Bloat-websites

Un_Epi_De_Mais — 10/6/2007 2:03:28 PM (archived)

I've got a 5-mega-bps modem, so I shouldn't be having a problem with this. However, I've recently found that several websites that I visit freqently are beginning to have a perceptable (as in significant) delay in downloading. Here is a tentative list:

- Hotmail (after logging in)
- www.comics.com
- MSNBC
- Global TV

The culprits are websites composed of hundreds of .gif images instead of simple links, websites that have embedded video players that run automatically, websites that have pull-down flash menus, websites that require a software download and run in the background like Virtual Machine. I recently visited my parents in their rural location. They have a dial-up modem. When I tried accessing one of my usual websites it took over 7 minutes to download. No wonder they never use the damn thing.

Anyone know of any other websites that I should avoid?

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Bloat-websites - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/6/2007 2:03:28 PM
- Web site bloat - Robert - 10/6/2007 9:02:47 PM
  - re: Web site bloat - Lindy - 10/6/2007 11:27:56 PM
- Switch browsers - Fox - 10/6/2007 5:49:47 PM
  - Yep! - Eri - 10/7/2007 3:28:25 AM
- "Anyone know of any other websites that I should avoid? " - Lindy - 10/6/2007 2:17:04 PM
  - Got highspeed DSL - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/6/2007 4:50:07 PM
    - I don't get popups using Firefox - Eri - 10/7/2007 3:36:20 AM
    - What are you running for your main processor? - TB - 10/6/2007 7:41:55 PM
    - I hardly ever got pop-ups - Lindy - 10/6/2007 5:02:03 PM
      - re: I hardly ever got pop-ups - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/8/2007 10:55:40 AM
        
        Thanks - Lindy - 10/8/2007 3:38:58 PM
        
        Good grief. - TB - 10/8/2007 5:02:24 PM
        
        Think man! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/9/2007 2:19:28 AM
        
        Frys and Radio Shack? Give me a break. - TB - 10/9/2007 2:39:21 AM
        
        I do have choices - Lindy - 10/9/2007 2:51:00 PM

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