My perfectly-adequate laptop struggles to display fast flash animations, 
and a site I regularly visit has a really annoying advert from 
Volkswagen which (apart from being visually really irritating) uses far 
too much CPU.  At least VW have put a "Pause" button on the ad, but I'm 
sick of web pages slowing down my machine with animations which I'm not 
interested in - much worse when I want to open half a dozen tabs.

I tried disabling animations in IE8's "Advanced" options tab, and 
restarting, but this didn't do the trick.  What are the options here?

Phil, London

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:57:37 +0100, Philip Herlihy
 wrote in
<5gdcm.89650$TZ2.56247@newsfe13.ams2>:

>I tried disabling animations in IE8's "Advanced" options tab, and 
>restarting, but this didn't do the trick.  What are the options here?

Back when I used IE regularly I used "Free Surfer" to regain some
control. http://www.emsproject.com/FS/ is the home of the current
version but I have not used a recent version myself.

These days I use Firefox 3.5.1 and the NoScript add-on to prevent
aggressive site authors from having more control of my browser that I
want.

-- 
Owen Rees
[one of] my preferred email address[es] and more stuff can be
found at <http://www.users.waitrose.com/~owenrees/index.html>

Owen Rees wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:57:37 +0100, Philip Herlihy
>  wrote in
> <5gdcm.89650$TZ2.56247@newsfe13.ams2>:
> 
>> I tried disabling animations in IE8's "Advanced" options tab, and 
>> restarting, but this didn't do the trick.  What are the options here?
> 
> Back when I used IE regularly I used "Free Surfer" to regain some
> control. http://www.emsproject.com/FS/ is the home of the current
> version but I have not used a recent version myself.
> 
> These days I use Firefox 3.5.1 and the NoScript add-on to prevent
> aggressive site authors from having more control of my browser that I
> want.
> 

Thanks, that's useful.  I'll have to see if I can get over a very strong 
disinclination to install add-ons!

Phil

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:57:37 +0100, Philip Herlihy
 wrote:

>My perfectly-adequate laptop struggles to display fast flash animations, 
>and a site I regularly visit has a really annoying advert from 
>Volkswagen which (apart from being visually really irritating) uses far 
>too much CPU.  At least VW have put a "Pause" button on the ad, but I'm 
>sick of web pages slowing down my machine with animations which I'm not 
>interested in - much worse when I want to open half a dozen tabs.
>
>I tried disabling animations in IE8's "Advanced" options tab, and 
>restarting, but this didn't do the trick.  What are the options here?
>
>Phil, London
Phil

Use Firefox and the Flashblock add-in. 

This will reserve the screen space, but not play until you say it can. You
can also allow selected sites to always play.

No connection with the add-in other than as a user.

Years ago, when I used IE, I uninstalled the Flash player and this cured
the problem.

Richard
-- 
http://www.caravanningnow.co.uk
'My lord, I cannot ride!' For the first time that morning Lord Felmet
smiled. 'Capital!' he said. 'We will give you a horse that can't be
ridden. - 'Wyrd Sisters' by Terry Pratchett

Richard Cole wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:57:37 +0100, Philip Herlihy
>  wrote:
> 
>> My perfectly-adequate laptop struggles to display fast flash animations, 
>> and a site I regularly visit has a really annoying advert from 
>> Volkswagen which (apart from being visually really irritating) uses far 
>> too much CPU.  At least VW have put a "Pause" button on the ad, but I'm 
>> sick of web pages slowing down my machine with animations which I'm not 
>> interested in - much worse when I want to open half a dozen tabs.
>>
>> I tried disabling animations in IE8's "Advanced" options tab, and 
>> restarting, but this didn't do the trick.  What are the options here?
>>
>> Phil, London
> Phil
> 
> Use Firefox and the Flashblock add-in. 
> 
> This will reserve the screen space, but not play until you say it can. You
> can also allow selected sites to always play.
> 
> No connection with the add-in other than as a user.
> 
> Years ago, when I used IE, I uninstalled the Flash player and this cured
> the problem.
> 
> Richard


I'll explore that, thanks.

