Image heavy pages -PC crash/freeze

[tali100]

My PC is a bit old(no don't tell me to get a new one!) -problem is that image heavy pages on here( eg what have you seen thread) are making my PC crash/freeze - is there any way of viewing them in a different setting?

[markbognor]

Could you hit stop (red X) moments after you open the page then right click - show picture to retrieve one at a time, and if you are not interested in the thread you don't have to download them all.

Thats a bit heath robinson i know but its what i'd do. Someone will be along with a propper solution shortly.

[tux]

The only other solution I can think of is turning off images in your profile. But that kind of defeats the object of the forum! ;D

[BenzBoy]

This isn't a lot of help, but it used to happen with my old laptop, to the point where I'd just not be able to click on awesome stuff like MaxN's Cars and Coffee threads.

I used to click "stop" before the images had loaded, but half the time my computer would already be in the throes of a full-on spazz-out and lock up.

In the end the screen died and a new (cheapo) laptop solved it.

[tali100]

Thanks - isn't there a setting in the view toolbar or a keyboard button? - i do recall accidentally making pages text/images going very small - don't know if this will help?