Quote from: thedungeondelver;372424And apparently they run it on an 8088, to judge by the load speed*.


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*=Firefox plus massive adblock and noscript keeps the noise to a minimum, however.

That's the only way to visit there...screening out the crap with those 2 things.

Quote from: Joethelawyer;372435That's the only way to visit there...screening out the crap with those 2 things.

A subscription also gets rid of all of that.

As for load times, in all honesty, if you are still getting slow load times there, it's you and not them.  EW isn't slow anymore.  It hasn't been for quite some time.

Quote from: Mistwell;372445A subscription also gets rid of all of that.

As for load times, in all honesty, if you are still getting slow load times there, it's you and not them.  EW isn't slow anymore.  It hasn't been for quite some time.

Not saying its slow anymore, just saying its the only way to visit.  I hate ads.

Being free, those 2 apps are cheaper than a subscription

Any time anyone suggests the ENworld is slow Mistwell gets cranked up.

Quote from: Aos;372452Any time anyone suggests the ENworld is slow Mistwell gets cranked up.

To be fair, it's not always slow, but when it is, it's dreadfully slow. As mentioned, that color scheme really hurts the eyes. Whenever I spend any time reading a thread, it takes about a minute for my eyes to adjust to other sites and the real world. But enough bashing

If you don't like the colors, change them.  

Use your User Control Panel (account -> edit options -> misc)

For example, a lot of people like the white background with blue lettering skin.

Quote from: Mistwell;372456If you don't like the colors, change them.  

Use your User Control Panel.

I did, but they kept getting reset, so I gave up.

It's good to hear that the speed of ENWorld is generally better for folks.

And really, the ENNies are kind of their own thing from ENWorld anymore.

Quote from: mhensley;372408lol, as much money as they throw at that site and it's still butt ugly with serious usability issues.

Quote from: Benoist;372410They could do with something (much) easier on the eyes, yet not like the brownish toilet wallpaper of Circvsmaximvs either, I'll give you that.

Quote from: J Arcane;372414And it's only gotten worse since the last time I was there.  The actual posts were a mere sliver in the center of the page, almost overwhelmed by all the pointless widgets and ads littering the page as far as the eye could see.

It's like early AOL home pages with blink tags and Jesus dancing to that hamster MIDI all over again, with scrolling marquis in red text on a blue background.  I've seen anime that was less seizure inducing than ENWorld.

Quote from: Mistwell;372445As for load times, in all honesty, if you are still getting slow load times there, it's you and not them.  EW isn't slow anymore.  It hasn't been for quite some time.

I have to agree. It used to be dreadfully slow, I mean just ridiculously slow. But they upgraded their servers (IIRC) and I haven't had any problems with it for some time.

Those who still consider it slow: is it because you haven't visited recently and are just remembering how slow it used to be? If not, then Mistwell's right about it being you, not them.

Quote from: StormBringer;372470It's like early AOL home pages with blink tags and Jesus dancing to that hamster MIDI all over again, with scrolling marquis in red text on a blue background.  I've seen anime that was less seizure inducing than ENWorld.

Right-click, adblock image, right click, adblock iframe, lather, rinse, repeat.  Use wildcards to suppress entire swaths of ads.

Quote from: Fifth Element;372496I have to agree. It used to be dreadfully slow, I mean just ridiculously slow. But they upgraded their servers (IIRC) and I haven't had any problems with it for some time.

Those who still consider it slow: is it because you haven't visited recently and are just remembering how slow it used to be? If not, then Mistwell's right about it being you, not them.

It's a mile better than it was, but it does occasionally drag a tad. Not unacceptable any more, though.

Quote from: thedungeondelver;372501Right-click, adblock image, right click, adblock iframe, lather, rinse, repeat.  Use wildcards to suppress entire swaths of ads.

Ad-block is a Godsend.

Quote from: dar;372461And really, the ENNies are kind of their own thing from ENWorld anymore.

This is true.  I'm a judge for the ENnies this year and my post count on ENWorld is like... two?  Maybe three, I'd have to log in to check.  I don't even play D&D.

As for relevance, it's only as relevant as you want it to be.  I like that it's a sort of "people's choice" award in this hobby.  Can't really talk to any corruption/personal interest stuff, as I haven't experienced any of it, but I know the blowout with Zach really set people on edge and that's a huge black mark against the ENnies in a lot of people's minds.  I can see where people don't want anything to do with it or think the ENnies are irrelevant after that.  But things change.  That's all I can really think of to say.

I honestly didn't realize there was so much drama/hate toward the ENnies prior to being a judge this year.  I never really paid attention to the discussions about it, just voted and looked for the results after GenCon.  It has been eye-opening.

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