Ad Blockers [Split Topic]

Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:46 am

Do you use a NoScript style browser extension?

Because if it doesn't allow Bethesda.net it'll bring up a blank page.

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Greg Swan
 
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Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:23 am

I haz no idea what that is :blink:

Well, I won′t bother getting a new browser. So, I′ll take my sweetroll..... :bolt:

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Sweet Blighty
 
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Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:39 pm

Stuff like that is why I don't bother with NosScript. Too many sites use javascript in their code and end up broken if that javascript is blocked.

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Jennifer Rose
 
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Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:54 am


It's a plugin that blocks scripts.

Most sites I have scripts blocked on. No tracking, no ads, no redirect...

And Gods bless Facebook Purity.
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Lawrence Armijo
 
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Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 1:52 pm


Doesn't bother me any. I keep most of Google tracking crap blocked and I'm gtg. Plus, it stops popups. Now if only I had a popup blocker for my phone. Crashes all the damn time on script heavy sites as well as ad/popup heavy ones.

That said, I want full features on mobile. Not being able to edit posts(FFXIV official forums), character caps(also FFXIV, caps at 1000), and post per day caps(again, FFXIV, 20 posts per 24 hours) all svck.
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Verity Hurding
 
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Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:47 am


I've come to same conclusion, it causes too much issues with many sites. Didn't bother installing it this time.

Also had to change adblocker since AdBlock does not want to support Pale Moon :meh: Well, UBlock is better anyway, and easy to disable for some sites.
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Sylvia Luciani
 
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Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 1:35 am

Try UBlock Origin instead, the original and very talented programmer Raymond Hill is developing UBlock Origin, and is no longer involved in the other fork of UBlock. Origin also includes the ability to block WebRTC exploits, aswell as having a huge selection of lists it uses as source for blocking currently known bad links, even MVPS Hosts file can be utilised in this extension

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/ublock-origin

You can either just install and forget about it, its default setup is very good, or you can drill into its advanced settings and get as detailled as you could with NoScript.

I dont use anything else but this on all of our family machines now.

The main advantage these days is there is so much going on with scripting on web sites, malware injections / interceptions are getting easier for anyone wishing to exploit communications, and its all due to the hidden 3rd party java script blobs which the sites really dont have need for or even control of in most cases.

AdBlock isnt enough, and NoScript is beyond most peoples comprehension - UBlock Origin is the answer imho ( especially for Chrome users who have not really had a good implementation of NoScript due to Googles API not really giving NoScript the capabilities it needs to work as well as it does in Firefox, here is Giogio Maone's most recent comment on that subject https://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1676&start=135#p59339 ).

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Back on topic, sad to see no news yet, keep checking in here periodically after GStaff said it would be soon .. But probably best its done right and not rushed like bethesda's bug fest games.

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sexy zara
 
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Post » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:44 pm

I like No Script. Ya, it is a pain at first. But once you have your main sites configured, it works well and is effective.

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adam holden
 
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Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:58 pm


Actually, that is what i have, i was just too lazy to write the Origin part :tongue:
I didn't know there was a plain UBlock too.

But yes, i have been very happy with it.
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Tai Scott
 
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Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:46 am

I too use NoScript. You can export the settings, though I have never done it myself. I just redo it each time. I'll probably do an export next time though.

I may just play with UBlock, to play. Who knows, I may change over but we shall see.

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FoReVeR_Me_N
 
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Post » Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:43 pm

I use Noscript, HTTPS Everywhere, and Adblock Plus.

To get the forums to work properly I only had to set Noscript to allow gamesas.com. But HTTPS was completely broken here last time I tried it (when I re-installed over the summer).

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