Flash and Linux

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Tuesday 28 April 2009 07:28:34 Nigel Ridley wrote:
> There seems to be a general problem with Flash and Linux. There
> are some websites that have an abundance of Flash content and
> Linux can't seem to handle it well. I mean that when viewing
> these websites suddenly the processor[s] jump to around 99%, the
> temp. rise dramatically, the fans works overtime and the website
> slows to a crawl. This is compounded when more than one tab is
> opened from the same website. As an example here is a example
> website (it is a fishing tackle online shop):
> http://www.lakerda.co.il/
> The only way that I was able to navigate said website was to open
> it in Opera and 'Disable Plug-ins'.
>
> Any thoughts?

Yes, it *is* irritating. I use Opera as well, but you can improve 
matters in Firefox by installing the plugin 'noscript' and let it 
block all scripts aside from the ones you really, really want. For 
example letting youtube through, but not others. Furthermore the 
plugin 'adblock plus' can block almost everything.

Kaj Haulrich.
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