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copypasteweb

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    Comment #8292412

    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 sh…

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    Comment #5969300

    works well for playing video without any JavaScript.

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    Comment #5824054

    >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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    Comment #5439868

    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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    Comment #4909473

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/

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    Comment #4856413

    Meanwhile in Firefox, since 2008: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabinta/

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    Comment #4819364

    This should be a browser feature, extension or user script, not a website feature.

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    Comment #4767725

    It should be a browser feature, option or extension, for users to have control over it from one place.

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    Comment #4763153

    So, nobody cares about more widely adopted which was supposed to be a solution for future media types and just happens to usually be more stable, have better perfomance and support…

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    Comment #4032772

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-monste...

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    Comment #3309000

    RequestPolicy prevents that approach.

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    Comment #3181268

    >match every location you visit against a whitelist of about 300 webzines Yeah, whitelist can't be downloaded.

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    Comment #2903296

    >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 Co…

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    Comment #2903268

    >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…

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    Comment #2873830

    >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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    Comment #2609019

    >Flash soars with video because of hardware acceleration and active streaming Hardware acceleration and streaming works fine even with HTML4 , providing the choice and configuratio…

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    Comment #2589774

    CSS is not a programming language either.

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    Comment #2481171

    > http://gizmodo.com/#.. . Broken link.

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    Comment #2447458

    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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    Comment #2447404

    The problem of target URL being unknown until you follow the link still applies.

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    Comment #2447031

    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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    Comment #2446298

    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 t…

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    Comment #2398820

    "OK, pretty strange looking if you aren't used to Perl. Or even if you are used to Perl." Yep.