I have the same problem. All the other sites I visit are blazing fast, and GardenWeb is slow as molasses. It is even slow to close. When I click on the red X in the upper right corner of the screen, I get a ding sound and the program won't close for awhile. Very frustrating.

It's so frustrating that I go to other sites that move faster. I can't spend all the time here I want to look at everyone's work and comment as I'd like to. I wonder if it's just an old program or because so many people use it. I wonder if they know the problem, but I couldn't find a way to contact them.

Do you think it's fixed now? Mine seems much faster and I can close the program normally now.

Well, today it seemed to run a little faster. Then it slowed waaayyyy down again. It's so frustrating, as I have a lot of friends here I like to check in on...like YOU!

I just thought it was me and I have a fairly new puter.

Well I think I'll chime in now. For weeks I have been so frustrated with the GW being slow, slow, slow. I have cleaned, defragged and still is slow. I too have a fairly new puter. The other web sites are just fine. I don't spend as much time as would like viewing all new posts because GW is so slow. I get a pop up window on mine about windows internet explorer about blank. It doesn't stay up, but just causes slower GW surfing.

Kat

Well I spoke too soon when I said maybe it was fixed. It is waaaaay slow today. I don't post nearly as often as I would like, because I just don't have the patience to wait. Today (Sunday morning, August 2) it is slower than ever. It seems to have something to do with waiting for pop-up ads to load . . . . . Web Master, please help!

Hey folks, not sure if this is the right direction or not, but go to the very bottom of this page. You will see a green banner. To the far right you will see contact us. Follow this and tell them all that you can about the slow gw sites. Maybe we can get some answers.

Kat

I was checking my anti-virus program last evening. It says that GW forums are phishing sites and are unsafe.??????? I thot that was what the anti-virus was for. You can surf the web and know you're safe without the bother of pop ups etc. Who knows.

Kat