On 5 August 2010 09:17, Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
Is it just the cpu is being taxed sometimes and never was before? The other option is that it might be some flash content in a banner or advert on the page. I've encountered flash content before that will immediately peg the cpu to 100% and the only way to return the machine to a usable state is to close that tab in the browser. The cause for this is that people writing flash banner ads don't really care about user experience so they do it quickly and don't test it (I presume)
Another CPU drain is Javascript - both New Scientist and the Guardian websites have been guilty of that one, though it is probably also the adverts doing the silly things.
Straw poll : Who uses AdBlock? Who thinks perhaps they should use it?
Tim.