I'm oldschool and still using noscript in my Firefox, I can't imagine
browsing the web without it. But sometimes you just need that site that
pulls in the content from 1000 different URL's and javascript
libraries. That's the only time I use Chrome.
On 4/21/2020 12:33 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
I hear you. Can't help your older relative, but when I encounter a web
site that pulls that kind of crap, I copy the URL and bring it up in a
Brave browser. It is not perfect, but does just about the best job of
any browser in cutting out the cruff. and this is without any add-ins
or extensions.
bp
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On 4/21/2020 9:37 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
<Curmudgeon mode>
It seems like I've noticed an uptick recently of slow loading dynamic
content. Like the web page will load, then like a second later,
everything rearranges on the page as more items decide to pop up. I
don't remember it being this bad before. I've had to use the FedEx
site recently, it's really bad about this.
The Youtube app on my phone now had Ad's that are bigger than half
the screen, so it will push a playing video 1/2 off the top of the
screen so it can show the entire ad below it while the video is playing.
I've been trying to explain over the phone to an older relative how
to use an Amazon FireTV box I've given her so she can watch her
church services. She has never used a computer, and barely used a
VCR. She does not inherently know what Icons on the remote mean
(play/pause, etc). Her fingers to not operate independent of her
Eyes, so she has to look at her fingers as they are doing something
(why she's never been able to figure out how to use a mouse, gets
cursor lined up, looks at hand to push mouse button, cursor moves,
click does nothing). She watches TV by typing in the channel
number. So the instructions need to be like 'Push the button with a
house, then Push the bottom of the big circle down 2 times, then push
the middle of the big circle' But this never works, as
Amazon/youtube will always re-order the icons, and Since she's not
looking at the screen, she doesn't see the 'selected' icon is
changing as she is pushing buttons. (any tips on helpful
explanations for this would be appreciated)
My FireTV at home has also been pulling re-arranging the Icons after
it's started up. Just the amount of time for you to select the app
you want, and as you're clicking, they all re-arrange and you've
opened the wrong thing.
I think bottom line is I'm starting to get to old for all these
new-fangled Technogizmos. I can't imagine it getting better, only
worse from here on, as every content developer under the sun want's
to have their own interface for their content.
</Curmudgeon Mode>
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