11 February 2007

Out, damned blidget

Several readers reported that the blidgets and widgets were making Petrona  load very slowly, so I've removed them. The Petrona blidget can be seen (and subscribed to, if you wish) on the Widgetbox site, and can be reached by clicking on the "my links" section of the sidebar to the left.

Thanks to the visitors who let me know about the problem. I've left up the Google search widget and the Brainiads ad, but can remove them too if loading is still slow.

11 Feb 2007 13:52:22 | Web/Tech

3 Comments

Lee

Much faster, thanks.

Posted by: Lee | 11 February 2007 at 15:38

Maxine

Thanks for the feedback, Lee, very good to know.

Posted by: Maxine | 11 February 2007 at 16:45

Debi

Oh yes, fine now.

Farewell, Bridget the Widget. Sorry - seems we're just not compatible ... it's more to do with me than you. Please don't feel bad ...

Posted by: Debi | 12 February 2007 at 11:11

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