What device did you get through on?

[acidstorm523]

I got through on an iPad, even though I had all my browsers set up on the PC and didn't get a sniff. I seem to have seen a few people successful on iPads, and just wondering if it makes a difference?

[Chris Lfc]

PC, tried laptop and phone aswell

[srb]

Laptop 

[home to you]

Laptop, on Chrome. A ton of tabs open, refreshing 3 or 4 of them repeatedly and they all eventually got through at the same time

[northernbro]

laptop, one browser, chrome, f5

[ads1980]

I was sat in a traffic jam and launched it on my iPhone using 4G. I just let the holding page refresh itself and within 4 minutes I was in. I didn't need a coach ticket but entered my details all the way up to entering card details. I also kept pressing back to go back to the reg page again and it kept allowing me to proceed. I did post on here to see if anyone wanted me to try for them.

[majormajormajor]

I got through on an iPad, even though I had all my browsers set up on the PC and didn't get a sniff. I seem to have seen a few people successful on iPads, and just wondering if it makes a difference?

No, it doesn't. It's actually slower if you hit an 'enter registrations' page.

[Calum stoke]

My phone on crappy 3g signal. My Macbook with 70mb Virgin Fibre optic never got past the holding page.

[TheBoz]

Laptop using Chrome

[giantkatestacks]

Ipad just refreshing using the arrow thingy

[Slugworth]

It comes down to luck of the draw. No device/browser/internet speed is better than the other.

 

FN + F5.... simples

[newagehippie]

Used firefox, edge and chrome. Only Chrome got through. Alt Tab + Ctrl F5 to do a hard refresh each time.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 I did post on here to see if anyone wanted me to try for them.

 

I saw that and thought it was very decent of you. Unfortunately for me I didn't take you up on your offer. Somehow I got my head fixated on to Sunday morning being the time when I would try for tickets. Doh!

[tweed1981]

So a complete mix of browsers/ devices etc. It shows that it is just luck and there is no point getting hung up on little nuances, which is a good thing. If it came down to internet speed then all the tickets would go to those people first and you would have a big bias towards certain areas with high speed internet. If it came down to a certain browser then everybody would end up using that browser anyway so no advantage would be gained.

[sime]

I used an iMac. I initially had 3 tabs open on Firefox and 2 on Safari but after a few mins of getting nowhere I closed the Safari ones down and then opened 2 more tabs on Firefox. I was going between them f5'ing and then one of them went to the booking page. So I booked my ticket (with shaky hands...!) and then closed the other 4 tabs, all of which had gone to the booking page too. I'm sure it was just luck and that closing Safari down had nothing to do with it. That being said, I did feel more able to control my f5'ing better using just 1 browser and a few tabs. I found this was less distracting and easier to manage.

[Zoo Music Girl]

I used an Ipad a phone and a mac laptop with three browsers. Firefox worked best but probably because that was the only one I manually refreshed. Not a sausage on the other devices.

[acidstorm523]

So all our tweaking of nuances is probably useless. Our destiny lies in luck! I guess it's only human to try and gain some control...

[sheffieldlady]

Laptop connected on 4G via internet sharing from my phone. Chrome was the browser that got through.

[majormajormajor]

IMO a desktop is always faster - Linux, PC, Mac, whatever - as you can cut and paste your details. But of course you need to get to the 'enter registrations' page first!

[kbearne]

The PC - connected via the Ethernet cable. I've got through in the past with a mobile on 3G (didn't even see the page on my PC that year).

[Hotchilidog]

Firefox on an iMac just the one tab open for max concentration, also running safari on phone and iPad, but the more data entry friendly mac came through for me!

[eFestivals]

IP traffic is device and browser neutral.

 

It's quite easy at the server end to detect what's what and do something different on specific device/browser criteria, but why would you?

 

There's absolutely no point at all, apart from perhaps serving a lighter-content page to light-weight devices.

[acidstorm523]

It's just increasing that we get our knockers in a twist envy year, trying to understand the system. I know ive spent hours poring over all the threads, and yet I agree, it makes no difference! Aside from the occasional back door in the past.

Do you think the links to deeper pages make any difference Neil?

[acidstorm523]

Knockers!!! KNICKERS,!

[acidstorm523]

I am just dying with the autocorrect on my apple devices..just gets me speaking gobbledygook. Makes absolutely no sense at all!