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Jack Mansfield said:
illmonkey said:
Were the new ad's introduced before the sale to pump up the revenue, or as soon as CG had ownership to cash in as quickly as possible, regardless of issues it may cause?
All existing ads were not sourced/sold by CG! We want to improve user experience now, rather than break things unnecessarily 
Refreshing to see the UX is now a priority.
Jack Mansfield said:
Hi all,
Hi,
I profusely apologise that this issue is still ongoing.
As you may or may not know, CarGurus has just completed the acquisition of PistonHeads! This means the future is looking bright and we'll be investigating all reported issues in the near future.
In the mean time, it would be very handy if you could keep providing screenshots and as much detail as possible.
Thank you.
I'm posting here rather than revive an old thread : I still intermittently get pages my browser says are unsecure.Hi,
I profusely apologise that this issue is still ongoing.
As you may or may not know, CarGurus has just completed the acquisition of PistonHeads! This means the future is looking bright and we'll be investigating all reported issues in the near future.
In the mean time, it would be very handy if you could keep providing screenshots and as much detail as possible.
Thank you.
Look at the (i) icon on the address bar (it should be a padlock) :
Clicking on the icon get this message :
Android phone using Opera browser from Australia.
t, and when it does decide to load it takes you to a random page. It's never an interesting page it takes you to either, it's always airplanes or roads!Jack Mansfield said:
All existing ads were not sourced/sold by CG! We want to improve user experience now, rather than break things unnecessarily
Jack, I’m afraid whatever you’re doing is not working. The useablilty is, frankly, appalling. Genuinely never had a website take so long to load that I can remember - certainly nothing in the last decade. It’s embarrassing. And the answer is not to try another browser because PH can’t be bothered to sort their imcompetency out.
Get a grip please.
V8mate said:
98elise said:
Brave browser will fix that for you.
It's a bit of a pain needing another browser for just one website, but at least it's usable.
You could just use Brave alone, instead of Chrome/whatever? I've switched on both phone and desktop and it's great.It's a bit of a pain needing another browser for just one website, but at least it's usable.
We are working with Haymarket to look into performance issues with the site, and have taken steps to remove some of the advertising that can cause issues with page speed (outbrain, header bidders). This is only the start, and while the development still is done by Haymarket it is slower progress than we like.
It will take us a few weeks to transition across to the PistonHeads development team so bear with us as we get up to speed - but we will try and identify any quick wins to solve these problems. The nature of the code base and integrations means it will take time to improve performance, but it is a key goal over the first half of this year.
It will take us a few weeks to transition across to the PistonHeads development team so bear with us as we get up to speed - but we will try and identify any quick wins to solve these problems. The nature of the code base and integrations means it will take time to improve performance, but it is a key goal over the first half of this year.
RacingPete said:
We are working with Haymarket to look into performance issues with the site, and have taken steps to remove some of the advertising that can cause issues with page speed (outbrain, header bidders). This is only the start, and while the development still is done by Haymarket it is slower progress than we like.
It will take us a few weeks to transition across to the PistonHeads development team so bear with us as we get up to speed - but we will try and identify any quick wins to solve these problems. The nature of the code base and integrations means it will take time to improve performance, but it is a key goal over the first half of this year.
Surprised to see any further mention of Haymarket.It will take us a few weeks to transition across to the PistonHeads development team so bear with us as we get up to speed - but we will try and identify any quick wins to solve these problems. The nature of the code base and integrations means it will take time to improve performance, but it is a key goal over the first half of this year.
And six more months of poor performance. I reckon the users should have pretty much everyone transferred into an ad-free browsing environment by then
V8mate said:
RacingPete said:
We are working with Haymarket to look into performance issues with the site, and have taken steps to remove some of the advertising that can cause issues with page speed (outbrain, header bidders). This is only the start, and while the development still is done by Haymarket it is slower progress than we like.
It will take us a few weeks to transition across to the PistonHeads development team so bear with us as we get up to speed - but we will try and identify any quick wins to solve these problems. The nature of the code base and integrations means it will take time to improve performance, but it is a key goal over the first half of this year.
Surprised to see any further mention of Haymarket.It will take us a few weeks to transition across to the PistonHeads development team so bear with us as we get up to speed - but we will try and identify any quick wins to solve these problems. The nature of the code base and integrations means it will take time to improve performance, but it is a key goal over the first half of this year.
It also grew out of someones head and has had bits welded onto it for years. There is probably little or no documentation on how the site works. The new devs are probably still staring at the codebase with open mouths, shaking their head :-)
Scabutz said:
V8mate said:
RacingPete said:
We are working with Haymarket to look into performance issues with the site, and have taken steps to remove some of the advertising that can cause issues with page speed (outbrain, header bidders). This is only the start, and while the development still is done by Haymarket it is slower progress than we like.
It will take us a few weeks to transition across to the PistonHeads development team so bear with us as we get up to speed - but we will try and identify any quick wins to solve these problems. The nature of the code base and integrations means it will take time to improve performance, but it is a key goal over the first half of this year.
Surprised to see any further mention of Haymarket.It will take us a few weeks to transition across to the PistonHeads development team so bear with us as we get up to speed - but we will try and identify any quick wins to solve these problems. The nature of the code base and integrations means it will take time to improve performance, but it is a key goal over the first half of this year.
It also grew out of someones head and has had bits welded onto it for years. There is probably little or no documentation on how the site works. The new devs are probably still staring at the codebase with open mouths, shaking their head :-)
Ahbefive said:
This website is freaking out my phone and telling me "page has become unresponsive" and taking ages to load.
Checked on my Mrs phone thinking mine was playing up and it's exactly the same.
Is there a solution to this? It's become almost unusable.
Use the browser called Brave. I've heard a website called Car Throttle that is supposed to be good. We could all go there I suppose.Checked on my Mrs phone thinking mine was playing up and it's exactly the same.
Is there a solution to this? It's become almost unusable.
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