When reading chapters on PC site, opening the chapter list also displays the currently active/displayed chapter. However, switching to the Night Theme disables this feature entirely since the update.
What I mean with disables is, the current/active chapter is no longer highlighted. Which is quite confusing.
It's been months and still nothing... Why, oh Why @Webnovel . Give us this little respite of being able to edit reviews!
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GregLuck Agreed. there could also be ranking for reviewers, which could only be improved by taking a kind of an exam-like questionnaire, to rate their understanding of English grammar (which is something which should be paid a very, VERY, VEERYYY big attention to on this website's original novels) and stuff.
And only a separate rating for everyone else (where they can only give a rating, no comment/review accepted).
This way people can judge the disparity of ratings from those who have the least bit of credibility of rating novels against those who have absolutely none. By comparing the two, readers could more easily make their own impression of what is actually going on with the novel, not like now when you open a novel with 5 stars and the chapters are barely eligible.
NineNeatherBird Even if the author is a sham, you still have to agree with the content of (at least) this post. ;-)
There are far too many reviews which applaud novels to 9 heavens, yet when I read the novels themselves, all I get is grammatical gibberish far worse than reading MTLed novels...
There should be a certain standard for writing novels... Maybe something based on questions... Or maybe there should be a questionnaire for all those interested in being a reviewer, where they can be rated or something...
renjialelele It is a lot better, at least my machine isn't overheating anymore, but there is still a spike.
When in Library (I have 12 tabs opened while testing this while only a single tab is Webnovel website) CPU usage ranges 1-5%, while when I open a chapter it spikes to 7-13%.
For information, while in the Webnovel forum (this thread), CPU usage fluctuates between 4-9%.
You did manage to lower it to manageable margin though, so I won't really complain anymore. But if you do manage to lower it some more, I'll surely be even happier. ;-)
PS:
My tests are always based on not moving the mouse, scrolling, or anything at all while having that particular tab active in Edge and having Task Manager opened (as an active window) while monitoring CPU usage - unlike how akuma06 made his tests.
akuma06 I agree, for some tasks Edge might be slightly hungrier, but it's its smooth operation which compels me to use it for reading purposes nearly exclusively in the first place, hence I'm not complaining about it's greediness while operating with the website but only for when everything is idle (and I always wait for cca. a minute for CPU consumption to stabilize as much is it is going to before taking my measurements).
MasterRabbink I was frustrated due to not hearing from him for a month without any notice about them even looking into the issue... Now that dapenggaofei clearly stated his reasons and plausible timeframe, it's OK.
I mean, all we got was a short "We will find what's the problem." from dapenggaofei and even that was for the issue with RAM. And another short acknowledgement of a possible of an issue upon my report.
I just hate it when I can't read using MS Edge, because it gives me the smoothest experience when reading novels online...without my computer burning my legs while having it in my lap.
Maybe I just expected something like, "We are looking into this issue right now." or something. Now that I know what the problem for this late reply of when they'll look into it is, I'm contend. For a time, at least. :P
What is the point of this forum and Bug reporting section if nothing changes and no official responses are made?
akuma06 If you ask me, Chrome is allowing far less freedom for everything needing resources. Hence it is lagging even when I'm just scrolling down the page using touch. It isn't as much of a problem when using mouse/trackpad, but scrolling one screen-height down without a momentary freeze of around half a second is nearly impossible when I'm reading novels on any website.
It's the reason I love MS Edge for reading so much.
This creates an illusion that it needs less resources, but in truth it just compensates for them in other ways. At least that's my take on things, so don't hold me accountable for my opinion. There is no technical proof for any of it, merely my experiences when using both browsers (each dedicated for a different use - Edge for reading, Chrome for research/extreme multi tabbing).
dapenggaofei According to my analysis using MS Edge Performance tool, 77% of the CPU usage is due to a function called from: https://www.yueimg.com/en/js/common/utils/raven.62118.js to a function from the following script: https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20180627/r20180604/osd.js
What this function does, ultimately (and most time consuming), is utilizing a browser built-in function to get clientWidth on a Timer. Whether the problem is in the way you periodically call this function or something else entirely is not easy to tell without the original source (since minimization makes the code barely readable), but it'd be great to hear from the official response on the progress of their investigation… So we know we aren't the only ones investigating this...
dapenggaofei It is not immediately visible, but to me it seems that CPU fluctuations are bigger. Without this tab it fluctuate 3-5%, while with this tab it fluctuates between 3.5-10%.
