Active X

[Iceni]

I could not work out why the site had ground to a halt and then suddenly I tried turning off Active X controls and it is back to normal. Now I can no longer see the advert at the top of each page (the culprit) but I can again surf this site.

I realise that you have to have adverts but why cannot they be written so that they load quickly. I have decided to keep Active X controls turned off in future as it makes surfing so much faster and I gather very much safer.

[I1]

[quote]I could not work out why the site had ground to a halt and then suddenly I tried turning off Active X controls and it is back to normal. Now I can no longer see the advert at the top of each page (the...[/quote]

There is something "dubious" about the banner at the top of the page. I have a “Flash Block” that has been stopping it anyway. Also the site has been slow for some time (compared to other UK (and elsewhere) sites).

My “flash block” (the Firefox add-in one) displays a icon button that allows you to manually click on it and play the object. This works everywhere but here it is just goes blank (which is fine from my perspective).

[Ianhaycox]

Have you tried upgrading FlashBlock ? I've got V1.3.0.1 and it works as expected on this site, as on others.

You may also be interested in PIE, the next generation of cookies, if you concerned about privacy.

[I1]

I've got FlashBlock 1.2.9 (which is the latest available from www.mozilla.com. Check for updates and a check for download the current version both have 1.2.9 as the latest - where can you get a later one from ?

(The missing banner flash is not a problem for me as its only of LF that this happens - everywhere else is fine)

[Ianhaycox]

Just to continue being geeky, select Tools/Extensions from the menu, right click and select 'visit home page...' and there is a download/install link there.