Firefox barely works on news sites
I have a PC Window 7, with up to date firefox and flash. Decent internet speed.
Going to news sites (i.e. CBS or Fox) barely works, often jams up the PC until it stops responding, and sends the hard drive fan into overdrive using all the cpu. It can take a couple minutes for the site to fully load. I assume it has something to do with flash and the other ads and popups that clutter up a site like that. But that is the reality these days.
Firefox really ought to be able to handle that. But it doesn't, and has reached the level of not-usable.
Should I switch back to IE after all these years?
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That is not normal.
Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac Options) key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?
Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe web sites. Is the problem still there?
FredMcD said
That is not normal. Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac Options) key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?
This did not seem to help. News web page still was very slow to load. Some sort of script still stared to run that caused fan to work extra hard, and eventually only stopped once I restarted the PC.
Problem seems linked to ads, esp flash animation ads that run videos on sites like news sites and other ad-heavy sites like entertainment sites (CBS, Fox, Huff Post, TBS, etc). The click-bait type of sites are often nearly unusable. as they seem to leave scripts running even after I have navigated away.
If I restart, I can see a process hanging up sometimes. If I unplug the network connection and close firefox, then sometimes the problem stops after a minute or two.
This is not a cure, but should let the web page load without crashing.
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FredMcD said
This is not a cure, but should let the web page load without crashing. Flash block {web link} Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on it
Thanks. I have tried disabling flash in firefox, it doesn't seem to help much. And ultimately, I am often going to the site to obtain the featured embedded video. So i need to allow flash anyway to see it.
Maybe one of these add-ons will make that easier.
You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and try this:
- make sure you have the latest Flash version:
http://www.adobe.com/special/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html - check for updates for your graphics drive drivers
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration - disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Windows Vista and later)
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/adobe-flash-protected-mode-firefox - disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html - disable hardware acceleration in Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration
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