My next Luddite question:

MsOlga, I'll kill time til a smart guy shows up.

Do you do regular maintenance on your computer?(scandisk defrag, etc)

and is just the internet slow?

Dial up is like purgatory...

RH

I'm on dial-up too, msolga. I haven't seen your particular problem but I'll come sit as well. This is one of those times when Timber is sorely missed.

Did you load an new application recently? Sometimes if you load new software that accesses the internet it can take over your bandwidth, slowing down everything else you're trying to do. Or, did you recently upgrade an older computer to Vista?

Defrag resorts all your hard drive space, and puts things in a more orderly and simple fashion. It is important, but a real expert will be along soon and expose my cave dwelling skills.

What operating system are you running?

RH

Many commercial sites use Adobe Flash based graphics in their ads that are very slow to load and or stream on dial-up.

The stretching you see is what oftentimes happens when you try to scroll down a page that has not completely loaded.

If graphics aren't important to what you are doing online, you may want to disable Adobe Flash Player in your web browser. There are a few freeware programs that let you turn off Flash, script files, images, etc. like No! Flash and FlashSwitch.

Hiya, msolga. I have dial-up, and that elongated business happens all the time. You don't have to do anything. Just give it a minute. It clears up all by itself. Hey, you're used to waiting. What's another minute or two?

BTW, I'm going to be switching to a cable hook-up. Exploring the options.

Roberta wrote:

Hiya, msolga. I have dial-up, and that elongated business happens all the time. You don't have to do anything. Just give it a minute. It clears up all by itself. Hey, you're used to waiting. What's another minute or two?

BTW, I'm going to be switching to a cable hook-up. Exploring the options.

G'day, Boida!

You mean I have to become a patient person?
I thought I was, already! Even more patience is required, then? Gosh.

Cable is looking an excellent idea! Maybe I should explore the options, too? For when I become wealthy .....

InfraBlue wrote:

Many commercial sites use Adobe Flash based graphics in their ads that are very slow to load and or stream on dial-up.

The stretching you see is what oftentimes happens when you try to scroll down a page that has not completely loaded.

If graphics aren't important to what you are doing online, you may want to disable Adobe Flash Player in your web browser. There are a few freeware programs that let you turn off Flash, script files, images, etc. like No! Flash and FlashSwitch.

Thank you, InfraBlue!

You said: "The stretching you see is what oftentimes happens when you try to scroll down a page that has not completely loaded."

Yep, that sounds right ... pretty much what happens & when.

When you say "graphics" do you mean all photographs, cartoons, etc, or the active/moving ones? (Sorry about my creative terminology! )

msolga wrote:

Roberta wrote:

Hiya, msolga. I have dial-up, and that elongated business happens all the time. You don't have to do anything. Just give it a minute. It clears up all by itself. Hey, you're used to waiting. What's another minute or two?

BTW, I'm going to be switching to a cable hook-up. Exploring the options.

G'day, Boida!

You mean I have to become a patient person?
I thought I was, already! Even more patience is required, then? Gosh.

Cable is looking an excellent idea! Maybe I should explore the options, too? For when I become wealthy .....

You don't have to become wealthy. If that were the case, I'd be on dial-up forever. In fact, I'd probably be communicating via pigeon.

I've explored options. Don't know what's available in your neck of the woods. But I've found something that won't cost me more than I'm already paying. If your dial-up connection is free, well, that's another story.

msolga wrote:

InfraBlue wrote:

Many commercial sites use Adobe Flash based graphics in their ads that are very slow to load and or stream on dial-up.

The stretching you see is what oftentimes happens when you try to scroll down a page that has not completely loaded.

If graphics aren't important to what you are doing online, you may want to disable Adobe Flash Player in your web browser. There are a few freeware programs that let you turn off Flash, script files, images, etc. like No! Flash and FlashSwitch.

Thank you, InfraBlue!

You said: "The stretching you see is what oftentimes happens when you try to scroll down a page that has not completely loaded."

Yep, that sounds right ... pretty much what happens & when.

When you say "graphics" do you mean all photographs, cartoons, etc, or the active/moving ones? (Sorry about my creative terminology! )

Sorry for the Yank speak, msolga. I did mean all photographs, cartoons, etc. as well as the active moving ones. The more elaborate graphics are usually flash based. Some, however, are basic animated .gif image files. No! Flash, which I have used in the past, lets you choose which file types, and graphics applications (like Adobe Flash) you'd like to disable.