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Forbes is unequivocally the worst website I have the displeasure of being linked to on a regular basis. Readability is quickly approaching 0. This page kept hij

Forbes is unequivocally the worst website I have the displeasure of being linked to on a regular basis. Readability is quickly approaching 0. This page kept hijacking my scroll thru the article to keep an ad at the top of my window. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

metaphor 9y ago
I honestly don't even bother anymore: https://outline.com/xX7xe3 https://outline.com/xX7xe3
- Amygaz 9y ago
  Nice! I didn't know that. Thanks!
  - metaphor 9y ago
    First time I encountered the service was while sitting on the pooper reading a NYT article that was linked using Outline's service. Realized something was amiss while I was wiping my ass and realized that I hadn't seen a single ad in the entire story. True story.
    - throwaway10199 9y ago
      https://mobile.twitter.com/UseOutline/status/864364794417000448 https://mobile.twitter.com/UseOutline/status/864364794417000...
- circadiam 9y ago
  Pro-tip: Add outline.com/ to the front of the article's URL. Much faster and works nicely on mobile.
  - intrasight 9y ago
    Thank you!
- terri_cat 9y ago
  Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/daoolpmoieinofbnddaofhkhmbagfmnj https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/daoolpmoieinofbndd...
  - troncheadle 9y ago
    Thank you!
- troncheadle 9y ago
  Thank you!
esalazar 9y ago
This, a million times this.
tn135 9y ago
Honestly. I despise clicking on Forbes.com for this ad spam.
- wernercd 9y ago
  Forbes is the one known for saying "Stop the Ad Blocker" then serving Pop Under Malware: https://www.engadget.com/2016/01/08/you-say-advertising-i-say-block-that-malware/ https://www.engadget.com/2016/01/08/you-say-advertising-i-sa...
bubbleRefuge 9y ago
Overall, most press/journalism sites I use are terrible. Performance stinks, flash everywhere, ads that nobody clicks on. Horrible.
- fivestar 9y ago
  Not to mention all the "adblock detected" crap. I used to disable adblock, but anymore I just give up and go away. They can all FOAD for all I care.
  - cryptarch 9y ago
    Get an anti-adblock killer list, it's great :) I basically enable every list in uBlock. Suprisingly it almost never blocks too much, when I get blocked it's consequently for being on a VPN.
  - cryptarch 9y ago
    Get an anti-adblock killer list, it's great :) I basically enable every list in uBlock. Suprisingly it almost never blocks too much, when I get blocked it's consequently for being on a VPN.
  - pharrlax 9y ago
    That's an inevitability at this point.
  - mixmastamyk 9y ago
    Sometimes it's just css, and hitting the "readbility" button will strip out the junk. Also, I won't go to a journalism site without NoScript or Focus, too painful without.
- thedarkginger 9y ago
  It kind of blows my mind that even real, serious journalism outlets cheapen their product like this (nearing the mid-2000s music lyrics website threshold). Got a NYT digital subscription to see if it was worth it, and I like it. Would be more likely to keep going if it extended to other publishers, and I could consistently access an ad-free, ad-blocker gate free experience.
donniefitz2 9y ago
I had to copy the text and paste it into Notepad to actually read the article.
- DGCA 9y ago
  Have a bookmarklet: javascript:(function()%7Bwindow.location.href %3D 'https%3A%2F%2Foutline.com%2F' %2B window.location.href%7D)() It'll open the article using https://outline.com/ https://outline.com/. E.g. https://outline.com/xX7xe3 https://outline.com/xX7xe3
  - unexistance 9y ago
    very nice, wish could've vote more :D set as bookmark shortcut in Fx already :D
  - bognition 9y ago
    Wow
aembleton 9y ago
It's not too bad if you disable all: - 1st party scripts - 3rd party scripts - 3rd party frames It's a shame that it is necessary but it's simple enough in uBlock.
jjawssd 9y ago
Is it possible to consume good quality content with Atom feeds? Are Atom feeds a viable alternative to sites like Forbes?
unexistance 9y ago
Firefox + NoScript + Reader View seems to help tho I used uBlock to forbid 'weird' stuff ah I've set my UI to always use my colors :D white over black background
- cfjgvjh 9y ago
  >ah I've set my UI to always use my colors :D white over black background How do you specify that? Are you using Stylish or something?
  - bzbarsky 9y ago
    In Firefox 53: Go to Preferences ("Options" on Windows), select the "Content" section, click the "Colors..." button, and change the "Override the colors specified by the page with your selections above" dropdown to "Always". In current nightly: Go to Preferences/Options, select the "General" section, scroll down to the "Colors..." button in the "Fonts & Colors" part, then as above.
    - unexistance 9y ago
      exactly but I also changed the below in about:config * browser.display.background_color * browser.display.foreground_color
      - bzbarsky 9y ago
        Note that there is UI for changing them in that "Colors..." section in preferences.
        unexistance 9y ago
        duly noted I just find it faster to use keyboard instead of mouse :D
    - bigbugbag 9y ago
      Is there an equivalent option in firefox prior to version 52 ? I'm forever stuck to firefox before version 52 because 52 is the release that dropped support for having sound in the browser with no intent of going back.
bigbugbag 9y ago
I couldn't tell as trying to access the article is hijacked and redirected to https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL= https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL= and stay stuck there until I start disabling privacy measures and allow scripting. I won't even try clicking another forbes link from now on.

