Why does simple website crash on mobile (iOS Safari and Chrome, at least)?

Question

I have a website that is very simple, but very long -- a lot of text that could be scrolled through. It\'s a documentation site, and considering the nature of the content (a lot

Answer 1

Sorry for just making a guesses but I see two potential causes in your stylesheet which could be resulting in crash

1.) Using data-url for background image rendering such as here

.github,.source {
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20width%3D%22100%22%20height%3D%22100%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M85.714%2050q0%2014.007-8.175%2025.195t-21.122%2015.485q-1.507.279-2.204-.391t-.698-1.674v-11.775q0-5.413-2.902-7.924%203.181-.335%205.72-1.004t5.246-2.176%204.52-3.711%202.958-5.859%201.144-8.398q0-6.752-4.408-11.496%202.065-5.078-.446-11.384-1.563-.502-4.52.614t-5.134%202.455l-2.121%201.339q-5.19-1.451-10.714-1.451t-10.714%201.451q-.893-.614-2.372-1.507t-4.66-2.148-4.799-.753q-2.455%206.306-.391%2011.384-4.408%204.743-4.408%2011.496%200%204.743%201.144%208.371t2.93%205.859%204.492%203.739%205.246%202.176%205.72%201.004q-2.232%202.009-2.734%205.748-1.172.558-2.511.837t-3.181.279-3.655-1.2-3.097-3.488q-1.06-1.786-2.706-2.902t-2.762-1.339l-1.116-.167q-1.172%200-1.618.251t-.279.642.502.781.725.67l.391.279q1.228.558%202.427%202.121t1.758%202.846l.558%201.283q.725%202.121%202.455%203.432t3.739%201.674%203.878.391%203.097-.195l1.283-.223q0%202.121.028%204.967t.028%203.013q0%201.004-.725%201.674t-2.232.391q-12.946-4.297-21.122-15.485t-8.175-25.195q0-11.663%205.748-21.512t15.597-15.597%2021.512-5.748%2021.512%205.748%2015.597%2015.597%205.748%2021.512z%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

2.) Also -webkit-transition could be the culprit. Read here for more https://stackoverflow.com/a/11833285/900132