On Saturday 24 August 2019 20:50:25 John Hasler wrote: > Gene writes: > > And I'd like to be able to at least get an error message giving me a > > clue what to do when at least 25% of the news sites I visit are > > similarly blank pages. > > In addition to add-ons such as NoScript, take a look at the settings > in Preferences->Privacy&Security in Firefox. These sites want to pull > in scripts from dozens of sites as well as setting trackers and > storing cookies and site data on your machine. They usually work ok > without most of it but there's often some they just can't live > without. It's inconceivable to the Web designers that you might want > to simply read the text. They're certain that you need an "enhanced > user experience".
An attitude I'd cheerfully beat them with, if I was 65 years younger. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
