# Cheezburger and browser problems
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheezburger-and-browser-problems/690850
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 15, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheezburger-and-browser-problems/690850 "2014-06-15T20:50:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheezburger-and-browser-problems/690850/1 "2014-06-15T20:50:57Z")
I use an old (in the computer world) Mac laptop with an older version of Firefox - 16.0.2. I can’t update it because I don’t have whatever OS is after 10.5.8. I have been have trouble looking at any of the sites owned by [cheezburger.com](http://cheezburger.com) which I put down to having an “old” browser.
However, today I tried it out on Hubby’s new PC which is running IE 11.0.9 (yeah, yeah, I know - it’s a work laptop) and the same thing happened - the page froze. On his machine I could open new tabs and do other things, but couldn’t do anything with the cheezburger page. On my machine, I have to force quit the whole browser.
Anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening? I haven’t written to [cheezburger.com](http://cheezburger.com) because in the past they haven’t answered.
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### Author:  [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheezburger-and-browser-problems/690850/2 "2014-06-15T21:30:20Z")
16 isn’t that old for firefox, since they went to the rapid release schedule. And the behavior you describe (getting a similar problem in IE) means it **probably** is not your browser.
It could be a problem with the site itself, or your ISP. The site works fine for me in Firefox and IE, so it’s probably not the site itself. It could be your ISP has an outdated version of some script on the site in their cache, or are stripping out necessary parts of the site (quite possible if you’re using an inet connection provided by school, work, or a public agency).
You could try browsing the site through a proxy/anonymizing service\* to see if it’s your connection. Additionally, you might consider installing an ad/script-blocking extension on Firefox, like Adblock Plus or Ghostery. If the problem is caused by a misbehaving ad script, that would eliminate the problem.
- there are tons of free websites out there that do this. Usually, you just type the address into a text box and they pass along the version of that page they received.
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### Author:  [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheezburger-and-browser-problems/690850/3 "2014-06-15T21:53:26Z")
> [@dstarfire](#):
>
> 16 isn’t that old for firefox, since they went to the rapid release schedule. And the behavior you describe (getting a similar problem in IE) means it **probably** is not your browser.
>
> It could be a problem with the site itself, or your ISP. The site works fine for me in Firefox and IE, so it’s probably not the site itself. It could be your ISP has an outdated version of some script on the site in their cache, or are stripping out necessary parts of the site (quite possible if you’re using an inet connection provided by school, work, or a public agency).
>
> You could try browsing the site through a proxy/anonymizing service\* to see if it’s your connection. Additionally, you might consider installing an ad/script-blocking extension on Firefox, like Adblock Plus or Ghostery. If the problem is caused by a misbehaving ad script, that would eliminate the problem.
>
> - there are tons of free websites out there that do this. Usually, you just type the address into a text box and they pass along the version of that page they received.
I am sometimes getting a warning message about a script not doing something it is supposed to, so that may be the issue. I should download at [adblockplus.org](http://adblockplus.org)?
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### Author:  [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheezburger-and-browser-problems/690850/4 "2014-06-16T04:47:18Z")
As it turns out, I can’t use Adblock Plus with this version of Firefox. I’ll look for Ghostery.
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### Author:  [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheezburger-and-browser-problems/690850/5 "2014-06-16T20:52:48Z")
I’d start with [addons.mozilla.org](http://addons.mozilla.org) . They’ll show you the extension versions compatible with your version fo firefox.
So, it definitely sounds like a script isn’t behaving for you, and ghostery or adblock plus may block it (assuming it’s used for advertising or junk, and not an essential part of the page).
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### Author:  [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheezburger-and-browser-problems/690850/6 "2014-06-17T03:31:40Z")
> [@dstarfire](#):
>
> I’d start with [addons.mozilla.org](http://addons.mozilla.org) . They’ll show you the extension versions compatible with your version fo firefox.
>
> So, it definitely sounds like a script isn’t behaving for you, and ghostery or adblock plus may block it (assuming it’s used for advertising or junk, and not an essential part of the page).
OK, it’s on and I am going to restart and see if it works! 🙂
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### Author:  [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheezburger-and-browser-problems/690850/7 "2014-06-17T04:22:41Z")
:whispers:
I think it’s working …