Page Loading At VEF

**Gbnf** · January 14th, 2018, 02:30 PM

Peculiar problem only at VEF; it has been happening to me for at least a year now:
It seems whenever I open a page, what used to take only seconds to load now takes minutes.
If I open multiple tabs, it can go on for 4 or 5 minutes before the pages are displayed properly.
Though when one pages loads, they all do; all at once it seems.
Wonder if it can be an image host problem, but not just one filehost is loading is it?
Strangely enough, it only seems to happen in the 'general modern topics' section.
Such a sharp contrast to times past...

halvar · January 14th, 2018, 03:19 PM

You could use the developer tools of your browser to trace the network requests.
On firefox the tools are available via menu: Tools -> Web Developer -> Toggle Tools.
Switch to the network tab and reload the page. There you can see what requests are sent and how long they take.
Often the culprit is a third party tracking script. If you can identify a third party object or script try to block it. For example with uBlock.
This is also useful to improve privacy: identify and block as much tracking objects as possible. Most important facebook and google.

Here is a screenshot of the developer tools on firefox. They are similar in chromium/chrome. I don't know about safari.

**Gbnf** · January 14th, 2018, 03:43 PM

Thanks - didn't know all that, and there are so many things listed it can be quite scary not knowing who's 'looking in' on you.

halvar · January 14th, 2018, 04:09 PM

Yes it is scary. And it is getting harder to avoid being tracked.
The worst are the facebook and twitter like buttons. They are used to track users across sites.

And now more and more sites load scripts and fonts that are needed to display pages correctly from centralized sites, e.g. google.

Here is an interesting read about bloated web pages:
http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm

January 14th, 2018, 02:30 PM	#1
Gbnf Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,195 Thanks: 439 Thanked 113,558 Times in 3,222 Posts	Page Loading At VEF Peculiar problem only at VEF; it has been happening to me for at least a year now: It seems whenever I open a page, what used to take only seconds to load now takes minutes. If I open multiple tabs, it can go on for 4 or 5 minutes before the pages are displayed properly. Though when one pages loads, they all do; all at once it seems. Wonder if it can be an image host problem, but not just one filehost is loading is it? Strangely enough, it only seems to happen in the 'general modern topics' section. Such a sharp contrast to times past...

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January 14th, 2018, 03:19 PM	#2
halvar Blocked! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: HH Posts: 1,963 Thanks: 115,040 Thanked 32,801 Times in 1,955 Posts	You could use the developer tools of your browser to trace the network requests. On firefox the tools are available via menu: Tools -> Web Developer -> Toggle Tools. Switch to the network tab and reload the page. There you can see what requests are sent and how long they take. Often the culprit is a third party tracking script. If you can identify a third party object or script try to block it. For example with uBlock. This is also useful to improve privacy: identify and block as much tracking objects as possible. Most important facebook and google. Here is a screenshot of the developer tools on firefox. They are similar in chromium/chrome. I don't know about safari.

January 14th, 2018, 03:43 PM	#3
Gbnf Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,195 Thanks: 439 Thanked 113,558 Times in 3,222 Posts	Thanks - didn't know all that, and there are so many things listed it can be quite scary not knowing who's 'looking in' on you.

January 14th, 2018, 04:09 PM	#4
halvar Blocked! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: HH Posts: 1,963 Thanks: 115,040 Thanked 32,801 Times in 1,955 Posts	Yes it is scary. And it is getting harder to avoid being tracked. The worst are the facebook and twitter like buttons. They are used to track users across sites. And now more and more sites load scripts and fonts that are needed to display pages correctly from centralized sites, e.g. google. Here is an interesting read about bloated web pages: http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm