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Public bug reported:

Sites that use a large amount of offsite loaded scripts have a tendency
to crash the Ubuntu browswer (on a BQ M10 tablet)

I cannot pinpoint what scripts actually cause the issue. 
But if i load a site on another PC with firefox, then i always see heaps of off-site loaded scripts (no-script then gives a big list of url's)  This is what stood out when loading a few sites that crashed the Ubuntu browser in Firefox on another PC.

Mainly news-sites / magazine style sites.

optimizily, sharetrough, demdex, clicktale, 6cs, rubicon, adobe,
scorecard, jldbt, amazon, typekit, chartbeat, indexww, disqus,
mediavoice, etc. The craplist goes on and on and on.

In a way i'm hoping for no-script as an option in Ubuntu browser as a
way to block sites that waste ever more time, energy and mobile
bandwidth. And now also waste time due to crashing ubuntu browser.

** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: browser chrash ubuntu

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Title:
  Sites with many off site scripts tend to crash the Ubuntu browser

Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Sites that use a large amount of offsite loaded scripts have a
  tendency to crash the Ubuntu browswer (on a BQ M10 tablet)

  I cannot pinpoint what scripts actually cause the issue. 
  But if i load a site on another PC with firefox, then i always see heaps of off-site loaded scripts (no-script then gives a big list of url's)  This is what stood out when loading a few sites that crashed the Ubuntu browser in Firefox on another PC.

  Mainly news-sites / magazine style sites.

  optimizily, sharetrough, demdex, clicktale, 6cs, rubicon, adobe,
  scorecard, jldbt, amazon, typekit, chartbeat, indexww, disqus,
  mediavoice, etc. The craplist goes on and on and on.

  In a way i'm hoping for no-script as an option in Ubuntu browser as a
  way to block sites that waste ever more time, energy and mobile
  bandwidth. And now also waste time due to crashing ubuntu browser.

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