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Tried to read this on my Android. Got sent to a page claiming my Android had four viruses, spawned endless popups and dialogs and I had to force close the brow

Tried to read this on my Android. Got sent to a page claiming my Android had four viruses, spawned endless popups and dialogs and I had to force close the browser :(

wlesieutre 8y ago
It was probably one of your viruses ;) More seriously, I've had similar problems on iOS with unclosable tabs where even force quitting didn't work because it'd restore to the same page. The workaround ended up being "Click a link in Mail and that tab will be frontmost, then you can go in the tab switcher and kill it." Hasn't happened in a while, IIRC the problem was javascript popups forcing focus off the rest of the UI. Maybe it's been fixed on the iOS side. Of course the other side of the problem is webpages letting insecure ad networks run arbitrary javascript in all of our browsers. It's not great.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  Usually in such cases, at least on Android, I get around by going to the settings and cleaning the browser cache.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  JavaScript pop ups don’t block the rest of the UI anymore; this has been fixed in Safari in both iOS and macOS.
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fredley 8y ago
I've switched to Firefox on Android (and elsewhere). It means I can install all the tracking/ad protection I'm used to on a 'full' browser.
- philipov 8y ago
  Does Firefox for iPhone have the same capability?
  - FreeFull 8y ago
    Unfortunately it doesn't. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-firefox-ios https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-firefox-ios details why.
  - hadrien01 8y ago
    You can use Firefox Focus. It's a private navigation browser, and also acts as an ad-blocker for Safari
testvox 8y ago
Going to plug Firefox for Android here because using it with ublock is the only thing I've tried that can make the mobile web tolerable these days.
- walrus01 8y ago
  Being able to install any of the full-desktop-version of Firefox plugins in the android version of Firefox is immensely useful. Highly recommend ublock origin on firefox.
swebs 8y ago
Here's an archive http://archive.is/6Hj3V http://archive.is/6Hj3V
evadne 8y ago
Brave for Android is not bad and it runs Chromium. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.browser&hl=en_GB https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.brow...

Tried to read this on my Android. Got sent to a page claiming my Android had four viruses, spawned endless popups and dialogs and I had to force close the browser :(

wlesieutre 8y ago

It was probably one of your viruses ;) More seriously, I've had similar problems on iOS with unclosable tabs where even force quitting didn't work because it'd restore to the same page. The workaround ended up being "Click a link in Mail and that tab will be frontmost, then you can go in the tab switcher and kill it." Hasn't happened in a while, IIRC the problem was javascript popups forcing focus off the rest of the UI. Maybe it's been fixed on the iOS side. Of course the other side of the problem is webpages letting insecure ad networks run arbitrary javascript in all of our browsers. It's not great.

pjmlp 8y ago
Usually in such cases, at least on Android, I get around by going to the settings and cleaning the browser cache.
saagarjha 8y ago
JavaScript pop ups don’t block the rest of the UI anymore; this has been fixed in Safari in both iOS and macOS.

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fredley 8y ago

I've switched to Firefox on Android (and elsewhere). It means I can install all the tracking/ad protection I'm used to on a 'full' browser.

philipov 8y ago
Does Firefox for iPhone have the same capability?
- FreeFull 8y ago
  Unfortunately it doesn't. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-firefox-ios https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-firefox-ios details why.
- hadrien01 8y ago
  You can use Firefox Focus. It's a private navigation browser, and also acts as an ad-blocker for Safari

testvox 8y ago

Going to plug Firefox for Android here because using it with ublock is the only thing I've tried that can make the mobile web tolerable these days.

walrus01 8y ago
Being able to install any of the full-desktop-version of Firefox plugins in the android version of Firefox is immensely useful. Highly recommend ublock origin on firefox.

swebs 8y ago

Here's an archive http://archive.is/6Hj3V http://archive.is/6Hj3V

evadne 8y ago

Brave for Android is not bad and it runs Chromium. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.browser&hl=en_GB https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.brow...