Been fine lately other than a month or so agoWe did have server issues for a while but should be fine now. Any current issues?
You can edit the URL after the ad pops up to cover everything in the page. Just delete what you see after archboston.com -- that's what I've been doing.The new whole-page ads are pretty annoying. It was easy-ish to close them on my phone, but now that I'm on my laptop I'm having a harder time seeing the X in the upper corner.
I mean, yes. But. I know there are costs to maintaining ArchBoston, a service I value and appreciate. If possible, I'd like to avoid using an ad blocker, precisely because I do want to support the site -- I just find the new full-screen ads to be significantly more disruptive. Furthermore, historically @SkyriseCities has been pretty receptive to feedback, so, here's the feedback.Ad blockers are your friends.
Covering costs is one thing and there are better and less intrusive ways to do that but the ads are nothing but monetization for the sake of monetization and at this point it’s obvious that the user experience is secondary. Everyone has to make a living somehow but the viability of someone else’s business isn’t my concern.I mean, yes. But. I know there are costs to maintaining ArchBoston, a service I value and appreciate. If possible, I'd like to avoid using an ad blocker, precisely because I do want to support the site -- I just find the new full-screen ads to be significantly more disruptive. Furthermore, historically @SkyriseCities has been pretty receptive to feedback, so, here's the feedback.
Yes, echoing this! Many/most of us are understandable about accepting ads on the site, but a few weeks ago they switched to a new format of full page splash screen ads that need to be "x'd" out to be able to see the site. Not sure if you meant this / were aware. Feelings entirely aside about site advertising in general, there are serious user experience / site usability issues with this particular format of ad. Are there other formats that might strike a better site usability balance?Returning to this -- the ads really are disruptive. They don't render well on mobile, meaning that the "x" close button is miniscule and hard to successfully tap on a touchscreen. @SkyriseCities, hopefully we can find a happy medium here?
I had, definitely, but they seem to be resolved for me as of this morning. Site has been flying as of 7am - now on my end; but past several days prior to that it was almost uselessly slowAnyone else seeing substantial performance issues the last 2 days?
For completeness, I am reporting back that the quickness I experienced early this morning was a mirage and the site is back to being incredibly slow (for me at least) as of 10amI had, definitely, but they seem to be resolved for me as of this morning. Site has been flying as of 7am - now on my end; but past several days prior to that it was almost uselessly slow
Agreed; brutally slow to the point of it basically being unusable. I have a few photos to post but I don't have time to bother attempting that until the site is back up to reasonable speed.Site has been brutally slow all day today. (Friday 9/1)
I've tried resetting cookies and clearing cache, the site has been brutally slow during the day yesterday and today to the point I couldn't even use the site at all, sometimes doesn't load anything at all. I'm only able to post this right now since at the moment it seems to load okay-ish.Site has been brutally slow all day today. (Friday 9/1)