"Anyway, Can you really not access Aural Moon with the computer you have?"
Well, yes. But, this like asking "Can't you hold your hand in boiling water?"
Yes, but it hurts and is not good for my health.
The main aural moon page loads, then freezes while I get a watch cursor and at the bottom its says :
Resolving host us.bc.yahoo.com
Or:
Transferring data from: us.bc.yahoo.com
Or :
connecting to: us.maps1.yimg.com (I think)
If I'm lucky, after 3 minutes at each of the above reports (yes, I used a stopwatch) the map will actually load and I can navigate the page and it will automatically update the playing album banner and the shoutbox as it did before the maps were added to the site.
The last, frustrating, straw was the message:
tranferring data from
www.frappr.com which froze my entire user interface for 7+ minutes until I forcibly rebooted my machine as a last resort desperation attempt to restore control.
With I.E. 5.1.7 browser on my Mac and AM's website, the page is useable (sort of) while frappr and the maps delay connection or service. ( I assume Mozilla is waiting for completion of load before returning to the UI, and IE5 interleaves the processes???) Apart from the routine hourly IE 5 crashes (one reason I don't usually use IE5), I CAN access the AM web site. However, the shout box will not update recent postings without manually poking the refresh button to get the new shouts. Mozilla would keep the shout box, and current album playing, updated automaticly. The forums are annoying, though, I think it repaints the whole screeen for each Avatar pic in Explorer. I counted 14 page repaints during which you can read two words before the page clears for the next paint. This is likely due to my processor speed and the way IE5 uses it.
So, basically it is a test of patience and frustration tolerance. During which time I find other things more interesting to do.
Anyway, this is what my AM website access is like for me now. About three weeks ago, before the maps were added, website access appeared normal and useful in my preferred browser. FYI
Given Avian's most recent response, it is clear that I should just go away and not bother you guys anymore. So be it. I was just posting feedback on how the site appears to me. Clearly, my experience is being discounted as unimportant to a greater goal.
Best of luck with future endeavors! So long.