Links To The Edp

[MauriceMynah]

I don't know if I'm alone in this but if I open a link to a newspaper, especially the EDP, this tired old laptop of mine really struggles. It is my belief that it's all the Ads and similar that pay for people to read the on-line version of the EDP actually in my case, render it unreadable. I waited for 20 minutes or more when trying to load the link in the "BA gets slated" thread, but it locked my computer out for quite a while.

Is anybody else having this problem? 

[Regulo]

You really should update that IBM 286, MM. I know you loved your Commodore, but you had to get rid of that last year. So bite the bullet and lash out on something from the 20th century. There's a nice Pentium down at the council recycling depot. I could pick it up for you, if you like?

[MauriceMynah]

Yes please, and I'll hold you to that. :-)

[VetChugger]

Nay MM.I have exactly the same problem but only if trying to open them with firefox. If I use Explorer or Edge they open OK.

Plus, most of them take umbrage to my ad blocker!

[Regulo]

I'll get it if it's still there, MM. Anything else I can look out for? Nokia 3310? Polaroid camera? 8mm movie camera? Corby trouser press? Ford Cortina Mk3? Let me know.

[BroadAmbition]

Don't forget to get him a twin tub, bow and arrows and a tablet - Stone one of course

Griff

[Regulo]

He's moved on from the stone tablet Griff, he's using chalk and slate now. 

[BroadAmbition]

Ooops, my mistake!

Griff

[Baitrunner]

It can be a bit slow on the iPhone, but I’m talking seconds not minutes!!! Is your dial up modem working ok? 

stop reading toot on the EDP site and move onto a more reliable and informative publication like the Suffolk Gazette. 

[Londonlad1985]

9 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

Is anybody else having this problem? 

Yes! Not quite to the extent it locks the machine, but It's the same with the several other click bait websites.... I mean local newspapers I look at from time to time. I'm convinced it's all the advertising and link too. 

[RumPunch]

I find EDP viewed through internet explorer is slow and glitches. Run it through Firefox and it's much better

[MauriceMynah]

Thank you, I shall try that

[Regulo]

MM is now scouring the countryside for a fox to set on fire.

[MauriceMynah]

32 minutes ago, Regulo said:

MM is now scouring the countryside for a fox to set on fire.

Not to be confused with a "Brush fire".

I am trying Edge, and it seems to be an improvement. I had been using IE as I'd always preferred it. 

[TheQ]

I'm sat here on a fairly new pc (though this one doesn't have a solid state drive many of them do). The internet connection is fibre to the building..

The EDP is still slow to load as are all the newspapers, it's the fact they load all their adverts with pictures that are often moving...

[vanessan]

15 minutes ago, TheQ said:

I'm sat here on a fairly new pc (though this one doesn't have a solid state drive many of them do). The internet connection is fibre to the building..

The EDP is still slow to load as are all the newspapers, it's the fact they load all their adverts with pictures that are often moving...

Agreed. We recently moved to fibre broadband, downloads are faster but the associated adverts etc really do slow things.