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I've thought of using hosts file vs. plugins but have never really made the switch. I'm a bit concerned that I'll run into cases like a website is broken due to
by zipperhead 12y ago
I've thought of using hosts file vs. plugins but have never really made the switch. I'm a bit concerned that I'll run into cases like a website is broken due to a hosts file setting, and I can't easily bypass it like I can with a plugin. Do you ever run into situations like this?
- stcredzero 12y agoAre there any utilities for management of the hosts file?
- falcolas 12y agoI've never used one aside from a text editor. Plain text file with whitespace delimited items; about as simple as it gets.
- overdrivetg 12y agoGas Mask on OSX: http://clockwise.ee/ http://clockwise.ee/
- riking 12y agoµBlock can import hosts files, and it has an off-switch :)
- falcolas 12y agoThe only breakage I have ever noticed is the occasional site which has about 30 or so "broken image" placeholders surrounding the content. Otherwise, I don't even notice its presence.
- floatrock 12y agoI've found sites that put ads in front of video sometimes break with privacy blockers (anything from news sites to comedycentral.com). I assume there's some code that won't load the content if it can't load the ad. Fair enough -- I'm not actively targetting the ads (something needs to pay for the content), but my privacy blocker gets them sometimes. For those sites, opening up the site in incognito mode (which is by default sandboxed from any plugins) fixes them. A hostfile blacklist would require far more work to fix the jank.