On 12/29/2016 05:19 AM, Florian Gleixner wrote:
I use a adblocker not especially to block ads. It makes most websites faster, because - loading ads from overloaded ad-farms - flash - javascript monsters - video - ....
slows down some websites so heavily that it is no fun to surf there. Try it, and feel the speedup!
Some adblockers also edit the html stream so as to remove the space taken up by the ads. This has the psychological effect of making the page appear to load faster. certainly eliminating the 'headline' banner adverts from the data stream speeds up the initial rendering. But realistically, some sites just have an awful lot of redundant/unused CSS to download, and very complicated structure for what is essentially, a not very complex page. Some of this is due to automated tools. You can sometimes recognise this by lots of whitespace in the html and/or lots of inline javascript. See, for example, https://www.cnet.com/news/ -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org