copypasteweb

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by copypasteweb 12y ago
Meanwhile you can probably connect HTML client to already existing open-source non-HTML bot [1] using its bot-as-a-proxy feature. Adding automation stuff directly to HTML client shouldn't be hard, assuming network protocol handling and
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by copypasteweb 13y ago
<object/> works well for playing video without any JavaScript.
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by copypasteweb 13y ago
>it's a shame there is no more status bar as well https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/status-4-evar...
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by copypasteweb 13y ago
RefControl is a nice addon for that, with ability to set default behaviour and override it for specific domains. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/
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by copypasteweb 14y ago
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/
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by copypasteweb 14y ago
Meanwhile in Firefox, since 2008: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabinta/
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by copypasteweb 14y ago
This should be a browser feature, extension or user script, not a website feature.
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by copypasteweb 14y ago
It should be a browser feature, option or extension, for users to have control over it from one place.
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by copypasteweb 14y ago
So, nobody cares about more widely adopted <object/> which was supposed to be a solution for future media types and just happens to usually be more stable, have better perfomance and support much more media formats without having to
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by copypasteweb 14y ago
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-monste...
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
RequestPolicy prevents that approach.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
>match every location you visit against a whitelist of about 300 webzines Yeah, whitelist can't be downloaded.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
>The plugin mentioned at the end won't work - not unless it's going to have a tedious whitelist. RequestPolicy (Firefox addon) works just fine, not much tedious than NoScript or CookieMonster, for example. While remotely hosted images m
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
>The privacy plugin that I am working on, Parley, would solve the cross-site tracking aspect of this bug, since it blocks all third party requests. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy...
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
>It's impossible to do that, unless they managed to write a new client. Possible with ROPS. Possible with OpenKore (a "new client" itself) in XKore mode.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
>Flash soars with video because of hardware acceleration and active streaming Hardware acceleration and streaming works fine even with HTML4 <OBJECT/>, providing the choice and configuration of media player if user desires.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
CSS is not a programming language either.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
> http://gizmodo.com/#.. . Broken link.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
It's not about affiliate links or advertisements. Target URL should be just there, without contacting random servers to determine it.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
The problem of target URL being unknown until you follow the link still applies.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
As unnecessary as any other URL shortening; and features like this belong to user clients (and not content) where they're always available for those and only those who needs them.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
Any free email provider can be used for fake, one-time, temporary email addresses - it just takes a bit more time to register another one. It's just annoying when email is needed to create an account, and way more annoying when it filters e
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
"OK, pretty strange looking if you aren't used to Perl. Or even if you are used to Perl." Yep.
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by copypasteweb 15y ago
Google analytics JavaScript spyware included.