Site Laggy/Hangs in Firefox

[Pyrogasm]

As of maybe a month or so ago THW became consistently laggy for me... but only in Firefox (Chrome and Edge on my computer have no issues). I didn't notice exactly when this happened so I'm not sure if it coincided with some Firefox update. I have cleared my FF cache and force reloaded the site (ctrl+F5) but haven't reinstalled the browser. As for what I mean by 'laggy':

• Scrolling is pretty jumpy, especially when moving across posts that use JASS boxes or images
  
• Typing in text boxes occasionally freezes the whole tab for 1-2 seconds. Hitting a carriage return nearly always causes this lag once the text box is big enough (has enough lines?). This is in the 'quick reply' box at the bottom of a thread; the 'Create thread' page seems to be immune to this freeze.
  
• Opening or closing a [hidden] button freezes the whole tab for 2-3 seconds every time (no exceptions on this one).

I do not have these issues on any other site with FF. Anyone else experiencing this? Anything I should do to try to fix it? I prefer FF over Chrome.

 

[chuckySTAR]

Site slow on firefox

Could be a performance problem with Firefox’s new WebRender and repeating border images.

 

[Chaosy]

prefer FF over Chrome.

 

[deepstrasz]

Can confirm, there are issues from time to time.

 

[Pyrogasm]

Chrome is a memory whore and right now I have to run my computer in single-channel RAM mode.

@deepstrasz Are you having the same issues as me or different? Do other browsers work fine?

 

[BLOKKADE]

I'm having the same issue. Seems to not happen when I put it in safe mode though.

 

[Ralle]

I didn't touch the site in quite a while so can't say why. I'm more leaning toward a regression in Firefox performance over time. Is your computer slow? I am running the site perfectly in a Core i7 laptop from 2014.

 

[chuckySTAR]

Listen @Ralle.

https://i.imgur.com/pf9U6LB.mp4

The lag is actually way worse. The small window i used for the recording reduces the lag apparently.

 

[Pyrogasm]

Absolutely not slow by any measure; I wouldn't post something like this if I thought my hardware was in any way at fault. Nothing has changed with my hardware and it was definitely fine in Firefox earlier this summer.

 

[aoszx2p2drd9]

I have the same problem. For some reason Firefox is unable to render the leaf border properly. Removing it with this script make the site usable again.
Site slow on firefox

 

[MasterBlaster]

Well, I'm using Chrome, but I also experience a fair amount of issues with how the site is running. I mean, for the most part it's absolutely fine, but there are these moments where it randomly slows down to a crawl and it takes a long time to load literally anything. It last like for a minute or two and then goes back to normal.

As to how often it happens - it's hard to say, it seems fairly random. And yes, when the Hive is slowed, other sites work perfectly fine, so I doubt it's an issue with me or my ISP.

 

[Ralle]

Would those of you who have problems with it happen to not use adblock? Not that I encourage that but I am just curious if it's the ads doing it.

 

[chuckySTAR]

Dude.
I already posted the problem, the solution and in addition to that a video.

But yea let's install an Adblocker first.

 

[deepstrasz]

But yea let's install an Adblocker first.

He was pointing out that ad blockers might cause the lag issues.

 

[chuckySTAR]

Listen @Ralle.

https://i.imgur.com/pf9U6LB.mp4

The lag is actually way worse. The small window i used for the recording reduces the lag apparently.

He was pointing out that ad blockers might cause the lag issues.

As shown otherwise.

 

[Ralle]

Oh no. I was trying to figure out if ads were the problem. If you all use ad blockers, I can't pay for the site... And then I will just delete it and create a knitting website.

 

[Chaosy]

Or add more appealing donation perks. People love to pay for cosmetics.

 

[Pyrogasm]

It’s the same with Adblock on in Firefox.

 

[~El]

One issue I've noticed on Firefox in particular, is trying to use Mozilla's experimental WebRender rendering backend. Enabling it makes Hive stutter a lot. The property name in about:config is gfx.webrender.all. Mozilla may be incrementally rolling it out and enabling it on unsuspecting users, causing strange issues like these.