what's making my pc choppy/laggy on these web pages?

builder22 · 20 Nov 2015 at 20:11

not that it's something I'm overly bothered about but whenever I click on some things on Facebook like 'the 10 best animal reactions' or whatever something makes firefox run like poo

this page for example

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/11/19/22-best-gifs-_n_8602770.html?ncid=fcbklnkukhpmg00000001

I have really slow BT 7mb internet, could it be that?

edGfaCTor · 20 Nov 2015 at 20:20

Java/Flash I find tends to be the cause of most issues.

Orcvader · 20 Nov 2015 at 22:10

7Mb is more than enough. Have you tried to see if the same problem happens in Chrome, Internet Explorer, Edge, Opera, etc.?

Using any adblockers? According to uBlock Origin it's blocking 98 things on your link... which seems to be a ridiculous amount of ads/trackers.

firewallblocked · 23 Nov 2015 at 19:36

Have you ran Malwarebytes to check for any spyware slowing down your pc?

bledd · 24 Nov 2015 at 13:35

Adblock Plus will help a lot.
If you use Firefox, then NoScript will take care of the rest.

lsg1r · 24 Nov 2015 at 18:06

I've actually found that the latest firefox update brought me some issues. With the latest adblock plus there was some lag that would disappear if I disabled the add on, prior to this it was ok.... so I changed to ublock origin which removed the lag, I wasn't the only one noticing this it was on the adblock plus add on page. Wouldn't be surprised if adblock is just struggling with the sheer amount of tracking/analytics junk that gets stuck on larger sites these days while ublock is handling them better.

I've also noticed more 'time outs' with javascript sourced from some cdn's, primarily cloudflare (who seems to be a popular service to protect against ddos these days) which can slow sites down too.

Having said that, that huffington site isn't being helped by all them gifs loading up at the same time.

pastymuncher · 24 Nov 2015 at 20:18

I have also found Firefox and/or adblocker bogging down more and more recently. I just changed to ublock origin and that page loads more or less instantly now. I will see how things go over the next couple of days.