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I find the forums respond very slowly at times & sometimes things do not fully load or I get a connection timed out message but when I click try again; it usually works. I also notice that if I completely close my browser & then go back things can seem ok after. But if I close the browser page while another one is open & then try going back without completely closing my browser; I still have problems. I'm using latest FireFox & I tried clearing out my cookies & catch but I still have issues. I don't think it's my settings because I'm not having problems or other sites. The server mite be overloaded perhaps.

"Couldn't obtain smilies data" is now appearing 35% of the time when I want to post a message.

Maybe some kind of set of forums where things are broken down by country and region/state. It starts to get so confusing to go through a thread or endless threads with people all over the place. I know there is the search function above at least. I don't know if this breakdown would really be a good "breakdown" in the long run, but I'm guessing yes. I guess we could always try it and see what happens. It also leaves room for if so and so happens to be vacationing in another place.

have you tried egosearch?
http://wrongplanet.net/forumssearch-sea ... earch.html
Discussion > Display your posts (top right)

I participate on other web forums. Usually there is a counter beside the number of replies box that indicates how many people have read the post you have made. This forum doesn't have such a counter.

This is frustrating, because I don't want to waste my time posting stuff people aren't going to read. So I don't know if it is being read without the read counter.

Also high speed internet is very expensive where I live, so I use the less expensive dial-up service. (I know I'm a dinosaur) Is there any possiblity of having dial-up, low graphics options for users without high speed internet? With dial-up frequently the page either won't load properly or I can't flip between forum pages without the system crashing.

Thank you for your consideration.

I would like an "Other" category on diagnosis. Here's why: When I was a child and a young teenager, if we had a psychologist at the schools I attended, I most likely would have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. We didn't, so I had to learn how to adapt to the NTs. It took a lot of years of pain and heartache, but I eventually adapted so well that when I sought a diagnosis in adulthood, the psychologist told me I did not have it because, among other things, I enjoyed socializing and I made eye contact. Apparently, that's impossible for someone with AS to enjoy talking to people in person (something I heavily disagree with the psychiatric community). Meanwhile, people who knew me also knew me as a child and "Aspies"/"auties" have told me that I have some traits that I still show on occasion. I've trained people that I've dated with AS (diagnosed and undiagnosed) how to communicate with others. I also do best on a GFCF diet.

Since I have never been diagnosed and I no longer qualify for a diagnosis, the most appropriate category listed on this site is now "Neurotypical." But I know that's really not accurate! This issue came to light because I met another autistic person who learned how to adapt, so I know I'm not the only one. I would like an "Other" category on diagnosis, as I don't fit neatly into any category anymore.

I want the "previous" and "next" option back for reading threads. It saved me a click, which by definition should have helped reduce the load on the site.

Here's one problem I am having with the Terms of Service link at the bottom. When I try clicking on that on my Amazon Kindle (an e-reader with a mobile browser), nothing happens. I don't think it's a problem with my device, as it usually works with links. I don't think it's a problem with this site (as it works on my computer).

Could it be that my device isn't fully compatible with this site? Here are the browser specs for my Kindle:
DNS: whispernet.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Linux 2.6.22)
NetFront/3.4 Kindle/2.5
System Mode: WCDMA
Data Service Mode: WCDMA
Dest IP Address: 10.64.64.64
Network Name: 'AT&T'
Channel: 4385
Band: WCDMA V 850
C1: 1903631
L1: 56891
R1: 197
Waveform Version: V110_B116_60_WE9701_D (M04, S/N 846)

By-the-way, it'd be a cool feature if the user stats (specifically the "online now" stats) preformed real-time updates (not very rapidly, maybe refreshing once every 5 seconds or so).