[Bf-webcontent] "dotted semitransparent background image" in the header terribly slows my FF...

[Dan McGrath]

Hi,

I think I see what you mean, here in Chrome.

On the front page, the scrolling has a slight choppiness to it, while on
the download page it scrolls very smoothly.


Dan


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:05 AM, marco ardito <ardito at apiform.to.it> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> in the early "staging" site days I noticed a ugly locking of my browser
> (FF 17, ESR channel), but only on some pages...
> (ie: support/get involved/about) not on the others... really strange...
> the weird thing was that it reeeeally slowed all FF UI (also switch to
> another tab or opening FF menus)... in those days, after a few more
> tests, I then assumed my FF was really old, and I could have extensions
> conflicting with something...
> here was my post
> http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-webcontent/2013-July/001312.html
>
> A few days ago, i came back on "staging", and noticed it was the same...
> tried to start FF in "safe mode" but nothing changed... I decided to
> look more deeply (firebug), and noticed this:
>
> the element causing my "trouble" is in the
> "panel" class in "generic.css", ie:
> http://staging.blender.org/wp-content/themes/bthree/assets/css/generic.css
>
> which is imported by
> http://staging.blender.org/wp-content/themes/bthree/assets/css/bthree.css
>
> specifically, this css element:
> "background-image: radial-gradient(circle, transparent 10%, rgba(240,
> 240, 240, 0.65) 10%), radial-gradient(circle, rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.2)
> 10%, rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.65) 10%);"
>
> which enable the "dotted semitransparent background image" behind the
> header page title over the bg image showing blender renders/screens
>
> disabling this ccs element, I can use the page flawlessly (of course the
> "dotted semitransparent background image" is missing..), I can scroll,
> switch to other tabs and back, use FF normally. But with that setting, I
> have troubles.
>
> Other pages, "features" and "download" do not show this behaviour on my
> browser: they don't have the "dotted semitransparent background image"...
>
> Of course, I can live with this small bug, update my FF or use other
> browsers, but maybe you can notice this, and refer to my post if others
> notice similar issues, in the future, and know what happens...
>
> btw, good work guys, it is evolving really well!
> I would like to have more free time to help you there...
> --
> *Marco
> *
>
>
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