Wednesday, March 01, 2006



Recent comments

I've had to remvoe the recent comments list, as it seemed to be causing things to hang. Since I don't have an extensive knowledge of javaScript, I haven't been able to work out exactly what the problem is yet; I'll look at it properly later this evening.

6 comments:

And its back. Not sure what was wrong, but it seems to work OK now.

Posted by Idiot/Savant : 3/01/2006 04:24:00 PM

All the blogspot.com sites have been slow in loading incl. comments today. I've no idea why.

Posted by Bomber : 3/01/2006 11:05:00 PM

Just a suggestion, but I often get Javascript errors from your site, and a few others, which look like they are caused by quote/apostrophe characters in subject titles that aren't being escaped properly.

Posted by Rich : 3/02/2006 10:09:00 AM

Hmmm. I've also had complaints about the sheer amount of javascript (due mainly to the "recent comments" feature, and its contribution to page size (it essentially loads every comment onto the front page) - but its such an essential feature that I don't think the site really works anymore without it.

If only blogger would write a proper one, then I wouldn't have to kludge...

Posted by Idiot/Savant : 3/02/2006 10:15:00 AM

Would putting recent comments on a separate page be a viable option? That would speed loading for the causual reader, while retaining functionality for those who want to keep track of the comments. You could have a longer list of comments that way, too.

Posted by Commie Mutant Traitor : 3/02/2006 11:20:00 AM

CMT: I don't think so; its far better to have a list where people can easily see it.

If anybody is a javascript guru, then I'm sure the blogosphere would welcome a version of the comments script that was less clunky (and didn't include every comment on the main page) - but thinking about it, I'm fairly certain its done to limit the number of searches and sorts...

Posted by Idiot/Savant : 3/02/2006 11:29:00 AM