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I've recently started getting webpages with Firefox which have a strip
of tabs down the left hand side; and they overlap the page itself. When I mouse over them they move in further rightwards. Only on some pages. https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3knie5nb3...pture.JPG?dl=0 Same with IE on one I tried. How do I get rid of them? I haven't installed any add-on recently. Ed |
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"Ed Cryer" wrote
| How do I get rid of them? I haven't installed any add-on recently. | Some possibilities: 1) If you have the DOM Inspector/Element Inspector add-ons (I'm not sure how these get installed. They're under Tools - Web Developer) then you can right-click the bar, click Inspect Element, then look for a class or ID. Then, in your profile folder, find the chrome folder and find userContent.css in there. Create it if it doesn't exist. You can add your own CSS there. If you know nothing about CSS you might need to look it up. Basically, it specifies how things should be displayed. If you know the class or ID of an element you can remove it with your own CSS. It looks like what you're looking for might be this: ..q2w3-fixed-widget-container {display: none !important;} But I'm not sure. It seems to be dynamically created with script. It's easier if you have the Element Inspector to figure out the class or ID of the element, but I can't see that bar in either Firefox or Pale Moon, so I can't check it. (And I'm certainly not going to enable script for a site called troubleshooter.xyz. ----------------------------------------------------- 2) Have you considered disabling script when possible? I disable script in Pale Moon and use NoScript in FF. In neither browser do I see that bar. My guess is that the bar is drawn with script, as SVG images. Since I can't see the bar I'm not sure. ----------------------------------------------------- 3) Sometimes a HOSTS file update will help. If you see junk coming from advertisers, Facebook, etc you can block those in HOSTS. ---------------------------------------------------- Probably #2 is your easiest option.... and a good idea for security. #1 will be more specific but might not be easy. And it requires finding a somewhat unique ID or class that you can hide. It's a sticky problem because there's a dual issue involved: 1) Incompetence: Most webmasters are somewhat incompetent and want lots of pizzazz on their page. It's a case of follow-the-leader. Most don't actually know much about coding a page. They just pass around snippets to keep up with the pizzazz on other pages. Add to that the fact that coding a webpage is more art than science. What works in one browser may not work in another. As pages get more complex, more are broken. I increasingly find I need to use View - Style - No Style just to read a page. Often it's because things are sitting on top. Often it's because the font is so gigantic, with triple line spacing intended for mobile devices, that it's hard to read. Recently I was pleasantly surprised to find that Wired.com works again. They seem to be a restless bunch who remake their site periodically. The latest version happens to be readable. The last one had several columns of text showing on top of each other. 2) Arms race: Ads and spyware are how most commercial sites are making money. They want to know who you are and they want points from advertisers. As fast as people figure out ways to block intrusive things, the coders will come up with ways to get around it. |
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Mayayana wrote:
"Ed Cryer" wrote | How do I get rid of them? I haven't installed any add-on recently. | Some possibilities: 1) If you have the DOM Inspector/Element Inspector add-ons (I'm not sure how these get installed. They're under Tools - Web Developer) then you can right-click the bar, click Inspect Element, then look for a class or ID. Then, in your profile folder, find the chrome folder and find userContent.css in there. Create it if it doesn't exist. You can add your own CSS there. If you know nothing about CSS you might need to look it up. Basically, it specifies how things should be displayed. If you know the class or ID of an element you can remove it with your own CSS. It looks like what you're looking for might be this: .q2w3-fixed-widget-container {display: none !important;} But I'm not sure. It seems to be dynamically created with script. It's easier if you have the Element Inspector to figure out the class or ID of the element, but I can't see that bar in either Firefox or Pale Moon, so I can't check it. (And I'm certainly not going to enable script for a site called troubleshooter.xyz. ----------------------------------------------------- 2) Have you considered disabling script when possible? I disable script in Pale Moon and use NoScript in FF. In neither browser do I see that bar. My guess is that the bar is drawn with script, as SVG images. Since I can't