Our store has been recently upgraded to 3.0.4. What do you think? Opnions / Criticisms welcome.
So far has been very stable however have lost hits since the upgrade.
http://goo.gl/dr27H
I found the initial page load time incredibly slow, I never had this problem before when you first announced this sites launch on this forum. Seems you forgot to add in the optimisers in config.local.php (JS and CSS compression). Have a look here at gtmetrix.com for helping to assist in minimising your page load times and page file size. For what it's worth, the link in my signature has some tips which are used on a site using this same base template, so definitely something you should consider.
I also find the Chat Now and footer toolbar quite obtrusive, personally, that would put me off buying as I instantly think 'SPAM!' when I see a toolbar like that forcing itself onto my screen. Perhaps just personal opinion and I know you can't cater for everyones needs, but I would look elsewhere, it makes the site look cheap in my opinion.
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Our store has been recently upgraded to 3.0.4. What do you think? Opnions / Criticisms welcome.
So far has been very stable however have lost hits since the upgrade.
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I have mailed you an Invoice for my time wasted while staring at my monitor & waiting for your site to open! 
You are using many third party scripts like in footer and side… remove all those fancy things to avoid speed issues
I don't have such a delay my side. Maybe because my server is hosted in South Africa where the majority of my clients come from.
I must look into optimizing the JavaScript further. Thanks for advice.
Have a look at my signature link, if you have any further input I'm sure a lot of people will be interested in your efforts.