99beers
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Q: Why is Safari so slow and does not block pop-ups??

Just typing this post was an excercise in patience.  I constantly get the bouncing ball while waiting to continue typing.

 

My Prefs has 'Block pop-up windows' checked and yet no matter what website I visit I constantly have to put up with pop-up videos.  This behavior has been going on over the past few months.

 

I am using V9.1.2 (11601.7.7).

 

Thanks.

Posted on Sep 6, 2016 1:17 PM

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  • by 99beers,

    99beers 99beers Sep 7, 2016 10:32 AM in response to 99beers
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    Sep 7, 2016 10:32 AM in response to 99beers

    @John Galt

    @Eric Root

    @Allan Eckert

     

    First I want to thank you very much for your suggestions and help.

     

    Over the last few hours I have put each file back into its respective folder and documented the results from ram usage to webpage behavior after re-launching Safari for each change.

     

    These are the results: The Silverlight.plugin seemed to be the one plugin that really made the tuts page run slowly and choppy.  The AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin also made Safari slow down a bit.  This plugin did not get tossed for now.

     

    So, bottom line is that Safari is running MUCH BETTER than it originally was.  I rarely see the bouncing ball which is a huge relief.  I have learned a ton in the process and that's a good thing.

     

    Thanks again for your help.

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Sep 7, 2016 7:42 PM in response to 99beers
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    Sep 7, 2016 7:42 PM in response to 99beers

    You can safely delete the folders with (Disabled) in their names. They are inactive anyway.

  • by 99beers,

    99beers 99beers Sep 7, 2016 7:44 PM in response to John Galt
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    Sep 7, 2016 7:44 PM in response to John Galt

    @ John Galt

     

    Thanks!  I will do just that.

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Sep 7, 2016 8:35 PM in response to 99beers
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    Sep 7, 2016 8:35 PM in response to 99beers

    That page does have a lot of Google ads. Unfortunately that has become all too common.

     

    It just takes one poorly written advertisement to burden a browser though. Safari incorporates various features to prevent it from becoming unresponsive when those ill-tempered things are loaded, but in your case it seems outdated / poorly implemented / unsupported plug-ins were the cause.

     

    These are the results: The Silverlight.plugin seemed to be the one plugin that really made the tuts page run slowly and choppy.  The AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin also made Safari slow down a bit.  This plugin did not get tossed for now.

     

    You may or may not require Silverlight any more. To uninstall it follow Microsoft's instructions here: https://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/removing-silverligh t-mac.aspx. In typical MS fashion the description is rather inelegant, but if you need help, write back.

     

    You do not require any Adobe PDF viewer plug-ins either. All recent Safari versions render PDFs natively quite well. Many websites hosting PDF documents will contain a little note asserting that you need to download Adobe's PDF viewer to download or view PDFs on their websites. You don't.

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