I noticed today that the iNaturalist website is really working my CPU in a way that there is no legitimate reason for it to be. In response to requests on these forums for people to ID more plants, I’ve been spending a good amount of time daily identifying plants. Typically what I do is to go to th…

What should be the target for CPU usage for iNat (or any website)? 0%, 1%, 2%? Is there an agreed upon target that webdesigner organizations encourage folks to strive toward? When I’m identifying from the Identify page, I never open up any tabs.

to be fair, the iNaturalist website is doing a lot, has a lot of graphics, and it seems to be built in a way to allow for maximum configurability and modularity (think different languages, API to allow for different UIs, etc.). so i don’t think the way it performs is that bad considering all that. t…

[image] bouteloua: Why not use the Identify page to add IDs to multiple obs in a single tab? Well not every observation is of an easy to identify organism, and not every iNaturalist photo shows the organism sharp and in adequate size. I often look at all uploaded photos at fullscreen to check…

Do you mean those tiny thumbnails? I’m referring to opening up the Identify modal where you can view images much larger.

bouteloua, i have no clue what you mean with identify modal … the identify page i am talking about is this one https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify As i told you i barely use it.

This tutorial helps explain how you can view the images larger within the Identify page rather than opening a new tab: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/video+tutorials#identify (referred to as pop-up)

As this page does not show all available observations of the chosen area and taxonomic group, i do not really consider it helpful. Thanks for the video link though.

I use it all the time to view all the available observations of the chosen area and taxonomic group. You just have to use the filters to include Research Grade, Casual, reviewed observations, etc in the results.

ok bouteloua, you show me how i can compare all moth of the “Arctiinae” of the “Greater Antilles” (did exactly that last night), in one tab on the identify page … and i promise that I will make an exception and waist my time watching a internet video whos content could be written in 2 lines :D.

I’ll shoot you a private message. :)

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pisum August 12, 2019, 1:06pm 34

your particular problem sounds like it could be related to https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/searching-for-taxon-on-identify-stalls-out/4286. when the problem occurs, open up your browser’s developer tools / console, and see if you are getting HTTP 429 errors.

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