Web galleries slow for everone else?

Question

Howdy all,
Nobody else seems to be complaining here so maybe it's just me. I've sent out a few galleries (roughly 100 photos each) to friends and family but had nothing but complaints.
First the whole browser requirements freaked them out, most just hit 'use current browser', at least on the first attempt. Then the loading begins. I think for many the problem was that it actually says 'loading', then appears to finish loading, but really it's still loading in the background and drawing the page etc. So they start pressing buttons and scrolling around and then more loading starts, then they press a few more buttons (just to get an idea of what happens I watched my brother as he opened it for the first time on his PC. It's painful to watch). I've started telling people they'd be better off going to make a coffee and coming back 5 minutes later.
Overall the user experience seems very frustrating for anyone who doesn't have the latest and greatest harware and internet connection. I've sent galleries to around 20 people (all on broadband) and most have reported simliar problems, the only good reports were from people viewing from their work computers on super-fast internet. Even on my G5 tower here at work with fast connection, it still aint that snappy. Just loading the first page takes up to 1 minute. For a web gallery that's not great. And it's messy, the page seems to build randomly in pieces, not top to bottom, and the little reflections don't seem to work very well on different browsers. There's no indication of loading time, just the spinny thing, which could be 20 seconds or 20 minutes. All very unfriendly. I've also noticed some buttons appear, (such as the download button) but don't actually work straight away, so add to the confusion. Somtimes the download button doesn't seem to work at all, particularly on the slideshow pages.
Is it me? Are there hidden settings somewhere? Is it my photos perhaps? Thanks for any advice. I'm not ranting, just curious if this is what everyone else is experiencing. It's otherwise all very cool.

Answer 1

Terry:
You shouldn't have to but remove the password from the gallery, publish it and check that you can view it unprotected. Next reassign the password and republish. See if that won't get it published with a password.
Do you Twango?
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