It seems like every week I run into more sites that only work in Chrome.
And Ubiquiti products.
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From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Nate Burke
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12:47 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Dynamic Content Gripes
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
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
> 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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