Question

The lags are getting more frequent and are lasting longer and its killing me!! There has to be a way to stop the lags

Answer 1

its happening to me I cant get on my own question

Answer 2

DOWN WITH THE BLOODY LAG!!

Answer 3

right

Answer 4

I agree.

Answer 5

the devs are always working on it and this is the only response you get from OS staff. posting these are not helpful. even tho they may raise awareness, you will not get the desired response from OS staff. just saying! :) :D

Answer 6

yea i know sadly...haha @K_V8

Answer 7

I know right, it's annoying a'f.

Answer 8

right?!

Answer 9

It slows down the chats so much!

Answer 10

Most definitely. I have to reload the page constantly.

Answer 11

I have found a solution to it :P

Answer 12

You know that when you open your profile page, it loads questions and everything perfectly, right?

Answer 13

ikr i have to do that all the time...wats ur solution?

Answer 14

right

Answer 15

Well you just go to yor profile, and at the end of the page that won't load, there is a certain code. Copy-past that and add it.

Answer 16

hmmm...ill try tht next time!:D

Answer 17

For example, this page is loading for forever. I can't see anything.

I know the url is http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/54da37dbe4b036c8b4bab7f6

And now I go to my profile. And copy-paste the ending.

http://openstudy.com/users/thesmartone#/updates/54da37dbe4b036c8b4bab7f6

Answer 18

hmmm cool

Answer 19

So basically remove study# with users/yourusername or with user/theuserwhotaggedyou

Answer 20

users* not user :P

Answer 21

ok:D

Answer 22

does it work evry time?

Answer 23

Now let me go post this in the other post too :P

Answer 24

@miss.happy It only works when OS is lagging. But if the site is down (which is when you get the owl-be-back page) then it won't work.

Answer 25

But you know that if you have the OpenStudy app that OS will never go down or even lag?

Answer 26

What @TheSmartOne suggested is what I usually do when I've to check messages etc. :D

Answer 27

So people get the app! And also go like OpenStudy's facebook pages for updates on news about lags, achievements, etc.

Answer 28

For some, it will be, get the iDevice... ?

Answer 29

So far we only have the app for iPhones, iPod, iPads. Basically for iOS. But the app for android is coming out in the second quarter of 2015 :D

Answer 30

Thats amazing! i never knew that if you had the app, it would never lag!

Answer 31

Hey there guys! OwlBucks are coming out soon, and a huge update like that could be causing the lag.

Answer 32

Or just come on super early before everyone comes on and crashes the sight.

Answer 33

@miss.happy What time do you guys typically see most of lag?

Answer 34

hmmm...from 11 to 3

Answer 35

which time zone?

Answer 36

greenwhich mean time zone

Answer 37

i was saying 11am to 3 pm u.s. eastern time zone but i live in greenwich mean time zone

Answer 38

gotcha. thank you, we're working on getting site to work faster/better, so hang in there for a bit. it'll be fixed soon.

Answer 39

ok thnx:)

Answer 40

Thanks for the update. @c0decracker