North American Flytying Forum

I know there are several members of this site that are on the N. American site and I was wondering if any of you have problems with it. I have tried going on it numerous times and continually get popup ads which slows everything down. I have an adblocker on my computer which works fine everywhere but that site. At times I can get on pretty quickly but then it will take anywhere from 10 to 60 or more seconds to move from post to post.

There is some good stuff on it but its a pain in the neck trying to navigate it. Just wondering if anybody has this problem with it and if so how they fixed it.

Thanks,
Dave

Not sure we're talking about the same forum. I'm on the North American Fly Fishing Forum.

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Originally Posted by Philly

Not sure we're talking about the same forum. I'm on the North American Fly Fishing Forum.

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Yea, that's the name-fly fishing, not fly tying. Do you have any problem with it?

Generally speaking I don't have any problems with that site. On occasion, late in the evening, either it will not load or it loads very slowly. I use a MacBook Pro and ads are not a problem. I use "Block pop-up windows" on my security system...it works real good ! ;)


PT/TB

Thanks. I generally don't have too much of a problem with it on my I-Pad, but do when using my windows desk top and laptop. I use ADBlock and have the IE popup blocker set to high but still get the ads.

Hi Dave, You might try using Google chrome as your web explorer, its much faster than IE. Also windows 10 is a great operating system if you can get it. These might help your problem.

Thanks Paddy. I was thinking the same thing. I plan to install Windows 10 in the near future-just been procrastinating.

Generally speaking, I do not frequent that forum for exactly this reason. It is a very poorly performing site and their attempts at monetizing it has only made it worse.

Dave, I was told that if I went from windows 7 which I have, windows 10 would give me problems.
I don't know which version you have, but you had better check with someone.
Bob.

Haven't been over there in months and months! Just gave it a whirl, and it seemed to work well. Granted there was a column on the right of the computer screen that was full of ads, but it didn't encroach on the main page. Speed didn't seem to be effected ... not that I'd probably notice ... I am old and quite slow myself!!

I have the same sort of slow navigating on said site with my 4yr old computer. On my Iphone with Tapatalk app, I can fly through the content, but it has its limitations, ie. can't initiate a new thread (can read and comment however). loads of data and Ads over there. I fly under the handle of "mike_r" on that board.

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Dave:
I've only been on it a short time. I see the pop-ups but I haven't had any issues with speed. I'm using Google Chrome to access it

Not to interrupt but...I down loaded Windows 10 from a online notification that it was free and easy to download...after I downloaded it I immediately had problems. I contacted a geek squad and they fixed my computer to the tune of $100+ and they told me I should have had a professional computer guy/business download to prevent virus attachments to the download
Just my 2cents
Mike

I use Firefox and I've added Adblock Plus to it and I have no issues at all on that site. I never get pop-ups there (or anywhere else for that matter) and it loads quite quickly.

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snip..... I fly under the handle of "mike_r" on that board.

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YOU are mike_r ??? Never know who is who! I'm Auntie Em.

I too have had problems with things being a little slow on that site, which is why I started searching and found this one.

IndianaYakFish,

Welcome to the forum; hope you enjoy your stay.
I've checked out the North American tying forum a few times. It's a bit static over there; was hoping for a bit more activity/participation.

Regards,
Scott

I use NAFF as well. I was having some problems and sluggishness with NAFF (and other sites) using Chrome and Firefox and Windows 7. A lot of the problems seemed to be Flash related. However, I have upgraded to Windows 10 and it is much better. NAFF still isn't quite as snappy as this forum, but it's not a problem and I'm not seeing any pop-ups. The Windows 10 up date was very smooth and easy for me and, as mentioned, it significantly improved my web browsing performance.

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Originally Posted by ScottP

IndianaYakFish,

Welcome to the forum; hope you enjoy your stay.
I've checked out the North American tying forum a few times. It's a bit static over there; was hoping for a bit more activity/participation.

Regards,
Scott

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That's odd. Their general Fly Tying Discussions has 2,424 threads and 32,186 posts...

PT/TB

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Originally Posted by ScottP

IndianaYakFish,

Welcome to the forum; hope you enjoy your stay.
I've checked out the North American tying forum a few times. It's a bit static over there; was hoping for a bit more activity/participation.

Regards,
Scott

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Thanks Scott. Appreciate it.

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Originally Posted by planettrout

That's odd. Their general Fly Tying Discussions has 2,424 threads and 32,186 posts...

PT/TB

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PT,

You're right. I'd been looking in the "Patterns" section. General Flytying's more active.

Regards,
Scott

Well, I installed the Chrome Browser and added the Adblock extension to it and I must say that solved the problem exceedingly well. The site loads quickly and moves from post to post very fast. In fact, I find the Chrome much faster on just about all sites I go to versus IE.

Dave