Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

[Bruce Johnson]

On Nov 27, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Dan wrote:

> At 10:48 AM -0700 11/27/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> IN this case it's the section that begins at:
>> div id="text-553827321" class="widget_widget_text"
>> And is loading stuff from:
>> http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.js
>> So if you block widgets.twimg.com either with SafariBlock or in
>> hosts, that should stop the Twitcrap.
>
> Bruce!  You rock!  Thanks  Geeze.  I'd been staring at that code
> and just didn't see that line, I guess.  Blocking widgets.twimg.com
> in SafariBlock works great - the whole block is now gone from those
> pages.

This is what's so great about the Web Inspector versus looking at the  
source. When you select a  block in WI, it highlights the part of  
the page it's coding. I just with there was a way to break the Web  
Inspector window off, so I could see the whole web page and the code  
bits.

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Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

[Dan]

At 10:48 AM -0700 11/27/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>IN this case it's the section that begins at:
>div id="text-553827321" class="widget_widget_text"
>And is loading stuff from:
>http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.js
>So if you block widgets.twimg.com either with SafariBlock or in 
>hosts, that should stop the Twitcrap.

Bruce!  You rock!  Thanks  Geeze.  I'd been staring at that code 
and just didn't see that line, I guess.  Blocking widgets.twimg.com 
in SafariBlock works great - the whole block is now gone from those 
pages.

>That said, I have a crapload of stuff running right now and my load is:
>
>frankenmac:~ johnson$ w
>10:46  up  1:08, 2 users, load averages: 0.19 0.15 0.08
>
>With that page loaded. (running Safari 4.0.1 with all flash on that 
>page blocked)
>
>So it may be something else bogging stuff down.

With that site blocked, I now have a dozen tabs loaded in Safari and 
its gone mostly idle.  M'mac is very responsive now! /me does a happy 
snoopy dance (with pilgrim hat, of course).

13:04  up 3 days, 15:19, 3 users, load averages: 2.41 2.12 2.02

heh.  But that's because I have a couple of long-running jobs 
crunching away in the background, niced at +10.

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Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

[Bruce Johnson]

On Nov 27, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Dan wrote:

> Here's one that's bogging me now.  It's loading up twits one at a
> time, continuously...
>
>   
> >

Turn on the developer menu is Safari and you can use the Web inspector  
to isolate the bit of code that produces that Twitcrap.

IN this case it's the section that begins at:

div id="text-553827321" class="widget_widget_text"

And is loading stuff from:

http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.js

So if you block

widgets.twimg.com either with SafariBlock or in hosts, that should  
stop the Twitcrap.

That said, I have a crapload of stuff running right now and my load is:

frankenmac:~ johnson$ w
10:46  up  1:08, 2 users, load averages: 0.19 0.15 0.08

With that page loaded. (running Safari 4.0.1 with all flash on that  
page blocked)

So it may be something else bogging stuff down.






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Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

[Dan]

Here's one that's bogging me now.  It's loading up twits one at a 
time, continuously...



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Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

[Dan]

At 8:19 PM -0600 11/26/2009, Lyle Syverson wrote:
>  > Here's one with a twitter that's not very active:
>  > >  Psystar_promised_investors_huge_clone_sales>
>
>Well... it loaded fast... and the twitter links were optional.

Loading isn't a problem.  The problem is what happens *after* the 
initial load.  A page with a very active twitter feed updates quite 
quickly - chewing away on cpu and memory by continuously polling the 
twitter servers.

Nothing to do with the links within the twits.

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Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

[Lyle Syverson]

On Nov 26, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Dan wrote:

> At 3:00 PM -0700 11/26/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Dan wrote:
>>> But now sites have begun including globs of Twitter***t, which makes
>>>  Safari drink most of my CPU and eat more memory, especially if I've
>>>  opened two or more tabs of these pages!
>>>
>>>  Any ideas on how to block those, or at least stone (freeze) them?
>>>
>>>  ...I'm just starting to look at their code, to see if something  
>>> like
>>>  SafariBlock can do it.
>>
>> I'll quote you a member of this list, some guy named "Dan":
>> "Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em?"
>
> LOL
>
> Here's one with a twitter that's not very active:
>
>  Psystar_promised_investors_huge_clone_sales>
>
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Well... it loaded fast... and the twitter links were optional.

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Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

[Dan]

At 3:00 PM -0700 11/26/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Dan wrote:
>  > But now sites have begun including globs of Twitter***t, which makes
>>  Safari drink most of my CPU and eat more memory, especially if I've
>>  opened two or more tabs of these pages!
>>
>>  Any ideas on how to block those, or at least stone (freeze) them?
>>
>>  ...I'm just starting to look at their code, to see if something like
>>  SafariBlock can do it.
>
>I'll quote you a member of this list, some guy named "Dan":
>"Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em?"

LOL

Here's one with a twitter that's not very active:



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Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

[Bruce Johnson]

On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Dan wrote:

> But now sites have begun including globs of Twitter***t, which makes
> Safari drink most of my CPU and eat more memory, especially if I've
> opened two or more tabs of these pages!
>
> Any ideas on how to block those, or at least stone (freeze) them?
>
> ...I'm just starting to look at their code, to see if something like
> SafariBlock can do it.

I'll quote you a member of this list, some guy named "Dan":

"Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em?"

  :-P

Seriously though, a sample URL will help
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Twitter, the new cpu pig

[Dan]

After beating Flash into submission with ClickToFlash, and blocking 
various animated ads with SafariBlock, my browsing speed was pretty 
durn quick!

But now sites have begun including globs of Twitter***t, which makes 
Safari drink most of my CPU and eat more memory, especially if I've 
opened two or more tabs of these pages!

Any ideas on how to block those, or at least stone (freeze) them?

...I'm just starting to look at their code, to see if something like 
SafariBlock can do it.

Thx,
- Dan.
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