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PPRuNe IE8 freeze
The problem of IE8 freezing when PPRuNe pages load seems to be getting worse - the culprits causing this seem to be associated with the tracking cookies used by advertisers on the site. I've noticed that 't.mookie1' seems a particular problem.
This never used to be a problem; however, now that PPRuNe is infested with advertising, it is becoming unacceptably unreliable.
Perhaps there's a way some adblocker will stop this rubbish polluting my computer, but shouldn't the web site owners take more care to sort things out?
This never used to be a problem; however, now that PPRuNe is infested with advertising, it is becoming unacceptably unreliable.
There are bigger problems to PPRuNe's poor reliability track record than advertising (infact, I would hazard a guess that the ads have no impact on the site reliability).
Well, since I installed it as recommended above, adblock for internet explorer has restored stability to IE8 when browsing PPRuNe and it has also done something else which I won't mention here! What I don't know yet is whether, in a month a little popup is going to appear demanding a fee for continued protection. If it isn't too much it may well be worth it.
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Thanks for your suggestion, Saab D, but it's above my computer knowledge threshold .
Does anyone mention to the website owners that their advertising policies are causing annoyance by freezing and crashing the PPRuNe website when viewed using certain common browsers?
BEagle: To block the offending Javascript you could try pressing F12 to block it in the IE developer tools. This also avoids having to install extra software to deal with it. A more drastic approach would be to disable Javascript altogether in IE, or having it prompt you before running it every time on every site - Internet Options, Security, Internet zone, then Advanced or something. Afraid I haven't got IE8 so can't be more detailed. Best of luck!
Does anyone mention to the website owners that their advertising policies are causing annoyance by freezing and crashing the PPRuNe website when viewed using certain common browsers?
Deaf ears, as 100% of their revenue comes from ads.
I believe that many people have an ad-free existence (and not just on PPRuNe) by installing ad-blocking software.
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A number of web sites are becoming increasingly almost unusable with XP and IeX8 due to the loading of dammned advertising. BT Yahoo email is now dreadful for this reason.
C'mon guys! XP is scheduled for termination in 16 months. Time to saddle up a new mount and kiss the old crippled nag goodbye. I feel a parrot sketch coming on.....
I've been on Win 7 for a good while now. I've still got a few irritations with Win 7 (particualarly around audio and CD drives), but I've had to use XP recently at a client and it's... sad, really.
Win 7 is so much better (on the same hardware, so like-for-like), and so much more reliable.
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