MrB's Prank on OOOOMS..Slow forum browsing? Easy speedy fix!

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:37 pm

Hi guys,

I know many of you battle to browse the forum quickly, due to many factors(like CellC internet :evil: )... but here's a small tip to speed up your forum experience...

The normal URL for the forum is:
http://www.hilux4x4.co.za/views

The faster URL is as follows:
http://hilux4x4.co.za/views

Note the 'www.' has been removed from the URL!

The reason why it's faster is that the DNS(Domain Name Servers) have one less resource to identify and resolve, so every server that the HTTP query passes through can respond a little faster... add all the DNS servers/routers up... and thats alot of time saved!

Hope this helps some of you forum regulars be a little bit more productive during the day... and get to bed a little earlier at night!

Mr B

Post by **george** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:41 pm

Thanx B.Will give it a bash

Post by **CasKru** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:44 pm

Thanks

Post by **george** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:45 pm

it actually does feel faster

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:04 pm

Tx Mr B, will B trying it

JJBotes · Post by **JJBotes** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:38 pm

I'll give it a try.TX

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:06 pm

Got to bed earlier last cause of this!

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:45 pm

Mr_B wrote:Got to bed earlier last cause of this!

You get lucky

8 hours sleep is good for you at your age....

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:17 pm

Only one problem .... you click on a topic, or go back to 'Active Topics' and the "www" is back immediately. By the time you have tied to remove it the page has long since loaded.

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:29 am

Mud Dog wrote:Only one problem .... you click on a topic, or go back to 'Active Topics' and the "www" is back immediately. By the time you have tied to remove it the page has long since loaded.

Those are settings on your PC and probably some cookies on your browser. Delete all your cookies and you will see it works

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:54 am

CasKru wrote:
Mud Dog wrote:Only one problem .... you click on a topic, or go back to 'Active Topics' and the "www" is back immediately. By the time you have tied to remove it the page has long since loaded.
Those are settings on your PC and probably some cookies on your browser. Delete all your cookies and you will see it works

Now I love especially choc-chip kookies...now I must remove them....

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:05 am

OOOOMS wrote:
CasKru wrote:
Mud Dog wrote:Only one problem .... you click on a topic, or go back to 'Active Topics' and the "www" is back immediately. By the time you have tied to remove it the page has long since loaded.
Those are settings on your PC and probably some cookies on your browser. Delete all your cookies and you will see it works
Now I love especially choc-chip kookies...now I must remove them....

Ag nee man... moet ek al weer vir jou dink.... raak ontslae van dit deur dit te eet... hoe anners?

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:20 am

CasKru wrote:
OOOOMS wrote:
CasKru wrote:
Mud Dog wrote:Only one problem .... you click on a topic, or go back to 'Active Topics' and the "www" is back immediately. By the time you have tied to remove it the page has long since loaded.
Those are settings on your PC and probably some cookies on your browser. Delete all your cookies and you will see it works
Now I love especially choc-chip kookies...now I must remove them....
Ag nee man... moet ek al weer vir jou dink.... raak ontslae van dit deur dit te eet... hoe anners?

Baie dankie Cas, dis hoekom ek so baie van die Forum hou

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:55 am

Andy you doing something wrong, may well be cookie/nookie related... delete your browser cache and try again... if you tell me which browser you use I'll tell you how...

Mark how's it working for you? The browser speed up dude... not kookie eating!

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:57 am

Mr_B wrote:Andy you doing something wrong, may well be cookie/nookie related... delete your browser cache and try again... if you tell me which browser you use I'll tell you how...

Mark how's it working for you? The browser speed up dude... not kookie eating!

B, I still have 3 kookies I am crunshing on!

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:03 am

Check this out, been doing a little analysis of the speed difference, using a speedtest server in Cape Town:

URL: http://speedtest.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (no www.)

URL: http://www.speedtest.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I scored 400kbps faster speeds across my connection, that equates to a 16% speed increase! Not bad for basically doing nothing!

Mr B

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:58 am

Further analysis... I've been reliablity informed that Google's Chrome Browser allows the best speed of all the browsers... so, of course, I had to test... the above results were achieved with Mozilla Firefox on Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat... I've installed Chrome and run another speedtest.net test... the results... again noting that the [www.] was removed from the URL for max speed:

Pretty impressive, gained another 32%... that's 48% increase in browser/internet connection speed...

So to conclude:

Slowest: Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9 (doesn't matter which version)
Faster: Mozilla FireFox(decent)
Fastest: Google Chrome Browser(by 32% over FireFox)

If you want to try Google Chrome, get it here:
http://www.google.co.za/chrome/eula.htm ... epagepromo

Don't forget to remove the [www.]... oh and one more thing it doesn't work for every site, a few older non-speed-optimised ones still need the [www.]!

