"The page is still loading, please wait to add favorites." January 19, 2012 11:18 AM Subscribe
A few other threads have asked about the error message "The page is still loading, please wait to add favorites." and have found solutions in turning off NoScript or AdBlock. I ran into the same issue this week and, after doing some investigating, found it was specifically necessary to make sure the cloudfront.net domain was "Allowed" in AdBlock.
You should of course have the rest of the MetaFilter-related domains Allowed as well.
I thought I would post this for future googling purposes and since comments were closed on the earlier questions.
You should of course have the rest of the MetaFilter-related domains Allowed as well.
I thought I would post this for future googling purposes and since comments were closed on the earlier questions.
What does cloudfront.net do? Google has no results for it.
posted by desjardins at 11:55 AM on January 19, 2012
posted by desjardins at 11:55 AM on January 19, 2012
Here's more info about Amazon CloudFront. It's a content delivery network. They have servers spread all over the world, which helps us get static components like stylesheets and scripts physically closer to everyone. That means faster load times.
posted by pb (staff) at 12:00 PM on January 19, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by pb (staff) at 12:00 PM on January 19, 2012 [4 favorites]
Now that the problem's solved: Is it just me, or does "CloudFront" sound like something to do with white power?
posted by mendel at 12:03 PM on January 19, 2012
posted by mendel at 12:03 PM on January 19, 2012
THE STATIC COMPONENT IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE
posted by desjardins at 12:04 PM on January 19, 2012 [13 favorites]
posted by desjardins at 12:04 PM on January 19, 2012 [13 favorites]
Now that the problem's solved: Is it just me, or does "CloudFront" sound like something to do with white power?
nah...it's A Fire Upon The Deep your thinking of.
posted by Confess, Fletch at 12:05 PM on January 19, 2012
nah...it's A Fire Upon The Deep your thinking of.
posted by Confess, Fletch at 12:05 PM on January 19, 2012
Is it just me, or does "CloudFront" sound like something to do with white power?
Perhaps you are thinking of Stormfront. Wiki.
posted by futz at 12:11 PM on January 19, 2012
Perhaps you are thinking of Stormfront. Wiki.
posted by futz at 12:11 PM on January 19, 2012
If this is the thread to mention bugs in the giving of favourites, my work machine hangs on "adding favorite...." still, most of the time.
Normally this can be worked around with a page reload, but then I have to question whether it's worth reloading just for a favourite. There seems to be a window of maybe up to a minute after a reload when the function works as it should, then it starts hanging again.
Not much I can do about it as the machine & browser settings are locked down, and I don't really expect a resolution, but just mentioning it. It's a strange sort of bug. You'd think JavaScript would either be enabled or disabled, not enabled for a minute then switched off, which is how the bug presents itself.
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:13 PM on January 19, 2012
Normally this can be worked around with a page reload, but then I have to question whether it's worth reloading just for a favourite. There seems to be a window of maybe up to a minute after a reload when the function works as it should, then it starts hanging again.
Not much I can do about it as the machine & browser settings are locked down, and I don't really expect a resolution, but just mentioning it. It's a strange sort of bug. You'd think JavaScript would either be enabled or disabled, not enabled for a minute then switched off, which is how the bug presents itself.
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:13 PM on January 19, 2012
"CloudFront" sound like something to do with white power?
Cloud front is just a slangy way to refer to the grill of your classic Rolls.
posted by Cranberry at 12:17 PM on January 19, 2012
Cloud front is just a slangy way to refer to the grill of your classic Rolls.
posted by Cranberry at 12:17 PM on January 19, 2012
What? I thought "cloudfront" meant hypocritically pretending to be holier-than-thou. You know, fronting like you hang out on clouds an' shit.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:28 PM on January 19, 2012
posted by filthy light thief at 12:28 PM on January 19, 2012
Now that the problem's solved: Is it just me, or does "CloudFront" sound like something to do with white power?
Come my friend, let us assuage that liberal guilt by sharing a slice of watermelon.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:31 PM on January 19, 2012 [3 favorites]
Come my friend, let us assuage that liberal guilt by sharing a slice of watermelon.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:31 PM on January 19, 2012 [3 favorites]
Here's more info about Amazon CloudFront. It's a content delivery network. They have servers spread all over the world, which helps us get static components like stylesheets and scripts physically closer to everyone. That means faster load times.
Oh cool, so it's an Akamai competitor.
posted by empyrean at 12:52 PM on January 19, 2012
Oh cool, so it's an Akamai competitor.
posted by empyrean at 12:52 PM on January 19, 2012
Yeah, it's an Akamai competitor. It's a bit more DIY from what I can tell, though. There's no minimums and you set it all up yourself.
posted by pb (staff) at 1:28 PM on January 19, 2012
posted by pb (staff) at 1:28 PM on January 19, 2012
Come my friend, let us assuage that liberal guilt by sharing a slice of watermelon.
How the fuck did he know that I wanted the fried chicken?!
posted by shakespeherian at 1:57 PM on January 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
How the fuck did he know that I wanted the fried chicken?!
posted by shakespeherian at 1:57 PM on January 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
Paula Deen told me.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:47 PM on January 19, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:47 PM on January 19, 2012 [2 favorites]
So uh, any chance of getting a metafilter subdomain (cloudfront.metafilter.com?) setup to point to that cloudfront stuff, rather than enabling _all_ of cloudfront? If it's something people can use to host their own stuff, we're rather trusting noone will host something nasty.
Of course, this is the Internet. Noone has bad intentions here.
posted by coriolisdave at 9:34 PM on January 19, 2012
Of course, this is the Internet. Noone has bad intentions here.
posted by coriolisdave at 9:34 PM on January 19, 2012
If you want, you can enable the MetaFilter-only CloudFront domain:
posted by pb (staff) at 10:12 PM on January 19, 2012 [4 favorites]
d217i264rvtnq0.cloudfront.net. You don't have to enable all of cloudfront.net.posted by pb (staff) at 10:12 PM on January 19, 2012 [4 favorites]
just a slangy way to refer to the grill of your classic Rolls.
How little you know me.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 2:43 AM on January 20, 2012
How little you know me.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 2:43 AM on January 20, 2012
Now that the problem's solved: Is it just me, or does "CloudFront" sound like something to do with white power?
No, you're thinking of StormFront, cloudfront is that special frosting you put on fancy cakes.
posted by empath at 7:01 AM on January 20, 2012
No, you're thinking of StormFront, cloudfront is that special frosting you put on fancy cakes.
posted by empath at 7:01 AM on January 20, 2012
I'm expecting some kind of whooshing noise with a name like cloudfront.
posted by arcticseal at 12:24 AM on January 22, 2012
posted by arcticseal at 12:24 AM on January 22, 2012
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We mention this on the JavaScript required page and in the FAQ here (Why can't I add favorites?) and here (I'm having a weird site problem, what should I try before posting to MetaTalk with a bug?).
posted by pb (staff) at 11:22 AM on January 19, 2012 [2 favorites]