Well, I can say that there are definitely two things that will never happen. 1) Banner ads. 2) Oracle.
And a third is a total replacement. Don’t have the financial wherewithal.
To those who wish to leave because of it, see ya. If FR dies, that’s that.
In the mean time, John is pulling his hair out trying to find the problem. And I’m sure he eventually will. Always has. Always will.
.................Well Stated.................
wow.....way to show leadership......guess we know now why FreeRepublic is going down the toilet......sad......
Jim, I luv ya , man...Just like Rush you were blessed with a gift, but this time you are dead wrong....
Awwww it’s just slow......:o)
John will get err done Jim !
Patience isn’t just a little quaker girl !
Already back to faster mode on FR from here in the Texas Panhandle !
Stay Safe and ignore the “gimmie I want lets go’s”.... !
What would the cost be for a total replacement or whatever equal to that, Jim?
I suspect that FREEPERS might be willing to rise to the occasion if the payoff seemed fitting accordingly.
And, it could lengthen the time it takes for John to go white headed.
And a third is a total replacement. Don’t have the financial wherewithal.
To those who wish to leave because of it, see ya. If FR dies, that’s that.
Thank you Jim and John for the clean design and tight code that underpins FR. Today, just as it was on 9/11 (long before I joined), this remains my primary source for breaking news and factual, no-nonsense information.
The lack of banner ads, Flash, JavaScript and graphics are what I've always found appealing. Today, when things did get a tad sluggish, all I did on my end was fire up the venerable Lynx character-based text browser. Voila! FR was again fast and responsive. John's backend scripts and the HTML are all solid and standards compliant.
Please keep the design straightforward and dismiss the ideas of those who want useless eye candy and a radical departure from the time-tested, proven look and feel.
I can see that some folk here have never worked with computers "Back in the day" where boot up took 30 to 45 minutes and orderly shut down took nearly as long.
Sometimes it's slow, but I can take it ;^)
Yeah, and I'm gonna abandon my house because a sliding door jumps it's track. ;-)
Jim, the vast majority of non-troll Freepers understand that computers are a pain at all levels. Most of us who deal with our own computer problems know the frustration involved, and the endless ways that a smooth running system can be compromised.
My son, who is a member of a large IT department for a major defense contractor, reports similar problems regularly, hence the huge IT departments everywhere.
The less emotional majority of us who visit regularly do not expect instant perfection or unlimited expenditures from you.
Is "total replacement" the only solution? Even assuming that it were, how about allowing us, the members, to try that, no strings attached? But that can't even be discussed if you don't talk to us.