Using the manjaro-forum site causing heavy cpu payload

i don’t know what causes the problem but as soon as i’m opening the manjaro forum-site the cpu get’s heavy cpu-payload and the thermals rise up to the limits so the cpu starts throtteling. i’m using the actual firefox. this behaviour is only on the forum site. as soon as i close the site everthing get’s back to normal.
any suggestions ?

Since it is not a general problem it is something local to your system.

My first suggestion is to empty your browser cache.

Maybe disable any browser profile cache services.

i tried but it doesn’t fix the problem.

  1. Try Incognito mode.
  2. Try another browser.

You do mean https://forum.manjaro.org right?

I get the same issue. I believe it is due to the seasonal touch to the forum website of the dynamic falling snow background being CPU intensive.

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I noticed the same behavior when choosing the Material Design Theme XMAS from Preferences > Interface > Theme, or when you’re not logged in the Forum.
If you switch to a different theme in the user preferences, CPU usage drops to normal.

Maybe the theme that was applied to the Forum platform is similar to this one?

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I’m scrolling through and reading through posts and I noticed my fan is running really high. I checked Htop and I noticed Firefox is using around 90% CPU. I closed it and checked a few other pages with no issues. I came back here and it’s eating up my CPU again.

Similar escalating cpu use and temps with the fancy background. Is there a way to stop the effect?

Look at the posts above yours.
It is the forum theme, which you can change.
(and why I didnt notice as I use the dark one)

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I changed to the dark theme and it solved the problem. Thanks.

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The local thing being your selection of theme :grin: because I have not seen snowfall in my browser.

EDIT - just checked the themes available - and I am using the non material dark theme which is not causing much fuzz.

Lets not forget that a browser is an application - an extensible one - using client side javascript - and the snow fall is a javascript loaded clientside by the theme - and from the looks of it - these snowflakes will require some the browser to get to work.

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Ok then, thanks for a solution… Someone would have to join the forum and change the theme to circumvent the issue. Reading the forum without being logged in [as a user], the problem is there because the fancy animated seems to be default. Maybe just me.

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Nope @palo, it’s not just you : it’s ridiculous !

I may understand that some joy & fun is needed in these difficult times, but setting a theme that just KILLS the visitors CPU and daring telling “change the theme in your personal setup” as a solution is abyssal stupidity…

Please immediately revert to something with no technical toll !!!

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