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Any one else annoyed by the menu bars that follow you around? I've noticed this trend and they just distract me from the article at hand...

lolhammer 14y ago
Please tell me that isn't deliberate
- romanpoet 14y ago
  Unfortunately it is deliberate. As a Caltech student I told them not to do this, but they thought it was edgy and hip.
  - dystroy 14y ago
    Maybe you should give them the link to this discussion. They'll learn that we're not on their site to be amazed by the fact they know basic html and we'd prefer our articles more readable.
  - pja 14y ago
    You can congratulate them on completely breaking the pagedown key then.
    - prawks 14y ago
      Why is it that I always see this posted when talking about fixed banners? I've never had one break my page-down key? I know there's something I'm missing, what is it?
      - pbhjpbhj 14y ago
        Probably that when you page-down (eg spacebar on FF) the paging doesn't take in to account the fixed position element and so you miss out on that section of content 1 2 3 [4========] 4 is hidden by a fixed footer. When it pages up the next page is: 5 6 7 [8========] and you've missed out on all the section 4 and 8 content. So it's rather the facility of skipping by screenfuls of content rather than the key itself.
        prawks 14y ago
        Ah okay, thanks. I figured I was missing something obvious.
dkokelley 14y ago
I have JavaScript disabled by default, so when I see something like that, I assume some style element relies on JavaScript to run correctly. I usually put up with it for the feeling of security I get, but if it is designed to do that I can't say I like it.
- rpm4321 14y ago
  Hey, quick question for you. I've got a version of Chrome with JS and plugins disabled that I use for not entirely trusted links. Do you know if there are still some exploits we're vulnerable to, especially on Win? I think I remember hearing a while back that it isn't foolproof.
  - dkokelley 14y ago
    Can't say for sure that anything is completely secure. JS is just one of those things that's easy to defend against, and it plugs a major attack vector. It also kills many tracking techniques. I also have a hosts file that blacklists known virus/shock/advertising sites, as well as ad blockers and "antisocial" plugins that remove Facebook "like" and other social media sharing buttons (which can aggregate your browsing history and connect it with your social profile). If you're very paranoid, you can set up a sandbox VM for risky sites. Just make a good stable image and reload it every day in case you picked up anything bad.
cousin_it 14y ago
I want a browser plugin that hides all position:fixed elements on all websites.

lolhammer 14y ago

Please tell me that isn't deliberate

romanpoet 14y ago
Unfortunately it is deliberate. As a Caltech student I told them not to do this, but they thought it was edgy and hip.
- dystroy 14y ago
  Maybe you should give them the link to this discussion. They'll learn that we're not on their site to be amazed by the fact they know basic html and we'd prefer our articles more readable.
- pja 14y ago
  You can congratulate them on completely breaking the pagedown key then.
  - prawks 14y ago
    Why is it that I always see this posted when talking about fixed banners? I've never had one break my page-down key? I know there's something I'm missing, what is it?
    - pbhjpbhj 14y ago
      Probably that when you page-down (eg spacebar on FF) the paging doesn't take in to account the fixed position element and so you miss out on that section of content 1 2 3 [4========] 4 is hidden by a fixed footer. When it pages up the next page is: 5 6 7 [8========] and you've missed out on all the section 4 and 8 content. So it's rather the facility of skipping by screenfuls of content rather than the key itself.
      - prawks 14y ago
        Ah okay, thanks. I figured I was missing something obvious.

dkokelley 14y ago

I have JavaScript disabled by default, so when I see something like that, I assume some style element relies on JavaScript to run correctly. I usually put up with it for the feeling of security I get, but if it is designed to do that I can't say I like it.

rpm4321 14y ago
Hey, quick question for you. I've got a version of Chrome with JS and plugins disabled that I use for not entirely trusted links. Do you know if there are still some exploits we're vulnerable to, especially on Win? I think I remember hearing a while back that it isn't foolproof.
- dkokelley 14y ago
  Can't say for sure that anything is completely secure. JS is just one of those things that's easy to defend against, and it plugs a major attack vector. It also kills many tracking techniques. I also have a hosts file that blacklists known virus/shock/advertising sites, as well as ad blockers and "antisocial" plugins that remove Facebook "like" and other social media sharing buttons (which can aggregate your browsing history and connect it with your social profile). If you're very paranoid, you can set up a sandbox VM for risky sites. Just make a good stable image and reload it every day in case you picked up anything bad.

cousin_it 14y ago

I want a browser plugin that hides all position:fixed elements on all websites.