Showing posts with label NoScript. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NoScript. Show all posts

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Putting Facebook back in its box

It really annoys me when I've been searching for (say) a new Zimmer frame, and the next time I log into Facebook I'm swamped with adverts for new Zimmer's.


I then imaging some androgynous, bug-eyed, American geek leaning over my shoulder saying "Hey buddy, what are we looking at today?"


I needed to put a stop to this...

Thursday, 25 May 2017

The Brave Browser

It was only a week or so ago that I was grumbling to someone about the internet, and the time it can take to load a web page.


Using Firefox with NoScript, I have to take a decision on whether to allow scripts to run, but these are not always limited to the page of interest.


When viewing newspaper and magazine websites like Radio Times, I find it quite alarming that it wants to load dozens, possibly hundreds of script libraries belonging to Google, Facebook, Twitter & so on.

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Midori as a Site-Specific Browser

A Site-Specific Browser (SSB) is a program or application that is dedicated to loading and exploring a single web site.


This allows a user to simply click on an icon and go straight to a web site, often using an interface with minimum functionality.


But my main interest in the SSB approach has more to do with security than ease of use.