see the bar I'm not sure. ----------------------------------------------------- 3) Sometimes a HOSTS file update will help. If you see junk coming from advertisers, Facebook, etc you can block those in HOSTS. ---------------------------------------------------- Probably #2 is your easiest option.... and a good idea for security. #1 will be more specific but might not be easy. And it requires finding a somewhat unique ID or class that you can hide. It's a sticky problem because there's a dual issue involved: 1) Incompetence: Most webmasters are somewhat incompetent and want lots of pizzazz on their page. It's a case of follow-the-leader. Most don't actually know much about coding a page. They just pass around snippets to keep up with the pizzazz on other pages. Add to that the fact that coding a webpage is more art than science. What works in one browser may not work in another. As pages get more complex, more are broken. I increasingly find I need to use View - Style - No Style just to read a page. Often it's because things are sitting on top. Often it's because the font is so gigantic, with triple line spacing intended for mobile devices, that it's hard to read. Recently I was pleasantly surprised to find that Wired.com works again. They seem to be a restless bunch who remake their site periodically. The latest version happens to be readable. The last one had several columns of text showing on top of each other. 2) Arms race: Ads and spyware are how most commercial sites are making money. They want to know who you are and they want points from advertisers. As fast as people figure out ways to block intrusive things, the coders will come up with ways to get around it. Thanks for help and suggestions. Before I launch into them, though, I'd appreciate you telling me if you get anything similar with the webpage of which I sent the screenshot; http://troubleshooter.xyz/wiki/fix-m...e-the-snap-in/ I've tried it on Opera and Safari, and the tabs appear on both. They appear about a second after all the rest of the page has loaded. I've also opened ten of my usual sites, and no sign of the tabs in any of them The webpage doesn't contain your "fixed-widget-container" nor just ".q2". But there are some scripts on it that look a bit guilty. Ed |
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Ed Cryer wrote:
Mayayana wrote: "Ed Cryer" wrote | How do I get rid of them? I haven't installed any add-on recently. | Â*Â* Some possibilities: 1)Â* If you have the DOM Inspector/Element Inspector add-ons (I'm not sure how these get installed. They're under Tools - Web Developer) then you can right-click the bar, click Inspect Element, then look for a class or ID. Then, in your profile folder, find the chrome folder and find userContent.css in there. Create it if it doesn't exist. You can add your own CSS there. Â*Â* If you know nothing about CSS you might need to look it up. Basically, it specifies how things should be displayed. If you know the class or ID of an element you can remove it with your own CSS. Â*Â* It looks like what you're looking for might be this: .q2w3-fixed-widget-container {display: none !important;} Â*Â* But I'm not sure. It seems to be dynamically created with script. It's easier if you have the Element Inspector to figure out the class or ID of the element, but I can't see that bar in either Firefox or Pale Moon, so I can't check it. (And I'm certainly not going to enable script for a site called troubleshooter.xyz. ----------------------------------------------------- 2) Have you considered disabling script when possible? I disable script in Pale Moon and use NoScript in FF. In neither browser do I see that bar. My guess is that the bar is drawn with script, as SVG images. Since I can't see the bar I'm not sure. ----------------------------------------------------- 3) Sometimes a HOSTS file update will help. If you see junk coming from advertisers, Facebook, etc you can block those in HOSTS. ---------------------------------------------------- Â*Â* Probably #2 is your easiest option.... and a good idea for security. #1 will be more specific but might not be easy. And it requires finding a somewhat unique ID or class that you can hide. Â*Â* It's a sticky problem because there's a dual issue involved: 1) Incompetence: Most webmasters are somewhat incompetent and want lots of pizzazz on their page. It's a case of follow-the-leader. Most don't actually know much about coding a page. They just pass around snippets to keep up with the pizzazz on other pages. Add to that the fact that coding a webpage is more art than science. What works in one browser may not work in another. As pages get more complex, more are broken. I increasingly find I need to use View - Style - No Style just to read a page. Often it's because things are sitting on top. Often it's because the font is so gigantic, with triple line spacing intended for mobile devices, that it's hard to read. Â*Â* Recently I was pleasantly surprised to find that Wired.com works again. They seem to be a restless bunch who remake their site periodically. The latest version happens to be readable. The last one had several columns of text showing on top of each other. 