On 06/04/2017 07:39 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 06/04/2017 02:17 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: >> I just had the experience of visiting a linux-related site >> (http://libv.livejournal.com/22968.html) and seeing a panel with ads >> about house appliances (from a site I had actually visited before). >> The panel actually blocks part of the page, and is impossible to >> remove. This is caused by some javascript linked to some crap-factory >> named criteo.com. >> I'm using chromium, but I just checked that the same happens with >> Firefox, so the fault lies with >> http://libv.livejournal.com and not with Google (for once) >> >> Now, I tried to edit the settings of chromium to block javascript from >> criteo.com. Guess what, the "manage exceptions..." dialog opens a >> popup window with an example for the aptly named domain example.com, >> and _doesn't allow any change at all_! No way to add an exception, nor >> to remove it (not that there's much to remove) >> >> Ah, the state of browsers for linux! >> >> Please tell me I'm not the only one to whom such beautiful things happen. >> >> Jorge Almeida >> > > Bad news... > > I have Chrome installed, and I went to the first linked website and > added a Block exception for criteo.com no problem. > > Dan >
Whoops! I realized you're using chromium, not Chrome itself. Nevermind... I'll try building it and see. Dan
