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DonGould

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#72843 3-Dec-2010 09:57

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ have just added a really annoying drop down when you mouse over the menu which I"m sure is ok on a really fast new i7 which I don't have, but not helpful on my slow dual core laptop.

I'm running firefox and adblocker.

Does anyone know if that function is in a script that can just be blocked to make it go way?

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#412491 3-Dec-2010 13:35

I'd put the blame on Firefox it has really gone downhil performance-wise in the last few versions.

As an experiment give I suggest you give Google Chrome a try. I bet you the menu performs fine in Chrome (does here).

There are blocking extensions for Chrome too now if you can't live without them (AdThwart or AdBlock etc).

DonGould

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#412515 3-Dec-2010 14:23

Ragnor: I'd put the blame on Firefox it has really gone downhil performance-wise in the last few versions.

As an experiment give I suggest you give Google Chrome a try. I bet you the menu performs fine in Chrome (does here).

There are blocking extensions for Chrome too now if you can't live without them (AdThwart or AdBlock etc).

Hi, I agree re ff performance. Not changing to chrome just to fix one site, just stop browsing the site as often if I can't fix it.

I also have grease monkey installed as I have an extension for my fav forum that adds a stack of other features.

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#412632 3-Dec-2010 20:37

You shouldn't change to Chrome for one site, but rather because it's by far the best performing and designed browser across the board now (in my opinion).

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#413017 5-Dec-2010 13:17

Ok, just upgraded the computer to see if that improved it. No, it's just as annoying, I thought it was delayed from dropping down by my computer, but it just pops up randomly when you move the mouse over the menu, which is really just annoying as I often pause to read something else before I click and then that thing pops up! grr.