Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2017 January 26

= January 26 =

Firefox vs large images
Yesterday in a heroic feat my Firefox 50.1.0 managed to load and open a 10,380 × 6,719 px image. Sometimes, however, it fails to load even smaller images, today for instance it loaded a 7,360×4,912 px-image only after a second try. Can't figure out why this happens, seemingly cache purging doesn't help and probably internet connection isn't implicated (running on Win 7, 2 GB RAM). Brandmeistertalk  12:54, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


 * That isn't much RAM by today's standards, you might try an upgrade (or a new computer). That's my only guess. I'm having no problems with Win10 / Firefox 50.1.0 / 8 GB. When I want to examine the pupils of Donald Trump's eyes, I view File:Donald Trump official portrait.jpg at full size (4,032 × 5,040). No problem viewing your larger example, although it took 6 or 8 seconds to download (wi-fi). &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  13:16, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I've only 1 GB RAM on the machine I'm currently using, and I get a message that your 10,380 × 6,719 px image cannot be displayed because "it contains errors". The next size down displays perfectly.  I always blame intermittent internet problems.  I've no trouble with the Donald Trump portrait, though it takes a while to load.    D b f i r s   13:49, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Flush browser caches STRG+SHIFT+DEL in browser. Else use CCleaner. -- Hans Haase (有问题吗) 21:07, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * No need, it's working now in just 1 GB of RAM (and still running several other applications), so the problem must have been with the internet connection. I wonder why Brandmeister thinks his internet is not implicated.    D b f i r s   21:21, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I was not sure whether it's internet. Brandmeistertalk  20:16, 27 January 2017 (UTC)