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Old May 28, 2015 | 5:13 pm
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rgdave
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Please stop the flash ads

The past few weeks I've noticed that my browser is often slowing to a crawl (and doesn't matter what browser I use, IE, Chrome or Firefox). Jerky scrolling, slow page loads, and on and on. I was able to narrow it down to only happening when I've visited FT or have an FT tab open. The slowdown is totally related to Adobe Flash. If I kill flash in task manager (which causes the plugin to crash, so no Flash ads for the time being), everything's back to normal. But if I don't deactivate the Flash plugin, the next page I visit on FT with a FLash ad (and those omnipresent Citi AA ads seem to be the main culprit), the ads appear again, and the browser slows to a crawl.
I use Flash all the time on other sites with no problem. So there's some problem with how Flash ads are being delivered on FT. It's not a user problem. Don't keep asking users to post screen shots. There are enough posts on here saying pointing the finger at your Flash ads.
Please fix this, or move to an ad system that doesn't use flash.
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