?
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Ads on SE sites are excessively animated, irrelevant, dubious and resource-intensive
SE had very high standards for ads on Stack Overflow, ads were curated, generally static images and well-behaved. I found the stance SE took on acceptable ads admirable, and they certainly left some ...
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Stack Exchange JavaScript is taking much longer to load than usual
After the recent SE network outage, I noticed that the JavaScript that powers things like the vote buttons, the dropdowns, and the "add comment" button takes much longer to load than it did in the ...
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Review spring cleaning: performance improvements and responsive design
This is just a heads-up that there's a lot of work underway right now on the Review system, mostly in the areas of cleanup and bug-fixing.
The review system we have now was originally built over the ...
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User profile page takes 15-20 SECONDS to load on first load in X minutes
When I come to Stack Overflow, I typically do so through a link to my reputation tab so I can see any uncommented downvotes on my posts and try to correct whatever problem/error those votes are ...
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