Phil

Philip Herlihy wrote:
> Richard Cole wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:57:37 +0100, Philip Herlihy
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> My perfectly-adequate laptop struggles to display fast flash 
>>> animations, and a site I regularly visit has a really annoying advert 
>>> from Volkswagen which (apart from being visually really irritating) 
>>> uses far too much CPU.  At least VW have put a "Pause" button on the 
>>> ad, but I'm sick of web pages slowing down my machine with animations 
>>> which I'm not interested in - much worse when I want to open half a 
>>> dozen tabs.
>>>
>>> I tried disabling animations in IE8's "Advanced" options tab, and 
>>> restarting, but this didn't do the trick.  What are the options here?
>>>
>>> Phil, London
>> Phil
>>
>> Use Firefox and the Flashblock add-in.
>> This will reserve the screen space, but not play until you say it can. 
>> You
>> can also allow selected sites to always play.
>>
>> No connection with the add-in other than as a user.
>>
>> Years ago, when I used IE, I uninstalled the Flash player and this cured
>> the problem.
>>
>> Richard
> 
> 
> I'll explore that, thanks.
> 
> Phil


Works a treat.  Is there one for IE?

Phil

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:43:34 +0100, Philip Herlihy
 wrote:

>Philip Herlihy wrote:
>> Richard Cole wrote:
>>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:57:37 +0100, Philip Herlihy
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> My perfectly-adequate laptop struggles to display fast flash 
>>>> animations, and a site I regularly visit has a really annoying advert 
>>>> from Volkswagen which (apart from being visually really irritating) 
>>>> uses far too much CPU.  At least VW have put a "Pause" button on the 
>>>> ad, but I'm sick of web pages slowing down my machine with animations 
>>>> which I'm not interested in - much worse when I want to open half a 
>>>> dozen tabs.
>>>>
>>>> I tried disabling animations in IE8's "Advanced" options tab, and 
>>>> restarting, but this didn't do the trick.  What are the options here?
>>>>
>>>> Phil, London
>>> Phil
>>>
>>> Use Firefox and the Flashblock add-in.
>>> This will reserve the screen space, but not play until you say it can. 
>>> You
>>> can also allow selected sites to always play.
>>>
>>> No connection with the add-in other than as a user.
>>>
>>> Years ago, when I used IE, I uninstalled the Flash player and this cured
>>> the problem.
>>>
>>> Richard
>> 
>> 
>> I'll explore that, thanks.
>> 
>> Phil
>
>
>Works a treat.  Is there one for IE?
>
>Phil
Apparently in IE8 it's built in (see
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=754934)

Richard
-- 
http://www.caravanningnow.co.uk
'My lord, I cannot ride!' For the first time that morning Lord Felmet
smiled. 'Capital!' he said. 'We will give you a horse that can't be
ridden. - 'Wyrd Sisters' by Terry Pratchett

Richard Cole wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:43:34 +0100, Philip Herlihy
>  wrote:
> 
>> Philip Herlihy wrote:
>>> Richard Cole wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:57:37 +0100, Philip Herlihy
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My perfectly-adequate laptop struggles to display fast flash 
>>>>> animations, and a site I regularly visit has a really annoying advert 
>>>>> from Volkswagen which (apart from being visually really irritating) 
>>>>> uses far too much CPU.  At least VW have put a "Pause" button on the 
>>>>> ad, but I'm sick of web pages slowing down my machine with animations 
>>>>> which I'm not interested in - much worse when I want to open half a 
>>>>> dozen tabs.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried disabling animations in IE8's "Advanced" options tab, and 
>>>>> restarting, but this didn't do the trick.  What are the options here?
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil, London
>>>> Phil
>>>>
>>>> Use Firefox and the Flashblock add-in.
>>>> This will reserve the screen space, but not play until you say it can. 
>>>> You
>>>> can also allow selected sites to always play.
>>>>
>>>> No connection with the add-in other than as a user.
>>>>
>>>> Years ago, when I used IE, I uninstalled the Flash player and this cured
>>>> the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>
>>> I'll explore that, thanks.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>
>> Works a treat.  Is there one for IE?
>>
>> Phil
> Apparently in IE8 it's built in (see
> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=754934)
> 
> Richard


Fancy that!  I wonder what else is lurking in IE8 that I'm blissfully 
unaware of...

Thanks!

Phil