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This extension is a lifesaver for my older computers, who inevitably get frozen up by the giant shitpiles of JS on all the ubiquitous sites. I used to dread ac

This extension is a lifesaver for my older computers, who inevitably get frozen up by the giant shitpiles of JS on all the ubiquitous sites. I used to dread accidentally clicking one of those domains, which inevitably happens when I'm googling something, because it usually meant killing the browser process or sometimes even hard-rebooting. Now I get a usable alternative. Many thanks to the authors. (And many thanks and props to google search for being one of the few Web mainstay services staying accessible to older devices.)

forgotmypw17 5y ago
Having written this, I now notice that my machine stuck with Firefox 66 is not compatible with this extension. If the author happens to be reading this, it would be great if you could bring older Firefox versions into the fold. I know it's possible, because I'm using another extension which only does reddit-to-teddit.
- GoblinSlayer 5y ago
  https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect/blob/master/package-lock.json https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect/blob/master... looks like it's a 3958 npm dependencies project :)
  - forgotmypw17 5y ago
    ::backs away in horror::
GoblinSlayer 5y ago
When Mozilla's own site killed my their own browser with a javascript infinite loop, I knew enough is enough and installed noscript and disabled scripts by default, and web unironically became a better place.
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  Sadly, I have not figured out how to allow JS on a per-site basis in Firefox 66, nor how to allow a bookmarklet on a site with JS turned off. I like the little JS-driven niceties my own sites (and HN) provide. My solution has been to block the offending sites at the /etc/hosts level, which works marvelously. This goes along my philosophy that "the medium is the message", and a site with shoddy markup is unlikely to have any content worth my time either. Something something AOL.
  - rovr138 5y ago
    On ublock origin, there's a button to toggle JS.
  - FractalHQ 5y ago
    Brave has a JS toggle built into the address bar. It even separates trackers from regular scripts, and allows temporarily toggling them on and off independently.
- jwilk 5y ago
  You should know that, by default, addons are disabled on some Mozilla websites: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Privileged-Pages https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Privileged-Pages

forgotmypw17 5y ago

Having written this, I now notice that my machine stuck with Firefox 66 is not compatible with this extension. If the author happens to be reading this, it would be great if you could bring older Firefox versions into the fold. I know it's possible, because I'm using another extension which only does reddit-to-teddit.

GoblinSlayer 5y ago
https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect/blob/master/package-lock.json https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect/blob/master... looks like it's a 3958 npm dependencies project :)
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  ::backs away in horror::

GoblinSlayer 5y ago

When Mozilla's own site killed my their own browser with a javascript infinite loop, I knew enough is enough and installed noscript and disabled scripts by default, and web unironically became a better place.

forgotmypw17 5y ago
Sadly, I have not figured out how to allow JS on a per-site basis in Firefox 66, nor how to allow a bookmarklet on a site with JS turned off. I like the little JS-driven niceties my own sites (and HN) provide. My solution has been to block the offending sites at the /etc/hosts level, which works marvelously. This goes along my philosophy that "the medium is the message", and a site with shoddy markup is unlikely to have any content worth my time either. Something something AOL.
- rovr138 5y ago
  On ublock origin, there's a button to toggle JS.
- FractalHQ 5y ago
  Brave has a JS toggle built into the address bar. It even separates trackers from regular scripts, and allows temporarily toggling them on and off independently.
jwilk 5y ago
You should know that, by default, addons are disabled on some Mozilla websites: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Privileged-Pages https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Privileged-Pages