Icons being downloaded even though they are disabled
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So - I've noticed that loading icons is quite slow (each as an separate asset) so I've removed them... they are not displayed but they are still being requested which slows down the page (for 40 requests roughly 30 are about icons)
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* total: 1500KB, 49 requests, 6,5s!
* icons: 100KB, 27 requests, 3s
I've blocked in uBlock:
and the result is:
* total: 1230KB, 14 requests, 1,5s
In principle - there is a problem in DDG that assets are being requests even though they are not enabled/visible in options and this result in the website feeling laggish (especially on slower connections)