Question

Curious Why this always shows up while a refresh is happening?

Answer 1

Because of the way our system builds the page.

We have a template and then use a lot of dynamic code to populate all the real content in pieces. All in all, it does a lot of good things for us (it makes everything changing in realtime very simple), but on some browsers (such as Internet Explorer) there can be a long delay during this initial load period that causes you to see the original template.

We're currently exploring options to reduce that initial load time.

Answer 2

Of course, you're using chrome in your screen shot - so network speed issues are the more likely culprit for you.

Answer 3

I know nothing about creating websites so thank for letting me know.

Answer 4

No problem. Ours isn't exactly the average site though - so it wouldn't surprise me if this is the first time you've seen a site that does it the way we do. :)

Answer 5

I didn't know if I was the only one seeing it.

Answer 6

Haha. No, karatechopper asked us once who the creepy guy named "spraguer" is and why he is always asking the same question. A lot more people noticed it when the site was moving slowly a few days ago. Anyway, we all got a good chuckle around the office. :)

Answer 7

By the way, Shadow said he is going to take a vacation on the busiest week (you know when there is a lot of bugs to fix). So you will have to do all the programming.

Answer 8

lol jk

Answer 9

Pssshhh! Lies! We're going to leave all the bugs for mattfeury.

Answer 10

matt vs matt
let me know how that works out

Answer 11

I experience this problem routinely. In fact, I saw the picture of Ashwin Ram so many times and then it disappears. I always wondered - I swear I saw him on the forum, only to see it disappear for good. :-)