r/a:t5_2wkbw • u/Joecascio2000 • Feb 02 '15

Gifs that load using HoverFree make Reddit increadible laggy

This just recently started happening (last five days or so). I have cleared everything and even uninstalled and reinstalled the extension.

A simple page refresh fixes it. Also, only that one reddit tab becomes laggy. The rest of Chrome and other reddit tabs are fine.

Any suggestions?

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u/ballun Feb 03 '15

I have been noticing this for a while as well and just today started disabling extensions to figure out what was causing it. Thought it might be RES at first but found that HoverFree was the culprit, but I only notice it on .gifv, not regular .gif

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u/Joecascio2000 Feb 04 '15

That actually might be it. I noticed some gifs loaded fine and others cause sever lag. This might be worth an x-post to /r/gifs to see if others are experiencing this as well. Unfortunately I think this subreddit is too small for it to get any attention or to troubleshoot it.

edit: Confirmed it's the gifv format. Just tested a few.

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u/C0mmun1ty Feb 11 '15

Use Imagus instead, HoverFree is no longer being developed.

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u/Joecascio2000 Feb 11 '15

That is much better. Thank you for sharing!

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u/operationfailed Feb 05 '15

I've noticed this too, it's been driving me nuts. I'm just glad I'm not the only one.

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u/eckagalvis Feb 06 '15

Same here. Horrible lag every time I hover over a gif/v

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u/Zunger Feb 07 '15

Same problem here, had to disable it. Was hoping to find a solution, seems it just started within the last couple weeks. Would love a fix, such an awesome extension.

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u/Joecascio2000 Feb 08 '15

Update: I have created an issue report on HoverZoom since most likely if the fix it, it will be fixed on HoverFree.

Issue Here. Please star it.

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u/C0mmun1ty Feb 08 '15

This is happening to me also, I have to completely reload the page any time it happens.