Re: why won't ff look at this url?
On Saturday 24 August 2019 20:50:25 John Hasler wrote:
> Gene writes:
> > And I'd like to be able to at least get an error message giving me a
> > clue what to do when at least 25% of the news sites I visit are
> > similarly blank pages.
>
> In addition to add-ons such as NoScript, take a look at the settings
> in Preferences->Privacy&Security in Firefox. These sites want to pull
> in scripts from dozens of sites as well as setting trackers and
> storing cookies and site data on your machine. They usually work ok
> without most of it but there's often some they just can't live
> without. It's inconceivable to the Web designers that you might want
> to simply read the text. They're certain that you need an "enhanced
> user experience".
An attitude I'd cheerfully beat them with, if I was 65 years younger.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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