Answerbank Becoming Unusable ?

[VHG]

I have a desktop PC with Windows 7 and using IE11. I know a lot about computers.

I have been helping on AB for years, but it is now becoming unusable and I may give up.

I will be typing an answer and all of a sudden it freezes, then says AB has stopped responding and I lose everything.

All other web sites I use are fine but this is terrible.

Have you perhaps lost one of your main technical people because this has been happening for weeks.

[venator]

Never had any sort of problem. I'm using Virgin broadband 160mb, and Windows 10, previously 7

[janbee]

I had this exact same problem with IE. I changed to Firefox and all's ok now.

[ummmm]

I use Chrome and have never had a problem.

[Tilly2]

I have the same problem, VHG. I find it worse during the day when using my Samsung tablet. I have to keep restarting the tablet. In the evening, using the laptop, it's not so bad but it does happen.

[Peter Pedant]

I use Chrome and get a lot of no access
( but it could be true)
I use cntrl-A and then ctrol-C alot

[Baldric]

Same here, changed to Chrome, no problem since

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Editors-Blog/Question1433056.html

[woofgang]

I have got a mac and safari and get no problems

[Prudie]

I had that on IE, AB did become unusable. I changed to Chrome on advice from here and everything has been fine since however I said at the time I don't think a site should expect its users to change to a different browser to make it function correctly they should sort it out - I wonder how many shoppers amazon would lose if they were told you can only use this site efficiently on Firefox (for example).

[woofgang]

Isn't IE being dumped by windows though?

[TWR]

No Issues VHG.

[AB Editor]

Hi VHG - I can't seem to get those kind of problems on IE version:

11.0.9600.17914

Does that version match with you?

[AB Editor]

Ah, I have been able to recreate that - I'll see if I can work out what it is.

It's not a change our end - we've not made any major changes to the back end for a little while. IE may have updated and stopped working with us as well as it used to!

[mikey4444]

Like Ummm, I use Chrome and haven't encountered any problems.

Well, apart from avatars being beggered up from time to time !

[Prudie]

Hey Mikey Balders and I use Chrome too ;-)

[zebo]

I've had this problem a lot recently on AB too.

[Davemano]

I know very little about computer working, but use a Windows 7 and have the very same problem each time I am making a reply of any length. It comes up that AB is not responding, and when rectified all text is lost.

[Prudie]

ukbod I wondered why an answer had been removed, I couldn't remember who it was but if you did you also not make reference to the severe no-no relating to 'blocks'?

[ukbod2015]

I dont think I said anything other than suggesting a change of browser as a possible solution. Not my style