Safari + Tomshardware website = resource hog?
I have recently isolated that by having the www.tomshardware.com website open in my Safari browser, this was contributed quite largely to Safari taking about 15% hit on my total CPU resources (this draw is pretty consistent whether the tab for Tom is even exposed or not, and even with the Safari app entirely hidden offscreen). By opening further windows/tabs at the same site (or links within the site), additional +15% hits follow pretty closely (so it isn't hard to completely swamp out with just a few windows open like this). If I close out all Tom sites, Safari drops to a comfy 5% (with regular fluctuations to 0%, which was completely unheard of before). That 5% is currently with 12 other tabs (various other websites) open over 2 browser windows. So clearly there is something funky with the Tom website that causes Safari to turn into a real pig.
Anybody else ever notice this with other sites they have visited in Safari? Something where most websites taking only fractions of a %, but one particular website seemingly carves out 50x that amount? It's just an interesting element I just noticed and wanted to share. Naturally this could vary quite a bit depending on the particular Mac you happen to work on, or maybe you happen to frequent a website that really hammers you with animated gif's.
I've resided to disabling plug-ins and disabling pictures (to block out resource hogging gif's) by default in my Safari settings. Then I click them on, as needed, if I am visiting a website where I need to see that stuff. That seems to keep the Safari resource appetite in check, except for this Tom website that will suck a windstorm of resources regardless of the settings. I am somewhat relieved to have discovered that now I can really make Safari run slim, if I only load up the Tom website only when I need it. This will make a BIG difference for my laptop in untethered mode. It was either shutdown Safari everytime I go out or bear a 50% drop in battery time, before. Now I won't have to shutdown Safari while in mobile mode, and I don't have to worry about a serious penalty in battery time.
As a sidenote, IE seems to have a similar response when loading up the Tom site, but not quite as extreme.
Anybody else care to share their Safari bloat experiences?
Anybody else ever notice this with other sites they have visited in Safari? Something where most websites taking only fractions of a %, but one particular website seemingly carves out 50x that amount? It's just an interesting element I just noticed and wanted to share. Naturally this could vary quite a bit depending on the particular Mac you happen to work on, or maybe you happen to frequent a website that really hammers you with animated gif's.
I've resided to disabling plug-ins and disabling pictures (to block out resource hogging gif's) by default in my Safari settings. Then I click them on, as needed, if I am visiting a website where I need to see that stuff. That seems to keep the Safari resource appetite in check, except for this Tom website that will suck a windstorm of resources regardless of the settings. I am somewhat relieved to have discovered that now I can really make Safari run slim, if I only load up the Tom website only when I need it. This will make a BIG difference for my laptop in untethered mode. It was either shutdown Safari everytime I go out or bear a 50% drop in battery time, before. Now I won't have to shutdown Safari while in mobile mode, and I don't have to worry about a serious penalty in battery time.
As a sidenote, IE seems to have a similar response when loading up the Tom site, but not quite as extreme.
Anybody else care to share their Safari bloat experiences?
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Originally posted by Randycat99
I have recently isolated that by having the www.tomshardware.com website open in my Safari browser, this was contributed quite largely to Safari taking about 15% hit on my total CPU resources (this draw is pretty consistent whether the tab for Tom is even exposed or not, and even with the Safari app entirely hidden offscreen). By opening further windows/tabs at the same site (or links within the site), additional +15% hits follow pretty closely (so it isn't hard to completely swamp out with just a few windows open like this). If I close out all Tom sites, Safari drops to a comfy 5% (with regular fluctuations to 0%, which was completely unheard of before). That 5% is currently with 12 other tabs (various other websites) open over 2 browser windows. So clearly there is something funky with the Tom website that causes Safari to turn into a real pig.
Anybody else ever notice this with other sites they have visited in Safari? Something where most websites taking only fractions of a %, but one particular website seemingly carves out 50x that amount? It's just an interesting element I just noticed and wanted to share. Naturally this could vary quite a bit depending on the particular Mac you happen to work on, or maybe you happen to frequent a website that really hammers you with animated gif's.
I've resided to disabling plug-ins and disabling pictures (to block out resource hogging gif's) by default in my Safari settings. Then I click them on, as needed, if I am visiting a website where I need to see that stuff. That seems to keep the Safari resource appetite in check, except for this Tom website that will suck a windstorm of resources regardless of the settings. I am somewhat relieved to have discovered that now I can really make Safari run slim, if I only load up the Tom website only when I need it. This will make a BIG difference for my laptop in untethered mode. It was either shutdown Safari everytime I go out or bear a 50% drop in battery time, before. Now I won't have to shutdown Safari while in mobile mode, and I don't have to worry about a serious penalty in battery time.
As a sidenote, IE seems to have a similar response when loading up the Tom site, but not quite as extreme.
Anybody else care to share their Safari bloat experiences?
It's all the Flash and animated GIF banner ads. Sites that use a lot of them will start to hog resources... even in Firefox. It could also be some javascript stuff that associated with the banner adds. Maybe someone made a really crappy JS for reloading the images that uses up tons of resources...
I guess the "reloading images JS" idea is an interesting possibility...kinda ironic if the pix are disabled, but the mere act of reloading blank place holders becomes a great processing ordeal for Safari, eh?
Originally posted by Randycat99
No doubt!
At that point the only thing that is left is Javascript that could be the problem. File a bug report with Apple on it maybe. It could be a bug with something the JS is doing on their site in Safari.
Originally posted by pyr3
At that point the only thing that is left is Javascript that could be the problem. File a bug report with Apple on it maybe. It could be a bug with something the JS is doing on their site in Safari.
Good call, I'll do that now.