If iPad is so fast why does it load web pages so slow

[iSheep5S]

Hold your 'refresh' button down in SmartSearch bar, it'll give you the option for the desktop site. The 12.9" iPP IS faster than your '11 MBA. Go to desktop sites, then scroll, it'll haul ba&^lls! I've both the 12.9 and 9.7" iPPs and they're fast as hell on Safari. Crappy code can f a site up much faster than your hardware though (and in mobile, NO processors are beating the A9x's in Browsing/SnSpdr, et al).

You sir are a legend. Hopefully in time that option will be selected automatically.

For the above post. I also use ad blockers.

 

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I tested patreon website. Went to patreon then clicked featured then in the left column drawing and painting. Trying to scroll after that leaves blanks both scrolling down and up...

Just visited that site, took forever for the page to fully load. Never been there before.

I had no issues scrolling up/down. No blank screen, stutter, stops. 9.7 iPP.