yourduskquibble

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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
I understand that sentiment but a technological work around (that probably also has captured data points) that would entirely alleviate whatever hypothetical issue the OP is referring to seems at best naive to this layman.
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
So a better option would be to use your Comcast / AT&T / Verizon connection to leak data to the press? Everything on the internet (and really in life) is a chain of trust - there are going to be weak links however far down the
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
> They also recently removed the option to close the 'Open in App' nag so it overlays all the time Please check out my [1]filterlist project for uBlock Origin, you may find it useful. [1] https://github.com/yourd
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
My simpler first approach is to use a ref control[1] plugin ;) [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/referer-control/hn...
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Try the following facebook link redirect[1] if you can't get past the paywall: https://www.facebook.com/flx/warn/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.c... [1]: You can add the following as a bookmarklet to your browser a
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Try the following link redirect: https://www.facebook.com/flx/warn/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.c...
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
gorhill is aware of it [0]... I don't want to be too pushy and would rather let him come to his own conclusion on whether to include or not. [0] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/pull/872
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
No problem, I hope it works out for you! Feel free to spread the word to others as well as provide sites that are causing issues for you so I can add fixes to the list.
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
You may also be interested in my filterlist[1] project for uBlock Origin which attempts to do this via CSS style overrides for many, many sites. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
You could try using a content blocker like uBlock Origin and subscribe to my annoyances filter list[1] - I attempt to block (without breaking site functionality) annoying web behavior like this automatically. [1] https://github.c
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
Check out http://staticding.com - same idea you have but I've found it doesn't always work when I've tested it.
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
Unfortunately, cosmetic filters that don't target a specific domain have performance implications[1] so I try to make every filter specific to a domain. That being said I do have a few generic cosmetic filters as part of the list (you
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
Yes, I add these to the list when I come across them.
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
> Finally, I just don't care right now about navigating your website, or following you on Twitter. I'm trying to read. Let me focus on that for now, please. Your link is exactly right!
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
I just saw this thread, and honestly it is probably too late to get noticed by many, but I'm attempting to 'unsuck the web' with my project[0] by pinning "sticky" website elements where they belong - i.e. the websit
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
Thanks for testing it out! For anyone reading who is curious how to use the list on your iPhone, unfortunately since iOS doesn't actually allow browsers (Firefox on iOS is not actually true Firefox with add-on support) this filter list
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
> Reflecting this shift, design guidelines are increasingly recommending putting app navigation at the bottom of the screen. IMHO the mobile web is terrible BECAUSE of lost screen real estate due to all these sticky elements. I have sta
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by yourduskquibble 9y ago
Finally I see something posted about this. If any of you are interested, I have been maintaining a filterlist that works for uBlock origin that attempts to pin (so they won't move when you scroll down) these sticky headers to the top a