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Thijxx
Helpful | Level 6
5 months ago

Website Photos view is slow

Howdy, viewing photo's on the Dropbox website is painfully slow. Is there a way to get better performance from the Dropbox website when viewing photos? When I use the profiler in Firefox I can see th...
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Walter
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Hey Thijxx - thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Can you just clarify if you're noticing this on an incognito or private browsing window with no plugins or extensions running as well?

 

Also, have you tried another network since you first noticed this?

 

Let me know more and we'll take it from there.

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Thijxx
Helpful | Level 6
5 months ago

Yes I run extensions, I block your Adobe trackers and your Qualtrics "Experience Manager" but when I use private browsing, without the blocker, it is just as slow. First page of photo's takes 7 seconds.

When switching to a 5G dongle the performance is the same.

 

Could you tell me what I should expect in terms of performance? Should the photos page load sub-second or is that not fair?

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    Walter
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    5 months ago

    Thanks for the additional information Thijxx 

     

    Could you also clarify if this happens only when browsing the Photos page or if it's affecting other folders of yours as well? 

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      Thijxx
      Helpful | Level 6
      5 months ago

      Other folders load fine except the photo preview at the top of the page called 'Suggested from your activity'

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        Walter
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        5 months ago

        I see, thanks for clarifying that for me Thijxx 

         

        May I ask approximately how many photos you've stored in your Dropbox account? 

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