On 07/02/13 10:29, Colin Law wrote:
On 7 February 2013 10:17, Gareth France <[email protected]> wrote:
On 07/02/13 10:14, alan c wrote:
On 07/02/13 10:03, Gareth France wrote:
On 07/02/13 10:01, Colin Law wrote:
On 7 February 2013 09:52, Gareth France <[email protected]> wrote:
On 06/02/13 23:41, Philip Stubbs wrote:
On 6 February 2013 23:05, Gareth France <[email protected]>
wrote:
To the best of my knowledge I wasn't using Adobe Air at the time. And
as
for Flash, of course I don't choose how others design their sites.
But you can choose what software to run on your computer. Have you
tried a
flash blocker? Or a different browser? Or a different version of the
flash
plugin? If you open the same tabs in Chrome, does it behave
differently? I
seem to remember that Chrome comes with its own flash plugin, so may
well be
worth a try. It could be that the new machine hits a bug in the flash
plugin
that the old machine did not.
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Philip Stubbs
Yes, I can choose not to use flash in much the same way as I can choose
to
drive my car without wheels! It's an unfortunate fact of life that some
of
the websites I use require it. I can try chrome and see how it goes.
Your first priority is to identify what is causing the problem. If
you install flashblock then you have the ability to choose when you
use flash. Initially do not use it at all and see if that cures the
speed issues. Having identified that flash is the problem (if you do)
then you can decide on the best course of action.
Colin
Sounds like a plan. I'll give it a go and see what happens.
I routinely use noscript in firefox. It gives a lot of control, and you
can disable it when you wish
Thanks Alan. I think the thing that gets to me is that aside from whatever I
may choose to run on it I expect a machine I paid £300 for to run properly
to begin with. None of these solutions address the problem. They more sort
of side step it. I doubt I'm going to find the problem, I'll just have to
avoid Packard Bell next time I upgrade.
I don't think you can blame Packard Bell yet. If, for example, it
turns out that you are using a buggy or out of date flash plugin (just
one of the possibilities) then that is hardly their fault. I think it
most unlikely that it is a hardware issue.
Colin
This laptop has been under performing from day one. I'd be happy to be
proven wrong but it just has no guts.
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