Again, I'm testing this with 20 tabs open, which means it might be slightly inaccurate, but that't my impression. I agree that the spike on Novel's Details is lesser than Chapter page.
dapenggaofei I just noticed that another page seems to be having the same problem. It isn't merely the Chapter reading page, it is also novel's info/details page which causes the same CPU spike. It might really have something to do with Comments, since similar system is present on both pages (though it is reviews in the case of novel's details).
Olivia Well, that's interesting.
My processor is: Intel i7-6600U
Which means it isn't manufacturer specific but there might be something else at work here… Unfortunately I'm also at a loss…
Also tested with Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. An older processor. The same problem applies here as well, which means that your Intel processor might be an exception...
Olivia I kind of doubt it is laptop specific... But yes, please try.
If anything, it might be connected to the CPU provider/manufacturer (Intel or AMD), since I only have an Intel processor (and all my PCs have Intel processors, so I can't verify using any with AMD).
17Sphynx17 It's also the reason why I opened a threat nearly 2 weeks ago about Webnovel using too much CPU (https://forum.webnovel.com/d/8226-website-needing-enormeous-amount-cpu), but unfortunately the only response I got there is from the one who opened this thread, so I added all the information I acquired by testing the page here...
I really don't mind the amount of RAM it uses for me, because I know browser is fully capable of unloading the page, or parts of it anyway. Sure, it will take a while to open and load, it might also become slightly laggy, but that would be true for that page only, maybe also a bit for the browser, but not the whole device/tablet the way overloading CPU does.
Hence CPU is the only real issue I have with Webnovel as well.
akuma06 I doubt it's google. If it were Google, then the problem wouldn't be this page specific. I use Edge a lot and this is the only website I am experiencing this issue with.
Olivia Also, your memory is also similarly nearly full, mine is staying at 40% while doing these tests, so maybe that's the reason it can afford to do something more, than merely read stuff. Or the reason Windows can afford to lend it more resources.
17Sphynx17 When you are using 70% of your memory Windows will begin treating it differently and hence automatically lowering memory usage… The more memory PC has, the more freedom browser will receive and hence bigger and more noticeable differences in memory usage.
Olivia Maybe it depends on the amount of replies/comments on the chapter?
Yea, well, the CPU spike isn't only for this browser, it appears on all of them, including Chrome. It is lesser, sure, but it is present there nonetheless. And I'm saying this after also trying it by having having simultaneously opened 20-30 tabs - Chrome uses 6-9% CPU (one tab playing YouTube video in background), yet the moment I begin reading a chapter in Chrome is spikes to 9-15%. So no, this bug isn't Edge specific. How could reading text use more resources than playing a video?
Also, to receive a CPU spike, you don't need to scroll over multiple chapters, directly opening any one of them will cause it immediately.
Normal state of CPU when having multiple webnovel pages opened without opening any Chapter to read
Spike on CPU after opening a chapter to read, without scrolling down and opening multiple chapters
Here I have Chrome opened with 8 additional tabs, with the 9th being Webnovel.com Library:
And here is Chrome with Webnovel Library being replaced with Webnovel Chapter/Reading (after the CPU stops fluctuating)
A spike of 2.3% for what? Each tab in Chrome on the first page uses 0.24% (2.2% / 9 tabs), yet the only difference in the second image is Webnovel Library changing to Webnovel Chapter/reading page and CPU usage jumps from 2.2% to 4.5%. That is more CPU usage than all 9 tabs from the first example combined.
Also the Chrome spike even after stabilizing still fluctuates between 4.4% and 5.6%, which means I took a screenshot of nearly minimum for the above example (I've been writing this post in Edge while Chrome was opened in the background all this time without scrolling down the Chapter or even using it at all, so that's not the reason for the fluctuations!)