Skeptic7 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 For approximately the past week, whenever I click on a topic from the daily newsletter it nearly always malfunctions. There's myriad popup ads and other ads loading top & bottom. The page bogs down and fails to load...or even when it does occasionally load, soon as I push on a reply or an emoji, another full page popup which needs to be x off. Then this happens repeatedly. Many times it totally crashes Google Chrome and it shuts down. Happens on both my Android devices. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Yes, it's been improved!😀 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post freedomnow Posted November 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) Yes, you have to reload the page to be able to click links on the right side...they won't open on first load of the page on firefox macOS anyway.... Edited November 15, 2023 by freedomnow 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 1 minute ago, freedomnow said: Yes, you have to reload the page to be able to click links on the right side...they won't open on first load of the page on firefox macOS anyway.... Nor on Chrome or Brave. Been like that for weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedomnow Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 1 minute ago, KannikaP said: Nor on Chrome or Brave. Been like that for weeks. Browser dependent then good to know...they should fix that glitch soon I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 Not been improved at all. Worse than ever on Chrome. Needs an update pronto. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted November 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2023 I started a topic on this yesterday, every time I click to change topic I get a full page blurry photo from one of the ads, click on the “X “ to remove. My topic on the support forum was replied to by george then promptly closed ! How does that help me or anyone else for that matter ?. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shop mak Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Same issue last 2 hours. Chrome. Reload. Clear cache. Restart. Still same. Then now ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Drake Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 It's okay with the desktop. On my phone, however, the ads obliterate everything else, and I can't close them, because they're oversized and will not reduce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Yep notifications not working properly amongst other things 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 1 hour ago, freedomnow said: Browser dependent then good to know...they should fix that glitch soon I guess. No, it is NOT browser dependant. Same problem on Firefox for you, Chrome, Edge & Brave for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartsmile Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 One or two forums I am on seem to be having problems lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said: I started a topic on this yesterday, every time I click to change topic I get a full page blurry photo from one of the ads, click on the “X “ to remove. My topic on the support forum was replied to by george then promptly closed ! How does that help me or anyone else for that matter ?. TOTALLY agree. The ads are way out of control and more invasive and boggy than ever, which should mean revenue, yet the site continues to deteriorate with each and every passing month. Does no good for anyone to sweep this under the rug and not address the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novacova Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 On 11/15/2023 at 1:21 PM, Skeptic7 said: For approximately the past week, whenever I click on a topic from the daily newsletter it nearly always malfunctions. I haven’t been able to click on anything for the last week, the entire site malfunctioned 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post doctormann Posted November 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2023 Nice to see the forum back up and running. A couple of things need attention, when you have the time: 1. The return to top of page arrow has gone missing again. 2. No option to delete notifications. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted November 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2023 (edited) Well it seemed very slow last week, pretty sure I clicked a link that took about 7 days to come up Edited November 23, 2023 by ukrules 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 The topic has been started before the long outage (about six days). After coming back it felt very slow yesterday. This morning it has much improved for me. Cross your fingers it will persist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 Well it's back but still slower than ever and plagued with popup ads from every direction. With the bombardment of constant of advertising, would think the site would have plenty of funding to run smoothly. Worked much better a decade ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 I ended up on some page needing to sign-up to Invision Power for $39/month Was this site hacked or something similar ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinchester Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Dreadful experience trying to view any topic right now. Click one and it takes at least 20 seconds to start loading. Way too many ads and pop-ups appearing. I appreciate the website is a free resource but there is a limit to the number of totally irrelevant ads I will put up with appearing on my screen. Can't fathom why the user experience has declined by so much over the years. It's coming to the point where I'll probably sign in once or twice a year to catch up on any Immigration changes come extension time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedomnow Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 On 11/15/2023 at 8:15 AM, freedomnow said: Yes, you have to reload the page to be able to click links on the right side...they won't open on first load of the page on firefox macOS anyway.... links still not opening on right side...ADMIN ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still kicking Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 8 hours ago, doctormann said: Nice to see the forum back up and running. A couple of things need attention, when you have the time: 1. The return to top of page arrow has gone missing again. 2. No option to delete notifications. I mentioned that but no reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vangrop Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 On 11/15/2023 at 3:26 PM, Skeptic7 said: Not been improved at all. Worse than ever on Chrome. Needs an update pronto agree, absolutely no improvement. Lack of communication, not vry professional 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 8 hours ago, steven100 said: I ended up on some page needing to sign-up to Invision Power for $39/month Was this site hacked or something similar ? I got the same thing using Google Chrome initial;ly, on closer inspection it was at site www.aseannow.com whereas correct site is https://aseannow.com Try correcting the URL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Sheryl said: I got the same thing using Google Chrome initial;ly, on closer inspection it was at site www.aseannow.com whereas correct site is https://aseannow.com Try correcting the URL yes, so stupid me thought that this was the new AN site, so I try to access the trial period 1 month, but nothing worked, no access, no log-in acceptance ... nothing so I closed it off..... hahaha .... glad I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Skeptic7 Posted November 25, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2023 (edited) Still torturously slow. It's mind-bogglingly unacceptable and totally do not understand what is so difficult❓ We've all derided Thais and Thailand for myriad inabilities (especially IT) and deservedly so...but this eclipses even Thai tech ineptitude. Webpages in the 90s worked better and faster❗🤣 Edited November 25, 2023 by Skeptic7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJAS Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Skeptic7 said: Still torturously slow. It's mind-bogglingly unacceptable and totally do not understand what is so difficult❓ We've all derided Thais and Thailand for myriad inabilities (especially IT) and deservedly so...but this eclipses even Thai tech ineptitude. Webpages in the 90s worked better and faster❗🤣 Agreed. In a race also involving a snail and a tortoise the Asean Now website would definitely cross the finishing line in last place at the moment! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Skeptic7 said: Still torturously slow. It's mind-bogglingly unacceptable and totally do not understand what is so difficult❓ We've all derided Thais and Thailand for myriad inabilities (especially IT) and deservedly so...but this eclipses even Thai tech ineptitude. Webpages in the 90s worked better and faster❗🤣 Yes very slow, i thought the upgrade was meant to fix that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 11 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: Yes very slow, i thought the upgrade was meant to fix that Yea, very slow here also. But the way I understand it, there was a cyber attack at one of the servers where the forum was hosted, and they had to move it to a different server. As such they are experiencing moving issues that I am sure they are working very hard to resolve. I am sure it will be Ok in the next few days. Otherwise I am asking for my money back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Back up to full speed again this morning !! Well done 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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