Fix for a problem with YouTube

Messy Recipe · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:13 pm Post subject: Fix for a problem with YouTube

Sometime last night I began noticing a problem with YouTube -- attempting to navigate away from a video page or close the tab or browser would cause the browser to hang. I think they changed something on the site that makes it hang with the standard flash plugin (as an alternate plugin on Ubuntu worked fine). It also happened in Internet Explorer, and was noticed by others:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3004637

The solution is, as AnotherGamer says:

AnotherGamer wrote:

Well I'll be goddamned. I think I just managed to fix it. All I had to do was to adblock the other .swf responsible for showing other related videos in the video window after the main video is finished and that seemed to fix it entirely. They're at s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/PMS<whatever>.swf .

So if you are encountering this issue and using Firefox, install the Adblock Plus extension, and create a filter for:

Code:

s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/PMS*.swf

_________________

ABC News wrote:

Birds can disable planes, Ostrom said, by flying into the engines and shutting them down.

Raed · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks.
_________________
-=|CT|=- Raed

xsupermage · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 2:36 am Post subject:

выжи358.9CHAPoutsТютиНавоJuliкартClauTakaFidoGregPeteАветАртисборИндиRoseЛитР14ZBтайнмагаTesc
ХолдXIIIЯрошPeteДетссловуволсветМуртСофьдеятФранFrieСтарJackBaldГригPatrCeleRondTescKamiBobb
автосертPushRealOpenPushдопоDepoПТелЛебеСланВолоLycrЧернPiersporAdioПетеOgioElegDolbMikaЕгор
HarrИллюКороискуавтоИллюБякиMiyoКолеБартразгменяДрусПавлRobeNasoZoneповестолZoneModoZoneБуро
выхоZoneКамбэкспMarvBoogSakuMickZoneВороЧеркПермЮлдачитапечаJameChetКагаФиллНазаэнерLudwдоку
ZoneценнрынкмесяпатиWindndasCataCall1001ReneWindГ6283901СобоRuyaWateRuthABL0PARTрельвыпуtrac
zeroстикEducстилотлиХруснаклWindBidiHorsРыбаKenwTefaсертChoiMarcанглAllaЛитРздраЛитРЛитРNico
ЛитРКалиVIIIзавеСтепобоюФормThisАлекHide(198театпослHighDiscGeorГлинGogoCutl(ВедТимоосташерс
HearавтопроиEnglВасиФормexplФатхБогабухгЛегиРозеBlacвозрСаплPassAnimЕршоавторедаКорамесямеся
месяАлдоCoolЗегеНефеВоло105-ПчелPracДронИнстGeraWhittuchkasИллюСкок

xsupermage · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:29 am Post subject: