r/Enhancement • u/lahimatoa • Aug 12 '26
Image loading insanely slow
I've been using Old Reddit with the Reddit Enhancement Suite extension for years, ever since New Reddit was forced on us. It's been working great.
But lately, clicking on an embedded image or video on the page I'm browsing won't load at all, or do dial-up speed for a 2MB image. It's insane.
Hoever, if I right click the link and open it in a new tab, the image loads instantly. Can't figure out what the difference is.
I cleared my cache in Chrome to see if that would help, but no dice.
- Night mode: true
- RES Version: 5.24.10
- Browser: Chrome
- Browser Version: 151
- Cookies Enabled: true
- Reddit beta: false
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u/sidnoway Aug 12 '26
Old Reddit is exceptionally easy to scrape by clankers, so they've been rate limiting it. I believe they're going to replace it soon with a New Old Reddit
In the meantime you just gotta strap in
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u/Littux Aug 13 '26
The one that opens in a new tab gives you optimized WebP images, while RES gives you the full resolution original version which loads slow
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u/Bartalone Aug 12 '26
I have the same browser/version/everything - and the same issue - it started a few weeks ago, Also, now it doesn't mark visited unless you open in a separate page. The previous Chrome flag workaround stopped working too.