Comments on: About the reviews and site update http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2007/11/02/about-the-reviews-and-site-update/ If I offend anyone - tough Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2007/11/02/about-the-reviews-and-site-update/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Will Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:56:13 +0000 http://myradicalblogs.com/?p=46#comment-86 You asked in this post about the widgets and loading times. Your site seems quite fast loading for me, so no delays noticed from here. A word about widgets and WordPress though. I have seen lots of comments and talked to a few people I know about widgets really slowing down the page loading of some WP sites. I am no expert and don't know why this is, but don't use widgets for this reason. It's too bad it is such a widespread and well known problem. It seems to hold true even in WP2.3. Some claim that WP installations can be optimized to overcome this, but the average user has no idea how to do that. I have not read anything that indicates that the developers of WP are working on, or have even acknowledged any problem with widgets, so who knows when and if it will be addressed. The WP team and even the volunteers who help on the support site seem to be a bit defensive and elitist about WP so things pretty much get done the way the experts want with less regard for the inexperienced user. As an example, many have complained that WP is too labor intensive with too many steps to upgrade versions. The response is always that it is not hard or a lot of work to upgrade versions. Plus, now the Dev Team has decided to put updated versions out on an accelerated schedule. Even though I like WP and can upgrade and customize without much trouble, I do think they need to listen to all their user suggestions and complaints. I have a feeling widgets may fall into this situation. -Will You asked in this post about the widgets and loading times. Your site seems quite fast loading for me, so no delays noticed from here.

A word about widgets and WordPress though. I have seen lots of comments and talked to a few people I know about widgets really slowing down the page loading of some WP sites. I am no expert and don’t know why this is, but don’t use widgets for this reason. It’s too bad it is such a widespread and well known problem. It seems to hold true even in WP2.3. Some claim that WP installations can be optimized to overcome this, but the average user has no idea how to do that.

I have not read anything that indicates that the developers of WP are working on, or have even acknowledged any problem with widgets, so who knows when and if it will be addressed.

The WP team and even the volunteers who help on the support site seem to be a bit defensive and elitist about WP so things pretty much get done the way the experts want with less regard for the inexperienced user.

As an example, many have complained that WP is too labor intensive with too many steps to upgrade versions. The response is always that it is not hard or a lot of work to upgrade versions. Plus, now the Dev Team has decided to put updated versions out on an accelerated schedule.

Even though I like WP and can upgrade and customize without much trouble, I do think they need to listen to all their user suggestions and complaints. I have a feeling widgets may fall into this situation.

-Will

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