metaphor 9y ago

I honestly don't even bother anymore: https://outline.com/xX7xe3 https://outline.com/xX7xe3

Amygaz 9y ago
Nice! I didn't know that. Thanks!
- metaphor 9y ago
  First time I encountered the service was while sitting on the pooper reading a NYT article that was linked using Outline's service. Realized something was amiss while I was wiping my ass and realized that I hadn't seen a single ad in the entire story. True story.
  - throwaway10199 9y ago
    https://mobile.twitter.com/UseOutline/status/864364794417000448 https://mobile.twitter.com/UseOutline/status/864364794417000...
circadiam 9y ago
Pro-tip: Add outline.com/ to the front of the article's URL. Much faster and works nicely on mobile.
- intrasight 9y ago
  Thank you!
terri_cat 9y ago
Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/daoolpmoieinofbnddaofhkhmbagfmnj https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/daoolpmoieinofbndd...
- troncheadle 9y ago
  Thank you!
troncheadle 9y ago
Thank you!

esalazar 9y ago

This, a million times this.

tn135 9y ago

Honestly. I despise clicking on Forbes.com for this ad spam.

wernercd 9y ago
Forbes is the one known for saying "Stop the Ad Blocker" then serving Pop Under Malware: https://www.engadget.com/2016/01/08/you-say-advertising-i-say-block-that-malware/ https://www.engadget.com/2016/01/08/you-say-advertising-i-sa...

bubbleRefuge 9y ago

Overall, most press/journalism sites I use are terrible. Performance stinks, flash everywhere, ads that nobody clicks on. Horrible.

fivestar 9y ago
Not to mention all the "adblock detected" crap. I used to disable adblock, but anymore I just give up and go away. They can all FOAD for all I care.
- cryptarch 9y ago
  Get an anti-adblock killer list, it's great :) I basically enable every list in uBlock. Suprisingly it almost never blocks too much, when I get blocked it's consequently for being on a VPN.
- cryptarch 9y ago
  Get an anti-adblock killer list, it's great :) I basically enable every list in uBlock. Suprisingly it almost never blocks too much, when I get blocked it's consequently for being on a VPN.
- pharrlax 9y ago
  That's an inevitability at this point.
- mixmastamyk 9y ago
  Sometimes it's just css, and hitting the "readbility" button will strip out the junk. Also, I won't go to a journalism site without NoScript or Focus, too painful without.
thedarkginger 9y ago
It kind of blows my mind that even real, serious journalism outlets cheapen their product like this (nearing the mid-2000s music lyrics website threshold). Got a NYT digital subscription to see if it was worth it, and I like it. Would be more likely to keep going if it extended to other publishers, and I could consistently access an ad-free, ad-blocker gate free experience.

donniefitz2 9y ago

I had to copy the text and paste it into Notepad to actually read the article.

DGCA 9y ago
Have a bookmarklet: javascript:(function()%7Bwindow.location.href %3D 'https%3A%2F%2Foutline.com%2F' %2B window.location.href%7D)() It'll open the article using https://outline.com/ https://outline.com/. E.g. https://outline.com/xX7xe3 https://outline.com/xX7xe3
- unexistance 9y ago
  very nice, wish could've vote more :D set as bookmark shortcut in Fx already :D
- bognition 9y ago
  Wow

aembleton 9y ago

It's not too bad if you disable all: - 1st party scripts - 3rd party scripts - 3rd party frames It's a shame that it is necessary but it's simple enough in uBlock.

jjawssd 9y ago

Is it possible to consume good quality content with Atom feeds? Are Atom feeds a viable alternative to sites like Forbes?

unexistance 9y ago

Firefox + NoScript + Reader View seems to help tho I used uBlock to forbid 'weird' stuff ah I've set my UI to always use my colors :D white over black background

cfjgvjh 9y ago
>ah I've set my UI to always use my colors :D white over black background How do you specify that? Are you using Stylish or something?
- bzbarsky 9y ago
  In Firefox 53: Go to Preferences ("Options" on Windows), select the "Content" section, click the "Colors..." button, and change the "Override the colors specified by the page with your selections above" dropdown to "Always". In current nightly: Go to Preferences/Options, select the "General" section, scroll down to the "Colors..." button in the "Fonts & Colors" part, then as above.
  - unexistance 9y ago
    exactly but I also changed the below in about:config * browser.display.background_color * browser.display.foreground_color
    - bzbarsky 9y ago
      Note that there is UI for changing them in that "Colors..." section in preferences.
      - unexistance 9y ago
        duly noted I just find it faster to use keyboard instead of mouse :D
  - bigbugbag 9y ago
    Is there an equivalent option in firefox prior to version 52 ? I'm forever stuck to firefox before version 52 because 52 is the release that dropped support for having sound in the browser with no intent of going back.

bigbugbag 9y ago

I couldn't tell as trying to access the article is hijacked and redirected to https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL= https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL= and stay stuck there until I start disabling privacy measures and allow scripting. I won't even try clicking another forbes link from now on.