We don't care more about the CPU performance before. I just download the newest chrome(version 64) with a real-time CPU monitor. I will check the CPU performance and reply here if I get the result. Thanks for your feedback.
And there is never a coin miner javascript running in the background :)

Wally4u My system is behaving same without any issues, are you sure @WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL is the cause of it?

N0xiety My CPU usage is not exceeding 2%(It goes up and down... 2% is maximum with all the tabs and extensions running) with all the aforementioned stuff and I have opened 7tabs at the moment, and all of them related to Webnovel.com and webnovel.forum!! I am using Chrome

    GoGo Well, i'm using laptop, so it's understandable if you are using a desktop. Unless your computer is really ancient it's normal for you to have better performance.

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      N0xiety Nah I am on Laptop too....!! And this, my beautiful baby is 3-4 years old!!(I ain't no pedo)

        Well. .im using the app. .if cpu usage% is high, then, battery % drop will increase. .
        Well, is still the same (for me) . .

          GoGo Well, yes @WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL is the "cause" since thats the only website that is open.

          Further investigation:
          High CPU is only when tab is front. its significantly less when in background.
          CPU impact is Firefox > Safari > Chrome.
          There is a difference when I enable "Tracking protection" in firefox. Is is trying to keep loading blocked elements?
          MacOS (OSX) is more sensitive than windows 10 for some reason. MacOS is my macbook pro vs Win10 Desktop.

            I use the site through a mobile browser on my tablet. I tend to preload pages at home because I read on the train where there isn't much connection. Every time I interact with the screen, the site tells me I'm offline. This used to only happen on the final loaded chapter, but now it's happening on all of them. I'm guessing this change might be related to the high CPU usage.

            It may be trying to keep track of your progress for your library better or there may be something inefficient with the infinite scroll. Of course ads are always suspect.

            I'd love to know what it is so I'm not out of battery when I'm returning home. Otherwise, there's always reading material on less energy consuming sites.

            Has anyone tried a MacBook Pro (10.13.2) with Firefox?

              What kind of CPU do you have. I cant get past 1% on my laptop

                Wally4u

                I use MBP(10.13.1) with 4-core intel i5 2.3ghz, I didn't encounter this issue. Did you try only open webnovel in the firefox? thanks.

                  Hi shllove . Yes only webnovel.
                  Before the screenshots:
                  Fresh restart, only Firefox running and activiity monitor.
                  Tracking protection disabled, Ghostery disabled, AdBlockPlus disabled.
                  After a minute or two, the fan starts running.
                  See link for screenshots.

                  Using MBP 10.13.3 (17D47)
                  I should also note that browsing the forum (here) does not result into high CPU usage.

                    i didnt experience that in my laptop

                      a month later

                      hi, same problem here.
                      trying firefox plugin umatrix and blocking www.yueimg.com css solves the high cpu usage
                      but without css is no solution

                        While I have never had the site use up that much of my processor.

                        The main problem most likely is one of three things, what ever they use to track where you go on the site, what novels you are reading where you read to and so on. Which we know they do.

                        Or the ads, Banner ads are notorious for destroying website performance. Considering one is at the bottom of every single chapter. If you load more then one chapter by scrolling on further down, you will quickly ramp up the amount of banner ads that are loading and running. I personally have seen the site uses less of my CPU when running some type of ad blocker(relax admins I turn it off for legit sites like yours). Even tho that should use up almost more because its another process running in the background.

                        Or you simply need to run some anti malware/spyware. Most the time it is this tho, make sure your protection is up to date and scan often. Also try clearing your cache. Because it could be all the cookies you get from ads.

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