notice3d this recently when using FF on some sites with images or photos etc. when scrolling the page or using the scroll bar button the page is jumpy, not smooth if that makes sense. tried the same sites in IE and they are ok.
as an example, some one posted a link to a game on this (http://www.thegamehomepage.com/) site. can you try that in FF and see what you get please. I'm on version 3.0.6
That page is nice and smooth for me. I was thinking maybe its graphics drivers or processor power, but seeing that it is fine in IE I don't really know what to suggest!
Edit: If you go Tools, Options, advanced, general, there is a box 'Smooth scrolling'. Turn it either on or off depending on what its on now and give it a try then.
It scrolls fine for me too. What is it like with IE?
no its no different with it turned on Lance. was off before and the other option 'use autoscrolling' was on.tried all combo's and still the same.
its ok in IE Glenn
I've tried the page in both IE and Firefox and it seems to scroll very fast in IE too but in rapid steps whereas in FF it steps much more slowly. I checked the advanced settings and IE was already set to smooth scrolling but FF wasn't. When I changed FF to smooth scrolliing it still scrolled in very small steps but very very slowly.
You might want to try SmoothWheel (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/357), Baz. :)
Hmmmmm nice add on. works well with test based sites but still not on the games one :dunno:
wonder if its the site itself
It's the same for me. I guess it's just one of those things!
Sometimes I find sites 'judder' if they've got loads of graphics, usually ads, especially if some of them don't fully load properly. A browser restart sometimes does the trick, but that site you linked to is fine here with Sea Monkey, Baz.
No problems here with FF. Was the page fully loaded, Baz, ie had the 'loading' icon stopped spinning?
yeah all fully loaded left it longer just in case. I have Adblock plus running so that kills the ads
I wonder if Adblock could be causing the juddering, Baz?
:dunno: dont know which one but I added some more to adblock plus from that page and its made some new filters all of which are background and it seems to have worked.
Quote from: Simon on Feb 10, 2009, 12:57:53
I wonder if Adblock could be causing the juddering, Baz?
its looking that way Simon. just been on google maps and it was bad in FF, ok in IE but as soon as I disable Adblock Plus in FF it was ok.seems to be defeating the object of having it really if you get cr*p scrolling when its in use :dunno:
thats a shame I think Adblock is a good add on
It is, but it's got a hefty overhead I think, Baz. :(
what do you mean overhead Rik.
but as another complication just tried the game site again, see 1st post, with Adblock disabled and its still jumpy.
I give up ;D
It requires processor time to function, Baz.
Quote from: Baz on Feb 18, 2009, 15:23:59
what do you mean overhead Rik.
Like cycling uphill with the brake stuck on. ;D
Who'd do something as daft as that? :whistle:
Been using AdblockPlus for a few years now and it's never slowed anything down.
I wonder if Baz has installed something which adds hundreds of entries to the Hosts file?
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc is where to find it.
Tried doing something clever with the Hosts file myself a few years back and it made browsing a hellish experience, even though the advice was from a reliable source.
Just a thought.
what should I be looking for Drummer. The biggest file in that folder is 175KB.
Quote from: Baz on Feb 19, 2009, 07:54:37
what should I be looking for Drummer. The biggest file in that folder is 175KB.
Thats sounds big, Baz, below is the contents of my etc. directory my hosts file is only 1Kb.
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so when you say added something, how would I have done that? as an update maybe or is it a list which adblock uses that is needed.
Earlier I uninstalled Adblock, restarted and tried a new download of it but it looked exactly the same, same filters etc.
There are several blocklists that can be used in conjunction with Adblock Plus, though I suspect they're much the same size.
Quote from: Baz on Feb 19, 2009, 07:54:37
what should I be looking for Drummer. The biggest file in that folder is 175KB.
As has already been said, 175KB is very large. What to look for is difficult to say, but lots of IP addresses and hosts on the one file is a start. The most basic one called "hosts" has only one IP address and host name: "127.0.0.1 localhost". If one of the files has tons of IP address, that's a likely culprit.
To view a file, right click it, select Open and choose Notepad to view. Before deleting any entries though,
be absolutely certain they're not required..
ok will have a look at them. But I dont really understand what they are needed for, can you just delete the whole file or do you need to edit and save it.What will happen if I delete it and its needed
Don't just delete it, Baz. This is what my file contains:
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
just had a look and there are 2 files of the same size, one is called 'hosts' the other is called 'hosts.msn'. both have text in them starting with
'Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy' and seem to contain the saame entries, loads of single lines starting with 127.0.0.1 then a web address, some of them with obvious sexual reference.
I no longer use spybot search and destroy.
Cut'n'paste the one above into a new file, Baz, rename the old one for safety sake.
yeah I have one that looks identical to that Rik but others too with different names and bigger in size
You should only need one.
where have they all come from then :dunno:
Quote from: Baz on Feb 19, 2009, 19:25:48
where have they all come from then :dunno:
When you first install Spybot, it's one of the things you can choose to install or not. Copy and paste the large host files into another folder and add ".old" to the file name. Then go into the originals and delete everything other than what's in Rik's (and mine), select Save (not Save as), restart your browser and see if it makes a difference.
that didnt seem to make any difference so I tracked down the drivers for the graphics, just on board stuff and downloaded the ones listed there and it looks ok so far. When I checked on windows update after this latest download, it said there was a new driver for the graphics. Looks like the one I just got and installed was an earlier driver than what I already had in so dont know whether to update again or not. ;D ;D
If it ain't broke... :)
Did you get it from the motherboard maker's website? Quite often, they have a very old drivers. If it's nVidia, for example, it's better to get it direct from nVidia.