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Re: The Onion releases fartscroll.js

#82

Post by specialist »

TheEskimo wrote: post #54
obviouslygreen wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I run Ghostery to stop sites from loading external media. If you're not opposed to plugins, even if you don't actually want to block the media, you can put it into disabled mode and it'll still tell you how many external calls were made (and, if you click on the icon, it brings up a list of the associated domains). Granted, I'm running Chromium (presumably you're talking about Firefox), but the plugin does exist for…

I've always felt ghostery is the poor-man's noscript. If he wants to know about all external calls (which he presumably does) then noscript will actually do that while ghostery will let 'good' ones by untouched.

I've read up on AdBlock, NoScript, Ghostery. I have no idea what differentiate's them. Some people run two or more. I have no idea if more means better.

I don't have the gumption to splunk the code.

I kinda wish either they'd declare each other competitors or embrace each other as compliments.

Re: The Onion releases fartscroll.js

#83

Post by incision »

meelash wrote: post #80

Really? This got voted up to number 1 on the front page, and so many awesome real projects are buried without ever getting anywhere? HN is really a joke now, I see. Haven't been around for a while. Sad.

Coincidence? [0]

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5677046

Re: The Onion releases fartscroll.js

#85

Post by ianstallings »

meelash wrote: post #80

Really? This got voted up to number 1 on the front page, and so many awesome real projects are buried without ever getting anywhere? HN is really a joke now, I see. Haven't been around for a while. Sad.

It's a clever way to find a new hire, if you scroll to the bottom of their page.

Re: The Onion releases fartscroll.js

#87

Post by cookiecaper »

specialist wrote: post #82
TheEskimo wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've always felt ghostery is the poor-man's noscript. If he wants to know about all external calls (which he presumably does) then noscript will actually do that while ghostery will let 'good' ones by untouched.

I've read up on AdBlock, NoScript, Ghostery. I have no idea what differentiate's them. Some people run two or more. I have no idea if more means better. I don't have the gumption to splunk the code. I kinda wish either they'd declare each other competitors or embrace each other as compliments.

AdBlock blocks ads, Ghostery blocks "trackers", and NoScript blocks all JavaScript (and a few other dangerous potentials). NoScript doesn't necessarily block ads but it does block "trackers" by default.

I used Ghostery for a while but found it redundant and onerous since I also run NoScript. I agree with the parent that said Ghostery was a poor man's NoScript, though Ghostery only blocks known trackers (analytics tools) and will let random evil scripts through. NoScript allows you to whitelist script sources by domain, so you usually see "Enable example.com; Enable analytics.google.com; Enable quantcast.com;", etc., and you can just enable example.com if you don't like the trackers.

NoScript is really important and useful I think. Less convinced on Ghostery. AdBlock is useful but I don't know if I'd call it "important" really; it provides a great visual convenience to be able to read sites without being bombarded by ads, but one can live safely without it if necessary.

Re: The Onion releases fartscroll.js

#89

Post by ashmud »

specialist wrote: post #82
TheEskimo wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've always felt ghostery is the poor-man's noscript. If he wants to know about all external calls (which he presumably does) then noscript will actually do that while ghostery will let 'good' ones by untouched.

I've read up on AdBlock, NoScript, Ghostery. I have no idea what differentiate's them. Some people run two or more. I have no idea if more means better. I don't have the gumption to splunk the code. I kinda wish either they'd declare each other competitors or embrace each other as compliments.

AdBlock: Blocks requests with a url match in the filter list. NoScript: Blocks JavaScript. Ghostery: Blocks webbugs (JavaScript and hidden tracking elements, such as small/transparent images). AdBlock appears to be the simplest, and NoScript the most complex (e.g., ABE).
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