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With HTTPSB installed do I need to continue to run adblock, ghostery, and disconnect?

gorhill 12y ago
It all depends how you use HTTPSB, I can't decide for you. For one thing, HTTPSB doesn't hide DOM elements (I consider this out of its primary purpose), so if you still want this feature, you will have to keep ABP (or whatever equivalent does element hiding). As for Ghostery or Disconnect, they still can be useful if you use HTTPSB in a permissive way (allow-all/block-exceptionally). You could even use HTTPSB to block nothing at all, but as a mere reporting tool (with very low footprint), to find out what the other blockers did not block, as net requests will still be reported in the matrix.
- RobotCaleb 12y ago
  Okay, I'll spend some more time with it. While I have your ear, can I request color blind compatibility? http://i.imgur.com/WHA3BHw.png http://i.imgur.com/WHA3BHw.png I think there are red and green elements there, but can't tell which is which. Also, I don't know how to set them to red or green specifically as I can't seem them. :) Could you maybe include a check mark and an X or some other non-color dependent means of portraying that information?
  - gorhill 12y ago
    I did enter an issue 6 months ago to make it color-blind friendly: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/52 https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/52 I know nothing about color-blindness though, so I will need the input of color-blind people. If there is an option to use blue instead of green, would that work?
    - RobotCaleb 12y ago
      That would work for some. The best path would be to not solely rely on color for information representation. Add some other visual element, such as a pattern to the color, or a small icon. I'll chime in on the issue.
      - webmaven 12y ago
        And even to the extent that color is being used to convey information, don't rely solely on hue, make sure colors are distinguishable by value as well (in the case of text backgrounds, this is sometimes a better option than a pattern).
sliverstorm 12y ago
It seems to have noscript-level manipulation functionality, which I believe means "no". It appears to be able to block anything & everything, so you would just need to make sure you have the right filtering settings.

It all depends how you use HTTPSB, I can't decide for you. For one thing, HTTPSB doesn't hide DOM elements (I consider this out of its primary purpose), so if you still want this feature, you will have to keep ABP (or whatever equivalent does element hiding). As for Ghostery or Disconnect, they still can be useful if you use HTTPSB in a permissive way (allow-all/block-exceptionally). You could even use HTTPSB to block nothing at all, but as a mere reporting tool (with very low footprint), to find out what the other blockers did not block, as net requests will still be reported in the matrix.

RobotCaleb 12y ago
Okay, I'll spend some more time with it. While I have your ear, can I request color blind compatibility? http://i.imgur.com/WHA3BHw.png http://i.imgur.com/WHA3BHw.png I think there are red and green elements there, but can't tell which is which. Also, I don't know how to set them to red or green specifically as I can't seem them. :) Could you maybe include a check mark and an X or some other non-color dependent means of portraying that information?
- gorhill 12y ago
  I did enter an issue 6 months ago to make it color-blind friendly: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/52 https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/52 I know nothing about color-blindness though, so I will need the input of color-blind people. If there is an option to use blue instead of green, would that work?
  - RobotCaleb 12y ago
    That would work for some. The best path would be to not solely rely on color for information representation. Add some other visual element, such as a pattern to the color, or a small icon. I'll chime in on the issue.
    - webmaven 12y ago
      And even to the extent that color is being used to convey information, don't rely solely on hue, make sure colors are distinguishable by value as well (in the case of text backgrounds, this is sometimes a better option than a pattern).

sliverstorm 12y ago

It seems to have noscript-level manipulation functionality, which I believe means "no". It appears to be able to block anything & everything, so you would just need to make sure you have the right filtering settings.