2) Arms race: Ads and spyware are how most commercial sites are making money. They want to know who you are and they want points from advertisers. As fast as people figure out ways to block intrusive things, the coders will come up with ways to get around it. Thanks for help and suggestions. Before I launch into them, though, I'd appreciate you telling me if you get anything similar with the webpage of which I sent the screenshot; http://troubleshooter.xyz/wiki/fix-m...e-the-snap-in/ I've tried it on Opera and Safari, and the tabs appear on both. They appear about a second after all the rest of the page has loaded. I've also opened ten of my usual sites, and no sign of the tabs in any of them The webpage doesn't contain your "fixed-widget-container" nor just ".q2". But there are some scripts on it that look a bit guilty. Ed I disabled script and it doesn't appear, so it is definitely a script in the webpage itself. I like to have script enabled, however. Ed |
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Ed Cryer wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote: Mayayana wrote: "Ed Cryer" wrote | How do I get rid of them? I haven't installed any add-on recently. | Â*Â* Some possibilities: 1)Â* If you have the DOM Inspector/Element Inspector add-ons (I'm not sure how these get installed. They're under Tools - Web Developer) then you can right-click the bar, click Inspect Element, then look for a class or ID. Then, in your profile folder, find the chrome folder and find userContent.css in there. Create it if it doesn't exist. You can add your own CSS there. Â*Â* If you know nothing about CSS you might need to look it up. Basically, it specifies how things should be displayed. If you know the class or ID of an element you can remove it with your own CSS. Â*Â* It looks like what you're looking for might be this: .q2w3-fixed-widget-container {display: none !important;} Â*Â* But I'm not sure. It seems to be dynamically created with script. It's easier if you have the Element Inspector to figure out the class or ID of the element, but I can't see that bar in either Firefox or Pale Moon, so I can't check it. (And I'm certainly not going to enable script for a site called troubleshooter.xyz. ----------------------------------------------------- 2) Have you considered disabling script when possible? I disable script in Pale Moon and use NoScript in FF. In neither browser do I see that bar. My guess is that the bar is drawn with script, as SVG images. Since I can't see the bar I'm not sure. ----------------------------------------------------- 3) Sometimes a HOSTS file update will help. If you see junk coming from advertisers, Facebook, etc you can block those in HOSTS. ---------------------------------------------------- Â*Â* Probably #2 is your easiest option.... and a good idea for security. #1 will be more specific but might not be easy. And it requires finding a somewhat unique ID or class that you can hide. Â*Â* It's a sticky problem because there's a dual issue involved: 1) Incompetence: Most webmasters are somewhat incompetent and want lots of pizzazz on their page. It's a case of follow-the-leader. Most don't actually know much about coding a page. They just pass around snippets to keep up with the pizzazz on other pages. Add to that the fact that coding a webpage is more art than science. What works in one browser may not work in another. As pages get more complex, more are broken. I increasingly find I need to use View - Style - No Style just to read a page. Often it's because things are sitting on top. Often it's because the font is so gigantic, with triple line spacing intended for mobile devices, that it's hard to read. Â*Â* Recently I was pleasantly surprised to find that Wired.com works again. They seem to be a restless bunch who remake their site periodically. The latest version happens to be readable. The last one had several columns of text showing on top of each other. 2) Arms race: Ads and spyware are how most commercial sites are making money. They want to know who you are and they want points from advertisers. As fast as people figure out ways to block intrusive things, the coders will come up with ways to get around it. Thanks for help and suggestions. Before I launch into them, though, I'd appreciate you telling me if you get anything similar with the webpage of which I sent the screenshot; http://troubleshooter.xyz/wiki/fix-m...e-the-snap-in/ I've tried it on Opera and Safari, and the tabs appear on both. They appear about a second after all the rest of the page has loaded. I've also opened ten of my usual sites, and no sign of the tabs in any of them The webpage doesn't contain your "fixed-widget-container" nor just ".q2". But there are some scripts on it that look a bit guilty. Ed I disabled script and it doesn't appear, so it is definitely a script in the webpage itself. I like to have script enabled, however. 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"Ed Cryer" wrote
