Just a quick note: we have made a few changes which should reduce response times drastically. Most of our international users and those who are behind slow Internet connections should see response times improved by a factor of 4-6x. Let us know if this is not the case and if you are still suffering…

The new year has brought on a lot of accolades, tons of new users and a lot of great feedback. However, we also noticed a consistent refrain: Buxfer is very cool and useful, but it’s slow - particularly for our international users! Well, that’s no good and it can certainly be a show-stopper.

So, we bought a new very powerful machine and we will be migrating to that server on Sunday. The planned downtime is from 9pm PST to 12midnight PST. If you find Buxfer unavailable or behaving erratically during that time, please cut us some slack :)

This is just the first step towards enhancing the performance of our system. We know there are quite a few places where we can optimize a lot. We will not stop until our interface is as responsive as GMail, for example, is.

Update: The migration has happened, folks, and we definitely feel a speed difference. Do you find Buxfer to be faster? Whatever the verdict, let us know so we will know what’s working and what isn’t!