timbo777 Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Hi I got tickets at home using my home PC with Explorer However, my work PC with Firefox never made it to the purchase screen, and I have been told by friends who used Firefox, that they didn't get tickets at all So, is this a coincidence? Let me know what Browser you used please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryclaireyfairy Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 firefox, 9 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajknight7498 Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Browser wont make a difference. We had 3 laptops, 2 running firefox/IE/Chrome at the same time connected to the house connection. My macbook connection was connected to O2 3G using Firefox and Safari. THe 3G connection got thru at 12:20 and then i managed to get 4 order forms open in safari and 20! open in Firefox after only a 10 minute wait. immause3g again next year, screw BT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abu hamster Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 4 people clicking refresh for 4 hours no sign of any sign of a screen ro anything. Celine Dion and Take that and Scouting for girls are head lining so I will get over it! Oh and its gonna rain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramragon Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 used firefox and managed to get tickets within an hour, my friends had no luck at all though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikytom Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 i used firefox and safari on a mac and IE, firefox, opera and chrome on a PC. neither browsers on the mac even made it as far as the holding screen. On the PC firefox, IE and opera made it through to the holding screen, with IE the only one to make it to the booking screen - twice! Which came as a surprise to be honest.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthyraver Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Browser would make little or no difference whatsoever to getting a connections if you are just hitting F5. That said I find Firefox much more user friendly, for example having the links for tickets bookmarked maybe 10 times and using the option to "open in tabs" is quite useful as you are then hitting the site 10 times for one "click". Also the "Reload All Tabs" is useful in Firefox especially if you are on the "queue" page. I had four instances of Firefox all with 10 tabs open on the "queue" page I could cycle though each instance clicking "Reload All Tabs". The above as much as anything gives me something to do which makes me feel I am making a difference, and of course the "Reload All Tabs" would be useless if you could not get to the "queue", to get the tabs loaded in the first place. Having written all that, I am not familiar with the latest version of IE, and as they generally copy all of Firefoxes ideas it is likely you could do all the above with IE as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collyblue Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 I was trying from 845 until they all sold out on safari on the mac. Got through to the queue page about 16 times but it always crashed before going any further. I must have had about 20 windows going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcolbert Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Got my tickest with Firefox using Sky Broadband. i di not seem to have much trouble and put 3 transactions through. I had to go back to the start of the process for each lot. My friends were having no luck. I seem to be lucky with getting tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjcolbert Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 This is the real me. Got my tickest with Firefox using Sky Broadband. i di not seem to have much trouble and put 3 transactions through. I had to go back to the start of the process for each lot. My friends were having no luck. I seem to be lucky with getting tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy_miller Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 I would normally be inclined to say that the browser choice should make no difference to whether you get though or not. However, I had both Chrome and Firefox open. Chrome got though to the queue page on numerous occasions. Firefox didn't get through at all. In the end though, my mate managed to buy the tickets using his iPhone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmmmma Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 I couldn't load any part of the seetickets website on either chrome or IE. It really felt like I was blocked, it wasn't even as if the browser was attempting to make a connection it was just an immediate error page. I went on Safari using my 3G connection on my iPhone (after two hours of refreshing on three different computers) and got straight onto the right pages and bought two tickets. My iPhone has achieved god like status in my house, I think I'll make it a little shrine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty_dog Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 virgin broadband with google chrome was the winner for me , IE8 f**king died the useless piece of crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davenico Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Used a Mac book with safari 2 windows open and took 15 mins to get tickets on auto refresh happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmangle-mangle Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 I used firefoz, explorer and chrome (also had the phone on redial) couldnt get anywhere near the site. Got me ticket though through a marvellous boarder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEGABOWL Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 O2 Broadband with Firefox for me, got through 4 times before 10am. I only had two tabs going-one doing the auto-refresh every 20 seconds, and another I was hammering F5 on like I had ADHD. I think any more than that and you're just overloading the server and possibly conflicting with your own other attempts at connecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GINGERWILDCAT Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Had IE on and Opera,had "you are in a queue" showing on opera for a good 2hours,IE got my first tickets at 8-53am,then went back twice to get 2 sets of mates their tickets,IE for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasstoLuver Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 (edited) Honestly don't think the browser makes any difference at all. I got through on Chrome on my PC and bought 6 tickets, just 1 tab open... 1st Laptop on Chrome and 2nd Laptop on IE never even managed to get in the queue... I am with Virgin 50MB. Personally I think is down to chance, if their server can only handle let's say 1000 people at the same time, as soon as 1 person completed their order and leaves that space will be allocated to whoever refreshes quickest after that person left the queue, when there are almost 1 million people doing the same it would be like trying to get a drink in the busiest bar ever, you think you got a space by the bar as soon as someone gets served but then in less than a second 100,000 people are trying to push in as well to get that space. Oh well, got my ticket, all my best mates are coming... sweet Oh and a bit of "oh my god" moment... If 700,000 people are trying to get tickets and the vast majority are using 15+ tabs and several PC's/laptops/etc... that means the server load is not 700,000 but probably closer to 20-30 MILLION requests to access that server, that is why is so busy, all the people using extra tabs/browsers/laptops/PC's lol. So in a way, we are all to blame more than Seetickets. Edited October 4, 2010 by GlasstoLuver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullfathom5 Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Opera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Firefox = Two 'queue' screens open, NO refreshing. Peace x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messi30 Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 (edited) Used firefox, got my ticket at around 10.15. By 11 I had ordered 5 more in 3 seperate transactions. No use of back button or refresh just joined the queue again until booking page appeared. The ppl I ordered for are all in same city but they couldn't even get into the queue!! (all live in south, so I don't believe it had anything to do with geography as some have claimed) Not sure why I had the luck but makes a nice change Edited October 4, 2010 by Messi30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**claire** Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 I was using IE - I started off with a fair few tabs open, and couldn't get near the queue page for 2 hours after originally being in the 'queue' for about 10 minutes from 8.50am. About 10 minutes before I actually did get the tickets booked, I'd switched to just one tab as I'm not that technical & was wondering whether multiple tabs was causing me the problem - it worked for me, coincidence or otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfunk Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Android phone runing Froyo 2.2.. multi tab using operamini... could get get in all day p!ss easy network orange.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
you-didnt-see-me Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Google Chrome here, by 09.48 I had a confirmation e-mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janah Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Out of 8 of us trying one (my fiancee) was on a mac (firefox), and all the other 7 on pcs (IE). The mac user got the tickets, no one else even got a sniff. That's at least 3 years in a row that the mac's won the race. I know it shouldn't make a difference but find it hard to believe that's just a coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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