| Before I launch into them, though, I'd appreciate you telling me if you | get anything similar with the webpage of which I sent the screenshot; | http://troubleshooter.xyz/wiki/fix-m...e-the-snap-in/ | No. I said that above. I don't see it in either Pale Moon or Firefox. I don't have Opera and do not allow IE online. It looks to me like it's generated by script, which would explain why I don't see it, as I have script blocked. I don't see HTML code for it in the webpage and it does not appear if I select View - Style - No Style. So that seems to rule out pretty much anything but script. | I've tried it on Opera and Safari, and the tabs appear on both. They | appear about a second after all the rest of the page has loaded. | I've also opened ten of my usual sites, and no sign of the tabs in any | of them | | The webpage doesn't contain your "fixed-widget-container" nor just | ".q2". But there are some scripts on it that look a bit guilty. | No. As I said, it seems to be script-generated. I got that class name from he http://addy.ldbv981.maxcdn-edge.com/...-widget.min.js You can try that line in userContent.css and see if it works: .q2w3-fixed-widget-container {display: none !important;} It might not work. I'm not certain that's the culprit. But it's no harm done if it doesn't work. Did you try right-click - Inspect Element? That should show you the code, with ID and/or class, but if it's script-generated that won't be in the page until after page load. As I said before, I'm not willing to enable script for such research, especially at a site with such a hokey URL. (I didn't know "xyz" was even possible.) But it's easy enough for you to check yourself. The script infestation on that page is vast. Lots of it inline.... What seems to be a library from cloudflare.com... Spyware/adware script from ezoic.net.... Spyware from Google.... Dynamic ad auctions of the kind exploited by malware injectors.... About a dozen scripts from maxcdn content delivery network, including wordpress crap.... (Crap because Wordpress has frequent vulnerabilities in the various widgets and the people using them, almost be definition, don't know what they're doing.) Spyware from criteo.net.... Spyware from quantserve/quantcast and scorecardresearch.... And that's just a quick look, with no idea what other scripts might be pulled in from that first wave. That's what I mean about incompetent copy/paste. Little if any of what's on that page was likely written by the webmaster. It's mostly widgets and spyware/adware functionality provided by 3rd parties. And all that for just about 3 paragraphs of actual page content. |
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"Ed Cryer" wrote
| I disabled script and it doesn't appear, so it is definitely a script in | the webpage itself. | I like to have script enabled, however. Have you ever tried NoScript? It's a little more trouble, but the best you can do as a compromise between functionality and security. You can whitelist domains if necessary. I generally don't enable any script. when I have to, I can usually enable acme.com without enabling the half dozen spyware/adware domains that are called in. | The DOM properties are these; | | path | animatedPathSegList: [.] | 0: SVGPathSegMovetoAbs { x: 22, y: 5.159999847412109, pathSegType: 2, . } ...... I don't know how you got those, but it doesn't really mean anything useful. The point is to find the class or ID of the bar by right-click - Inspect Element, if you want to use CSS to remove the bar. I use CSS to do a number of things like that. I hide SVG and CANVAS altogether, as they're usually just used for things like "social" logos. And I hide various specific things, such as all Twitter posts in Washington Post articles. (It drives me crazy that journalists think it's news to include any old related Twitter prattle in their articles.) But the thing with using CSS is that it's only worthwhile if 1) it removes an annoyance from a lot of sites or 2) it removes an annoyance from one site that you use a lot. |
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Mayayana wrote:
"Ed Cryer" wrote | Before I launch into them, though, I'd appreciate you telling me if you | get anything similar with the webpage of which I sent the screenshot; | http://troubleshooter.xyz/wiki/fix-m...e-the-snap-in/ | No. I said that above. I don't see it in either Pale Moon or Firefox. I don't have Opera and do not allow IE online. It looks to me like it's generated by script, which would explain why I don't see it, as I have script blocked. I don't see HTML code for it in the webpage and it does not appear if I select View - Style - No Style. So that seems to rule out pretty much anything but script. | I've tried it on Opera and Safari, and the tabs appear on both. They | appear about a second after all the rest of the page has loaded. | I've also opened ten of my usual sites, and no sign of the tabs in any | of them | | The webpage doesn't contain your "fixed-widget-container" nor just | ".q2". But there are some scripts on it that look a bit guilty. | No. As I said, it seems to be script-generated. I got that class name from he http://addy.ldbv981.maxcdn-edge.com/...