Feed for vice.com is slow as dirt on Chrome

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#1

The feed for vice.com is super-slow to display on chrome for Windows. Seems ok on Firefox.

#2

I’m having the same issue with the Engadget RSS feed (http://www.engadget.com/rss.xml). Navigating through the feed is very slow. I tried Vice as well (http://www.vice.com/rss) like the OP, and had the same results.

I’m using Vivaldi browser (Chromium based). Checking the browser task manager shows me the Newsblur tab jumps to 100% CPU usage whenever I scroll the feed. Usage stays minimal for other feeds. Runs perfectly on Edge.

#3

This is still occurring, and also noticed the Engadget feed browsing is equally slow and jittery on the Android Newsblur app.

#4

Still happening. Engadget feed causes noticeable slowdown. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

#5

No developer feedback on this is kinda upsetting. Been a premium user for years but I can’t even get a “we’ll look into this” or a “can’t reproduce” on a problem? Still slow/choppy experience scrolling through the Engadget feed, even though I’m using a 16-core Ryzen (not as bad as when I was using a 4-core when this issue was originally reported).
Seems Chromium related. Edge used to not have the issue, but now that it’s using Chromium I am seeing the slowdown on Edge as well.

#6

Hi, the issue is that I can’t reproduce the issue. These feeds load fast for me. Can you post a full browser screenshot of the feed when it’s slow so I can see if it’s specific to how many stories are loaded or which view you’re in.

#7

I’ve tried the feed at NewsBlur and it’s image and video heavy. Switch to the List view in the bottom right and that should help as then only a single story is loaded at a time. You can also turn on single story mode for any other view in the Style popover.