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This Guardian newpaper page hangs on loading but Chrome has no problem - please help me avoid Google !

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/mar/29/coronavirus-map-of-the-us-latest-cases-state-by-state does not finish loading and hangs computer.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/mar/29/coronavirus-map-of-the-us-latest-cases-state-by-state does not finish loading and hangs computer.

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Hmm . . . . I had the same problem. I let the page finish loading and had less hesitation. Then I noticed that whenever the US map was displayed, the problem returned.

I used "Inspect Element" and removed the map and the problem was gone. So the map is the problem.

cor-el
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No problems here with the Johns Hopkins map (lots of content blocked by Tracking Protection). The map is a SVG image with 3058 nodes.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window

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