# Why does the straight dope page do this? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 18, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-straight-dope-page-do-this/681600 "2014-02-18T05:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_York](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-straight-dope-page-do-this/681600/1 "2014-02-18T05:07:17Z")
Why does the straight dope page do this? [https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y6Ss\_jcI90s/UwLqJzskJqI/AAAAAAAAMLw/D6mtkuE4aWs/w1273-h558-no/dope.jpg](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y6Ss_jcI90s/UwLqJzskJqI/AAAAAAAAMLw/D6mtkuE4aWs/w1273-h558-no/dope.jpg) I’m running chrome, and this is the only site where it happens. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-straight-dope-page-do-this/681600/2 "2014-02-18T11:56:00Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from General Questions to About This Message Board. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-straight-dope-page-do-this/681600/3 "2014-02-18T13:56:12Z")
FYI, I use Chrome, on Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1, and never saw this. How often does that happen? If you haven’t already, clear the cache and see if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-straight-dope-page-do-this/681600/4 "2014-02-18T14:17:09Z")
That looks like whatever “View Source” is called in Chrome. Do you have anything in your menus that lets you display the HTML coding of a web page? If so, try toggling that option to see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-straight-dope-page-do-this/681600/5 "2014-02-18T14:19:39Z")
This may be helpful: > **[Fix "Aw, Snap!" page crashes and other page loading errors - Computer -...](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95669?hl=en&visit_id=638220931875394549-4031314060&rd=2)** > > If you're getting the "Aw, Snap" error or another error code instead of a webpage, Chrome is having problems loading. You might also see the page loading slowly or not opening at all. > If you receive The most helpful suggestions on it look to me to be to clear your browser cache, clear other data (I assume they mean cookies, which will mean that you will have to log in here again), and disable extensions that may be interfering with the page loading. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_York](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-straight-dope-page-do-this/681600/6 "2014-02-18T22:52:43Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > FYI, I use Chrome, on Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1, and never saw this. > > How often does that happen? > > If you haven’t already, clear the cache and see if that helps. It only happens about twice a week. I have taken your advice and cleared the cache, so here’s hoping. Thanks