-widget.min.js You can try that line in userContent.css and see if it works: .q2w3-fixed-widget-container {display: none !important;} It might not work. I'm not certain that's the culprit. But it's no harm done if it doesn't work. Did you try right-click - Inspect Element? That should show you the code, with ID and/or class, but if it's script-generated that won't be in the page until after page load. As I said before, I'm not willing to enable script for such research, especially at a site with such a hokey URL. (I didn't know "xyz" was even possible.) But it's easy enough for you to check yourself. The script infestation on that page is vast. Lots of it inline.... What seems to be a library from cloudflare.com... Spyware/adware script from ezoic.net.... Spyware from Google.... Dynamic ad auctions of the kind exploited by malware injectors.... About a dozen scripts from maxcdn content delivery network, including wordpress crap.... (Crap because Wordpress has frequent vulnerabilities in the various widgets and the people using them, almost be definition, don't know what they're doing.) Spyware from criteo.net.... Spyware from quantserve/quantcast and scorecardresearch.... And that's just a quick look, with no idea what other scripts might be pulled in from that first wave. That's what I mean about incompetent copy/paste. Little if any of what's on that page was likely written by the webmaster. It's mostly widgets and spyware/adware functionality provided by 3rd parties. And all that for just about 3 paragraphs of actual page content. If you can live with FF "no style" then you are really seeing something less than preferable. Not me, brother. I was hoping you might just enable script for the few seconds it would take you to go to the page. I get the tabs covering stuff on all browsers, so it's not a local problem of FF. As regards turning off script permanently, I already get webpages refusing me because of Adblock; "we depend on ads to keep going; don't block them" they say as they refuse to display. Ed |
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In message , Ed Cryer
writes: I've recently started getting webpages with Firefox which have a strip of tabs down the left hand side; and they overlap the page itself. When I mouse over them they move in further rightwards. Only on some pages. https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3knie5nb3...pture.JPG?dl=0 Same with IE on one I tried. How do I get rid of them? I haven't installed any add-on recently. Ed With the ancient version of Firefox I use, I get lots of things that obscure part of the page (and don't scroll when the page does) - at top, bottom, or either side. A bunch of buttons that link to social media is indeed often the culprit, but by no means always - sometimes the top menu of the page itself is guilty. The version of AdBlockPlus I use (which probably is also far from the latest version) has a little triangle next to its red octagon, which when clicked brings up a menu, one of the options of which is Select element to hide (apparently also reachable by Ctrl+Shift+F3). If I invoke this, then as I move the mouse around the page, it outlines various parts of the page with a red rectangle; if I click one of those, it adds a filter (which is site-specific, and is remembered [and you can delete/deactivate the filters too if you find you've blocked the wrong thing]), and the offending popover magically disappears (sometimes after a second or two's delay). I use this a lot - certainly for social media bars, as I don't use social media much (certainly not from other webpages) so am happy to never see those button bars again. I know a lot of people these days are deprecating ABP in favour of the other one (u something?); I don't know if that has this selective element blocker though - it may have, I haven't investigated. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Radio 4 is the civilising influence in this country ... I think it is the most important institution in this country. - John Humphrys, Radio Times 7-13/06/2003 |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
| I know a lot of people these days are deprecating ABP in favour of the | other one (u something?) uBlock Origin. I'm not certain, but I don't think UO is taking kickbacks to show "acceptable advertising" the way that ABP is. (An ad blocker that accepts payments to show some ads is a bit much.) I've only tried UO briefly but it seemed to work pretty well. I had taken my very elderly father to check his email at the local senior center. They only had Chrome on the computers. So I downloaded Firefox. Windows popped up an "Admin password required" box as I tried to install FF. I dismissed the window. Firefox then apparently ran the install at user level. Nice! Then I installed uBlock Origin. In just a couple of minutes I was getting civilized webpages on Firefox, despite running as a restricted user. But I didn't explore the options UO provided. |
