The Owl has changed it's nest....

[gsnde]

Over the last 6 months the performance of The Owl's Nest has become unbearable slow and unreliable. The Screen Shot Gallery was unusable, the rest tiresome slow. I have asked myself if I should quit the whole thing or move. I decided to bite the bullet and since today The Owl's Nest has moved.

The migration was very smooth, the new hosting provider is a dream, and the the web is as fast as an Owl on afterburner. All old web pages are redirected, but please...

If you have linked The Owl's Nest please update your links - thank you.

Old address: http://www.interkultur.de/gossmann/fsx/
New address: http://www.owlsnest.eu/

Below these two addresses all pages and everything else is identically named and structured.

I would appreciate some feedback about the web performance, especially for the heavy parts like the screen shot gallery.

[John Young]

The new site works wonderfully Martin. Response time for anything I clicked on was less than 2 seconds, including all of the screen shots from the galleries.

Well done and thank you.

John

[SeanG]

Wow! that *is* fast.....

I never really had any problems with the old site, but then I am on the other side of the world and we are used to it

Really appreciate your work, it is a real resource to the Military AI community, which I for one couldn't do without!

SeanG

[Greg]

Quite a difference, Martin! On the old page one had to wait a couple of seconds before the columns on the MAIW packages list could be sorted which really bugged me, but now it can be done instantaneously.

I will change the links in our site headers one of the next days.

[gsnde]

Thank you for giving feedback and changing links

I have validated all pages against W3C validation. All with the exception of the AI Poll are 100% compliant - I know the reason for this one: the trick with the colored remarks in the result list are the culprit and it will stay.

I have tested against these browsers which has resulted in a massive fixing session:

IE7 (okay)
IE8 (okay)
IE9 (web ticker carries away the drop down menu - you can correct this by activating the compatibility mode - I can't fix this by code)
IE10 (okay)
IE11 (okay)

Current Firefox and Google Chrome (okay)

I removed all IE6 compatible code which makes mobiles browser behave much better.

Android browser (okay)
Safari browser (okay with the exception that the menus don't collapse without you making one selection - I will try to fix this by code)

If you see any incompatibility (menus not working, lists not sorting and filtering, etc.) please speak up now while I am at it. Thank you.

[petebramley]

You made the right choice Martin. New host makes things very quick and smooth.

(Using Firefox)

Regards

[bismarck]

All work fine. Good job Martin.
Now you can change the link under "Martin's Owl Corner" forum.
Giorgio

[gsnde]

I guess only Greg or another forum admin can do that, Giorgio. It is nightmarish how many links point to the old interkultur domain. Thanks god I will keep control on that one and the redirection stays in place.

[gsnde]

After all the time and effort invested lately in The Owl's Nest I decided to go the last mile, too.

I exchanged the menu - the new one works well with IE7-IE11, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Android Browser (all tested).
I exchanged the news ticker - the new one works well with IE7-IE11, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Android Browser (all tested).

I think it even looks better than before. But there is no such thing as a free ride. Although it works flawless on above platforms it no longer validates 100% in W3C. But I rate error free experience for my visitor higher than any validation.

This now has become a major update with many changes in the coding. May I please again ask for your testing and feedback.

Thanks a lot!

[Don H]

Works fantastic Martin. Very fast. I like it. Thanks much for this very useful site.

[GuentAir]

Working without any problems @ LOXZ (Zeltweg Hinterstoisser AB)

[EDDT-Sebi]

not save..! malware..!
see picture (sorry german)

picture of malware

Sebi

[JohnTenn]

Sebi

I have Bitdefender also.

Bitdefender looks at the way the coding on the site works and then decides on the possibility that it could infect your computer.
Also the region of the IP address carries certain risks based on statistical history. Bitdefender is proactive in this regard.

You have the option to click on the line below the warning. In English it says" I accept the risks, take me there anyway"

This will let you go to the site.

If there is an attack on your computer, Bitdefender should still block it then.

If you are worried you can delete the browser files after you have logged of from the site.

I have not had any trouble with the owl's nest.

Regards

John

[gsnde]

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Also the region of the IP address carries certain risks based on statistical history. Bitdefender is proactive in this regard.
...

Thanks for helping out, John! Do you mean Switzerland based IP addresses have a bad reputation?

Sebi, there is nothing bad on my web, and I regularly check that is has not been captured.

[Joecoastie]

Well done, Martin. I appreciate all you have done in service to our community.
Lord knows how many times I've accessed you site to find out 'who has what'.
And where I can get it !

Cheers !

[JohnTenn]

Martin

No. I used a bad choice of words.

What I should have said is that some domains and sites have a bad reputation and if you type in a similar set of characters it will give the warning.

Also if your site captures information for statistical purposes it will also give the warning.

If the site behaves in any way like a known virus it will also give a warning.

I am also unable to install scenery that has a time based key to activate it. Cloud 9 is an example.

A nuisance but it is better than a program that slows your computer down and does not stop viruses anyway.

Thank you for a great site.

I have used it on a number of occasions and it saved me a great deal of time to find the files I wanted.

Regards

John