Hi, @ all

following another thread here, I ran a Google search, which came up with
this URL:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Steatopygous

After a couple of seconds, I got a warning box, saying that the site was
running a script that was causing FF (here FF 1.0.7) to run slowly and
would possibly, if left running, cause my system to collapse!

Anyone who can replicate this - and anyone know what causes it??

I have *never* seen this error-message before!

reg

squaredancer wrote:
> Hi, @ all
>
> following another thread here, I ran a Google search, which came up with
> this URL:
>
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Steatopygous
>
> After a couple of seconds, I got a warning box, saying that the site was
> running a script that was causing FF (here FF 1.0.7) to run slowly and
> would possibly, if left running, cause my system to collapse!
>
> Anyone who can replicate this - and anyone know what causes it??
>
> I have *never* seen this error-message before!
>
> reg

My first 2 guesses:
1. You've got some extension running, and/or
2. You need to change the car around the oil (FF 1.0.7 -> FF 1.5.x)

....on the other hand, after clicking [Search] for Steatopygous (nice
word...), the page seems to never finish loading (it does, eventually),
keeping at some silly business first with a googlesyndication link, then
with a a.freedictionary.com link.

Checking page source for culprit candidates:

<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

and

<td align=right nowrap><iframe width=170 height=60 scrolling=no
frameborder=0
SRC="http://a.thefreedictionary.com/get.aspx?site=dictionary&size=120x60"></iframe></td>

Any smarter takers from here on?

BR,
Gudmund

squaredancer wrote:
> Hi, @ all
>
> following another thread here, I ran a Google search, which came up with
> this URL:
>
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Steatopygous
>
> After a couple of seconds, I got a warning box, saying that the site was
> running a script that was causing FF (here FF 1.0.7) to run slowly and
> would possibly, if left running, cause my system to collapse!
>
> Anyone who can replicate this - and anyone know what causes it??
>
> I have *never* seen this error-message before!
>
> reg
Nope, no problem here. Have you been mucking around with your user
agent?

--
Things to Ponder about: If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make
a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

squaredancer wrote:
> Hi, @ all
>
> following another thread here, I ran a Google search, which came up with
> this URL:
>
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Steatopygous
>
> After a couple of seconds, I got a warning box, saying that the site was
> running a script that was causing FF (here FF 1.0.7) to run slowly and
> would possibly, if left running, cause my system to collapse!
>
> Anyone who can replicate this - and anyone know what causes it??
>
> I have *never* seen this error-message before!
>
> reg

Hi,

I have seen similar warnings with FF 1.0.X, don't have access to check
anymore.

Type about:config in the URL address bar and pressing enter.
Then dom.max_script_run_time in the filter bar

what is your current value? try increasing it and restart FF

Ian

squaredancer wrote:
> Hi, @ all
>
> following another thread here, I ran a Google search, which came up with
> this URL:
>
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Steatopygous
>
> After a couple of seconds, I got a warning box, saying that the site was
> running a script that was causing FF (here FF 1.0.7) to run slowly and
> would possibly, if left running, cause my system to collapse!
>
> Anyone who can replicate this - and anyone know what causes it??
>
> I have *never* seen this error-message before!
>
> reg

I have seen it before. I cannot recall if it was before or after I
upgraded to 1.5. It was on a Yahoo message board. It only appeared
when one specific flash ad appeared. Other flash ads ran fine. After a
while, I could tell when it was going to appear, as FF would slow to a
crawl, unable to scroll, etc.

The message would appear & give me the option of killing the script or
allowing it to continue. After killing it, FF would respond normally again.

A few days after emailing Yahoo about the problem, the ad seemed to
disappear from the rotation. Whether or not they got enough complaints,
or the advertiser just went on to a new ad, who knows. That was the
only time I have come across that error message.

FWIW, I did not have any problems with your cited URL, using 1.5.0.2.

--
Alex

On 25.04.2006 09:53, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Hearts to
generate the following:? :

> squaredancer wrote:
>
>> Hi, @ all
>>
>> following another thread here, I ran a Google search, which came up
>> with this URL:
>>
>> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Steatopygous
>>
>> After a couple of seconds, I got a warning box, saying that the site
>> was running a script that was causing FF (here FF 1.0.7) to run
>> slowly and would possibly, if left running, cause my system to collapse!
>>
>> Anyone who can replicate this - and anyone know what causes it??
>>
>> I have *never* seen this error-message before!
>>
>> reg
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have seen similar warnings with FF 1.0.X, don't have access to check
> anymore.
>
> Type about:config in the URL address bar and pressing enter.
> Then dom.max_script_run_time in the filter bar
>
> what is your current value? try increasing it and restart FF
>
> Ian

thanks Ian (and Gudmund.. only Bookmark Backup and BGM Manager running)
and gw (I'm on WIN-XP now)

I changed from the original (default??) 5 to 8 to 15, but I still get
the error. Do you know what the max value would be, or what size changes
make a difference?
As it is *only* this one site - so far - I won't worry about it,
especially as Gudmund also seems to have detected some bad codelines..
but it is interesting 8-)

reg

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dom.max_script_run_time

Setting this preference to 0 will allow the script to run for as long
as it needs. However, I wouldn't recommend that. Set it to some high
value.

On 26.04.2006 09:25, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused ratan to
generate the following:? :

>http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dom.max_script_run_time
>
>Setting this preference to 0 will allow the script to run for as long
>as it needs. However, I wouldn't recommend that. Set it to some high
>value.
>
>
>
thanks for that URL :-)

reg