Mr B

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:13 pm

Mark follow these instructions to install Google Chrome... they're pretty idiot proof!

http://www.oceanit.co.za/googlechrome" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:15 pm

Blikskottels

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:28 pm

For those of you who are wondering what this is about... removing the [www.] from the URL has no effect whatsoever on your browser/internet/forum loading speed...

of course, like a fly to the fly trap...

Mark put quite a bit of effort in to get this 'fix' to work, a few phone calls this morning to myself and Cassie, a failed attempt to install Google Chrome... had OOOOOMS ready to pop a fuse...

Playbacks a bi..ch!

This was the prank reveal... I called Mark told him to follow the Chrome installation instruction on this link:

http://www.oceanit.co.za/googlechrome

We'll forgive the rest of you that got tagged along!

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:30 pm

OOOOMS wrote:Blikskottels

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:32 pm

Game on :!:

Keep looking over your shoulder Mr B and accomplasis.....

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:33 pm

Only minor assistance from Cassie...

So I take it Inspector Shubert is back! :wink2:

FUDGES · Post by **FUDGES** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:34 pm

Ha Ha ek lag my gat af ha ha ha

:razz:

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:36 pm

Mr_B wrote:Only minor assistance from Cassie...

So I take it Inspector Shubert is back! :wink2:

Nay....

Die deeler is so goed soos die steeler!!!

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:42 pm

For those of you that don't know, some time back Mark and Andy conspired to pull a prank on me, someone from vehicle clearance in JHB called me to inform me that a Mr Naidoo is trying to register my bakkie in his name. The person told me that this may be a scam and I should check if my bakkie hasn't maybe been stolen, of course I was 40km from home, where my bakkie was standing... I just assumed someone stole my bakkie and went into a flat spin... the rest as they say is history!

And yes... payback's a.... Mr B

Yes I'm glad Andy had a little sukkel with the www. thing as well!

Post by **Mud Dog** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:50 pm

You had me believing it was possible, but I wasn't acting on it .... laughed it off after the first try .... my browsing was fast enough anyway. But a good one nonetheless!

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:52 pm

und now for the next prank..... be aware ( not sure what that is but be one)

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:53 pm

The fact that Mark got stuck in hammer and tongs made it just so much more special(for me)...

Post by **george** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:55 pm

You also had me

I was actually feeling a difference.Da wheel will turn

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:58 pm

CasKru wrote:und now for the next prank..... be aware ( not sure what that is but be one)

Slaap maar met een oog oop :wink2:

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:04 pm

Eyes behind our heads... we be having it

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:06 pm

george wrote:You also had me I was actually feeling a difference.Da wheel will turn

George in all honesty, I didn't cheat with stats, it just happened to work out that test without the www. on the speedtest.net server was faster... and for the record the Google Chrome stats are real, it is faster and will make your forum pages load faster! Cassie and myself are both fiddling with it!

So there's a little lie mixed with alot truth!

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:07 pm

CasKru wrote:Eyes behind our heads... we be having it

Daai sign moet eintlik rooi wees

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:23 pm

OOOOMS wrote:
CasKru wrote:Eyes behind our heads... we be having it

Daai sign moet eintlik rooi wees

Jy meen seker rooi spatsels

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:29 pm

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:31 pm

Nee Mr B, nie nodig om weg te kruip nie.... :wink2:

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:57 pm

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:07 pm

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:13 pm

Mr_B wrote:

Jee B... where did you get that pic of mine... that was still in my modeling days

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:16 pm

It's Bean lying in my 'adult' collection for quite some time!

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:20 pm

Mr_B wrote:It's Bean lying in my 'adult' collection for quite some time!

Sick puppy... your are one

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:42 am

george wrote:Thanx B.Will give it a bash

george wrote:You also had me I was actually feeling a difference.Da wheel will turn

George, ons moet bietjie gesels......

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:03 am

sounded a bit dodgy to me

..and no I haven't tried it

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:07 am

What a fantastic week...

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:22 am

Mr_B wrote:What a fantastic week...

Yeh...actually went quite quick :roll:

Gertc · Post by **Gertc** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:45 pm

Mr_B wrote:What a fantastic week...

Ek was seker so 10 jaar oud op `n Voortrekker kamp. en ons is gevang meet daai selfde trick. Dit was maar `n nat ervaaring gewees.

Bad momories.

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:40 pm

George fortunately I was just too busy to try it ..... :)

Thanks for the laugh gents.