Straighterline, why does thy website suck so...

[icampy]

Weird, I have taken a few proctored exams and finished courses the past few weeks, I never had any issues with anything except the vitalsource books.

[Thorne]

Help. I have AdBlock Plus always running, do you think it's why it takes me 4-5 minutes for each screen to load? Also, everything you guys just geeked out about is a foreign language to me. Bottom line, is it something I can easily fix or should I just be patient? (LOL I'm not very good at being patient)

Depending on your browser, just look up how to change settings and whitelist StraighterLine's site. I doubt that would cause a slowdown, since I have no better speeds when accessing StraighterLine through my factory-default Chrome install than I do when accessing through my Firefox privacy-rigged install (with ABP, Disconnect, HTTPS Everywhere, and NoScript)

[icampy]

When I enable HTTPS everywhere, this website won't come up. Any suggestions? I'm using chrome.

[theonlyski]

When I enable HTTPS everywhere, this website won't come up. Any suggestions? I'm using chrome.

What do you mean you enabled HTTPS everywhere?

[icampy]

Added the extension to chrome, when it is enabled, I cant go to this forum.

[theonlyski]

Added the extension to chrome, when it is enabled, I cant go to this forum.

What extension did you add? That sounds odd.

[icampy]

LMGTFY

[jsd]

what https enabled-sites don't automatically send you to their https version, though? i must be missing something and am too lazy to read the description, haha.

[cookderosa]

Depending on your browser, just look up how to change settings and whitelist StraighterLine's site. I doubt that would cause a slowdown, since I have no better speeds when accessing StraighterLine through my factory-default Chrome install than I do when accessing through my Firefox privacy-rigged install (with ABP, Disconnect, HTTPS Everywhere, and NoScript)

Whitelist?

[Thorne]

Whitelist?

Basically just allows ads and ABP-blocked popups on the site.

For Firefox:
Upper right-hand corner, look for the red octagon / stop sign with "ABP" listed in the center.
Click the down arrow directly to the right of the red octagon.
In the dropdown menu, select "Disable on [URL | straighterline.com | degreeforum.net] (this is based on the site you are currently accessing)
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For Chrome:
Click the Chrome menu button, then go to "Tools" and choose "Extensions".
Find Adblock Plus there and click on "Options" under its description.
Edit options as necessary (add desired website here)
Click the "Update now" button.

If you're using it for Internet Explorer, I'd consider making the switch to something better (Firefox or Chrome are good. Even Microsoft Edge is better than Internet Explorer at this point)