any way to disable jsMath ?

[makc]

it keeps freezing my browser

[Lazar]

A common problem. You can tweak it a bit through the jsmath control panel, but I don't think there's any way to disable it entirely.

[makc]

I just tried to block jsMath using following PAC file:

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function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {

   // block http://forums.xkcd.com/jsMath/easy/load.js
   if (url.indexOf ("jsMath") > -1) {

      // non-existing proxy
      return "PROXY 127.0.0.1:8080";
   }

   // no proxy for everything else
   return "DIRECT";
}

This does have an effect, because I can no longer download jsMath/easy/load.js BUT xkcd pages with jsMath still freeze

[makc]

I can no longer download jsMath/easy/load.js

oh wait now I can, again, although I just tested it... edit: looks like IE inherits proxy settings from the page where this is linked from. I can open new IE window, try jsMath script URL directly, and it fails; then I go to this thread and click on the link - and it loads. Fuсk IE! Looks like I need some sort of ad block plugin.

[Naurgul]

Is it possible to make it stop freezing the browser, then? For me, the problem only happens with non-inline math.

[makc]

ok, this thing has finally done it for me. I am happy now, unsubscribing

[jestingrabbit]

If you "force asynchronous processing" in the jsmath control panel it should stop locking up for you.

[Naurgul]

Spoiler:

(\forall\iota\in I)(\kappa_\iota<\lambda_\iota)\ \Longrightarrow\ \sum_{\iota\in I}\kappa_\iota < \prod_{\iota\in I}\lambda_\iota

If you "force asynchronous processing" in the jsmath control panel it should stop locking up for you.

Thanks, it worked.

[pseudoidiot]

Also, save your settings for a nice long time (the max is 5 years it looks like). Otherwise, you'll soon see the same problem again. Took me a while to realize that setting was there in the options panel.

[Naurgul]

Thanks for the heads up. The default option is for one session only.

[Dason]

I know not everybody will have the ability to do this but if you download the jsmath fonts the pages load significantly faster.

[makc]

ok, this thing has finally done it for me. I am happy now, unsubscribing

right, but now this thing started to ask for moneys, so I'm back here

If you "force asynchronous processing" in the jsmath control panel it should stop locking up for you.

Although working for NAurgul, in my IE7 browser it does not help, the only change I have is clicking sound during browser lock-up. I guess I will have to visit xkcd in old FF 2.x (which is slow as hell, but jsmath doesnt work there, so it's faster than IE7 with working jsmath).

[makc]

...but jsmath doesnt work there...

crap... it DOES And I can't get working adblock for such an old FF. Royally skrewed Fuсk. I'm deleting this old piece of crap (FF).

edit: YAY! Finally, FF 3.x + Adblock Plus, rule /jsMath/ - bliss, again

[Red Hal]

The easiest way is to switch to one of the subsilver variants, neither of which have the jsmath script implemented. Of course, this makes parts of the maths forum unreadable, but there is a price for everything.

[tastelikecoke]

I know not everybody will have the ability to do this but if you download the jsmath fonts the pages load significantly faster.

There are a ton of them, It's irritating to stick 25 fonts just to make a forum faster.

[PM 2Ring]

FWIW, jsMath used to work fine on my home machine, a year or so ago, but these days it can't find all the fonts. I agree with tasteslikecoke that it's a PITA to have to DL & install them all separately. And on my work machine, I can't install anything, so that's not an option.

But I do have a "workaround": select the asynchronous processing option, and when you load a thread that has LaTex that you don't wish to view, hit the ESC key a few times, and it'll stop doing the jsMath. This speeds up things considerably, IME.

[RoadieRich]

You can easily set up a filter using something like adblock. It should be available (in one form or another) for all the major browsers. Just set up a filter to block any url containing "jsMath", and problem solved.

[Lazar]

The "force asynchronous processing" thing seems to mostly fix the problem for me. (Even though I have no idea what the hell asynchronous processing is.)

[hintss]

my guess is that it either tells it to load the page then process maths, or forces it to be multithreaded.

and yes, asynchronous processing works