Replying to a post is so difficult I don't even bother on my phone anymore. I have the newest google pixel (8 Pro).
On my laptop now and I keep getting pop up ads that cover the entire screen.
It's tough to type out a comment, especially a long one, on this site from a phone. But all my discussion forums that I'm on, I post comments from my Galaxy (I'm 63 & do everything on my phone - don't even own a laptop.🤣).
Curious, these guys that post these really long comments (e.g. rekrunner) - are they posting from their computers?
+1
I guess they use a computer, type a long reply, copy and paste.
They need to re-work the site and optimize it for mobile. If not, LRC isn't going to be around much longer or will limp along with a core clientele of senior citizens still using PCs to view it.
Yeah, because I'd rather browse the site on an IPhone15 that has 16 sq. in. of viewable area versus a Dell 30" monitor that has 400 sq. in. of viewable area.
This site uses an incredible amount of available computer memory just to load. I assume it has something to do with the ads. Right now (Chromebook), several tabs open:
Gmail: 120mb
Instagram: 124mb
Facebook: 243mb
Letsrun: 546mb
FWIW, I am using adblock. Why does a discussion form require so much memory?
Some days are better than others. What I find frustrating is also the lag for the forum on laptop. I kinda get the stalling for a phone with all of the pop up ads bogging things down but I’ve never had issues with a site on the laptop like I do with LRC.
Agreed! It’s pretty much unusable on a phone. Constant refreshing. Battery power goes down significantly anytime I’m on it. If I’m at 20%, no joke, my phone would be out of battery power in about 10 minutes. Constantly freezing. Not sure what the solution is but it’s a struggle to look at anything on the message board on mobile.
I was at The Sevens in Beacon Hill today after breaking 36 at the Boston 10K and some guy was choking on a pretzel bite and I was trying to google the Heimlich maneuver but I had my phone open to letsrun from the last time I used it (was reading a fauci thread in the bathroom) and it drained my battery and I couldn’t figure out the heimlich and the guy died
I will write a long reply and hit post - and then the little running man whirls around in a circle and the post never appears. It just vanishes. Often I try this twice then I give up. It says I've been banned but when I click on the link for information it often relates to a post from about six months ago that I haven't made. Usually some random stuff from last year.
I don't get it and it's getting so frustrating that I barely want to post any more as it keeps losing posts. This has been happening over the past two weeks.
I've been getting stuck after trying to post as well. The work around is to have multiple letsrun pages open at once and click into another one after hitting post.
I'm also experiencing the bug where letsrun keeps sending to page one of a multiple page thread that I've viewed multiple pages
Yeah, agreed. If I’m on mobile I pretty much have to put it in airplane mode or it will refresh nonstop. Not only that, but it will drain my battery like no other. I could be at 100% and it will be at 50% in a matter of minutes.
I have a fairly new iPhone 14 and enjoy perusing the forums with a cup of coffee in the morning before work. This morning, I could not even open a thread. It has been really bad for a while with the page reloading 3x times per minute and the "recurring error" message that pops up 25% of the time, but it is 100% unusable on mobile now. Maybe it is the new pop-ups? Are they doing something more in the background?
Just want the brojos to know...
I am totally in support of you getting that bag, but if we can't even use the site, you won't get any views or visits.
Yeah, agreed. If I’m on mobile I pretty much have to put it in airplane mode or it will refresh nonstop. Not only that, but it will drain my battery like no other. I could be at 100% and it will be at 50% in a matter of minutes.
Wow. I thought this was my imagination. You confirmed it!
I come here 1/10th as much as I used to. It's just too much bother to keep clearing popups, keep retrying after crash, keep trying to navigate what used to be easy and is like being stuck in mud now, etc etc.
I see wejo's email thing. No! I'm not doing any of that. Too much work.
They need to re-work the site and optimize it for mobile. If not, LRC isn't going to be around much longer or will limp along with a core clientele of senior citizens still using PCs to view it.
Yeah, because I'd rather browse the site on an IPhone15 that has 16 sq. in. of viewable area versus a Dell 30" monitor that has 400 sq. in. of viewable area.
You 100% made the actual point of your quoted poster.
Can’t believe it took this long for someone to mention Brave. It’s the only browser that makes this site tolerable on an apple device. Free to download and use; has a built in ad blocker that prevents this site from loading 99% of the BS causing every other browser to crash and prevent your device battery from entering into meltdown mode.
Can’t believe it took this long for someone to mention Brave. It’s the only browser that makes this site tolerable on an apple device. Free to download and use; has a built in ad blocker that prevents this site from loading 99% of the BS causing every other browser to crash and prevent your device battery from entering into meltdown mode.
Just say what the real issue is: the BroJos are incompetent, Daddy's money idiots.