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Ed Cryer writes: I've recently started getting webpages with Firefox which have a strip of tabs down the left hand side; and they overlap the page itself. When I mouse over them they move in further rightwards. Only on some pages. https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3knie5nb3...pture.JPG?dl=0 Same with IE on one I tried. How do I get rid of them? I haven't installed any add-on recently. Ed With the ancient version of Firefox I use, I get lots of things that obscure part of the page (and don't scroll when the page does) - at top, bottom, or either side. A bunch of buttons that link to social media is indeed often the culprit, but by no means always - sometimes the top menu of the page itself is guilty. The version of AdBlockPlus I use (which probably is also far from the latest version) has a little triangle next to its red octagon, which when clicked brings up a menu, one of the options of which is Select element to hide (apparently also reachable by Ctrl+Shift+F3). If I invoke this, then as I move the mouse around the page, it outlines various parts of the page with a red rectangle; if I click one of those, it adds a filter (which is site-specific, and is remembered [and you can delete/deactivate the filters too if you find you've blocked the wrong thing]), and the offending popover magically disappears (sometimes after a second or two's delay). I use this a lot - certainly for social media bars, as I don't use social media much (certainly not from other webpages) so am happy to never see those button bars again. I know a lot of people these days are deprecating ABP in favour of the other one (u something?); I don't know if that has this selective element blocker though - it may have, I haven't investigated. Thanks a lot for your contribution. You've fixed it for me quite straightforwardly, without having to configure my system to something I wouldn't recognize. I'm on FF58.02, 64Bit, AdblockPlus 3.01. I started looking into ABP, but that led me to FF itself by saying "Note: You have Do Not Track (DNT) disabled in your browser settings. For this feature to work properly, please enable DNT in your browser preferences". The latest version of FF has two security choices; Block additional tracking, and Block social media icons tracking; both now ticked. And that's it. The messy things have gone, and the rest of the page looks untouched. BTW, it was interesting watching ABP do its job on that page. Its count went quickly to 30, and then slowed down to one every few seconds, taking longer all the while. It finally reached 51 before I lost interest and moved on. Ed |
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Use an ad blocker like uBlock Origin.
Ed Cryer wrote: I've recently started getting webpages with Firefox which have a strip of tabs down the left hand side; and they overlap the page itself. When I mouse over them they move in further rightwards. Only on some pages. https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3knie5nb3...pture.JPG?dl=0 Same with IE on one I tried. How do I get rid of them? I haven't installed any add-on recently. Ed -- Quote of the Week: "The little ant at its hole is full of courage." --African Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- | |o o| | ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and URL/link. \ _ / ( ) |
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On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 22:48:46 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
With the ancient version of Firefox I use, I get lots of things that obscure part of the page (and don't scroll when the page does) - at top, bottom, or either side. A bunch of buttons that link to social media is indeed often the culprit, but by no means always - sometimes the top menu of the page itself is guilty. The version of AdBlockPlus I use (which probably is also far from the latest version) has a little triangle next to its red octagon, which when clicked brings up a menu, I resisted upgrading to Firefox 57, because the Prefbar add-on, which I used a lot, was not planning to be compatible with the new version. But from my reading, it seems that updating browsers us essential to protection against Meltdown and Spectre. So I did it, and found I could live without Prefbar after all. Adblock Plus has been updated for the newer Firefox, and I remember liking the new ABP a bit better than the old version, though I can't remember why. YMMV, but to me this seemed like an important but easy security move. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com/ http://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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