Re: Why does "STOP" Button not appear ?

[NFN Smith]

WaltS48 wrote:

On 5/10/18 11:35 AM, NFN Smith wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

It seems that the Stop button does not work on long-running scripts,
including malformed JavaScript.  When I encounter this, I use PrefBar to
disable JavaScript.



A similar approach would be in using NoScript to block all scripts as 
a default, and then granting access to individual scripting only as 
needed.





Anyway, when Fox News looks like it is taking forever to load, I just 
Reload the tab.


A good first step.  Clearing the cache can also be useful.  That's a 
nice thing that PrefBar makes easily available.


Smith

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Re: Why does "STOP" Button not appear ?

[WaltS48]

On 5/10/18 11:35 AM, NFN Smith wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

It seems that the Stop button does not work on long-running scripts,
including malformed JavaScript.  When I encounter this, I use PrefBar to
disable JavaScript.



A similar approach would be in using NoScript to block all scripts as a 
default, and then granting access to individual scripting only as needed.


On a lot of sites (especially media ones), there's a lot of scripting 
going on.  Some of it is necessary for getting to the content that you 
want, but there's quite a bit of scripting that's used to deliver 
graphics, animation, advertising and other eye-candy, as well as quite a 
bit that's essentially usage tracking.


In my own usage, I tend to leave scripts from places like Google 
Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook, Amazon, etc. blocked unless I'm 
having problems getting a page to display correctly. Conversely, 
scripting hosts that have "CDN" in the name tend to be "content delivery 
network", and often mirrors of the content you want.  On the other hand, 
I've learned to identify a number of scripting hosts that are ad 
delivery networks, and have found that it's generally safe to 
permanently blacklist.


The one challenge for selectively enabling scripting hosts is that for 
some, there's a cascading effect. Sometimes, the script (and scripting 
host) that is needed for the content you want is actually delivered 
through another scripting host. Thus, if you go to site A, and enable 
their scripting, you may also have to enable scripts from site B, and in 
turn, site C, before you get the content you want.  But if you're 
blocking several other scripts, it may be worth it, of having less 
tracking, less animation, and less hung scripts.


Smith


Sorry, for the fast fingered empty followup.

Anyway, when Fox News looks like it is taking forever to load, I just 
Reload the tab.


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Re: Why does "STOP" Button not appear ?

[NFN Smith]

David E. Ross wrote:

It seems that the Stop button does not work on long-running scripts,
including malformed JavaScript.  When I encounter this, I use PrefBar to
disable JavaScript.



A similar approach would be in using NoScript to block all scripts as a 
default, and then granting access to individual scripting only as needed.


On a lot of sites (especially media ones), there's a lot of scripting 
going on.  Some of it is necessary for getting to the content that you 
want, but there's quite a bit of scripting that's used to deliver 
graphics, animation, advertising and other eye-candy, as well as quite a 
bit that's essentially usage tracking.


In my own usage, I tend to leave scripts from places like Google 
Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook, Amazon, etc. blocked unless I'm 
having problems getting a page to display correctly. Conversely, 
scripting hosts that have "CDN" in the name tend to be "content delivery 
network", and often mirrors of the content you want.  On the other hand, 
I've learned to identify a number of scripting hosts that are ad 
delivery networks, and have found that it's generally safe to 
permanently blacklist.


The one challenge for selectively enabling scripting hosts is that for 
some, there's a cascading effect. Sometimes, the script (and scripting 
host) that is needed for the content you want is actually delivered 
through another scripting host. Thus, if you go to site A, and enable 
their scripting, you may also have to enable scripts from site B, and in 
turn, site C, before you get the content you want.  But if you're 
blocking several other scripts, it may be worth it, of having less 
tracking, less animation, and less hung scripts.


Smith
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Re: Why does "STOP" Button not appear ?

[WaltS48]

On 5/10/18 11:35 AM, NFN Smith wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

It seems that the Stop button does not work on long-running scripts,
including malformed JavaScript.  When I encounter this, I use PrefBar to
disable JavaScript.



A similar approach would be in using NoScript to block all scripts as a 
default, and then granting access to individual scripting only as needed.


On a lot of sites (especially media ones), there's a lot of scripting 
going on.  Some of it is necessary for getting to the content that you 
want, but there's quite a bit of scripting that's used to deliver 
graphics, animation, advertising and other eye-candy, as well as quite a 
bit that's essentially usage tracking.


In my own usage, I tend to leave scripts from places like Google 
Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook, Amazon, etc. blocked unless I'm 
having problems getting a page to display correctly. Conversely, 
scripting hosts that have "CDN" in the name tend to be "content delivery 
network", and often mirrors of the content you want.  On the other hand, 
I've learned to identify a number of scripting hosts that are ad 
delivery networks, and have found that it's generally safe to 
permanently blacklist.


The one challenge for selectively enabling scripting hosts is that for 
some, there's a cascading effect. Sometimes, the script (and scripting 
host) that is needed for the content you want is actually delivered 
through another scripting host. Thus, if you go to site A, and enable 
their scripting, you may also have to enable scripts from site B, and in 
turn, site C, before you get the content you want.  But if you're 
blocking several other scripts, it may be worth it, of having less 
tracking, less animation, and less hung scripts.


Smith



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Re: Why does "STOP" Button not appear ?

[David E. Ross]

On 5/9/2018 9:15 PM, DoctorBill wrote:
> I remember back with previous versions of SeaMonkey, that there was a "STOP"
> button that stopped a page that was loading - if you clicked it.
> 
> MANY web sites (like FoxNews) come up with the STOP Button greyed out (not
> functional).
> 
> Why is that ?
> 
> Some web sites take FOREVER to load and I would like to STOP the 
> loading.can't !
> 
> DoctorBill
> 

It seems that the Stop button does not work on long-running scripts,
including malformed JavaScript.  When I encounter this, I use PrefBar to
disable JavaScript.

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Re: Why does "STOP" Button not appear ?

[WaltS48]

On 5/10/18 12:15 AM, DoctorBill wrote:
I remember back with previous versions of SeaMonkey, that there was a 
"STOP"

button that stopped a page that was loading - if you clicked it.

MANY web sites (like FoxNews) come up with the STOP Button greyed out (not
functional).

Why is that ?

Some web sites take FOREVER to load and I would like to STOP the 
loading.can't !


DoctorBill



Works here. SeaMonkey 2.49.3

Does the "STOP" button work on FoxNews if you run SeaMonkey in safe mode?

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Re: Why does "STOP" Button not appear ?

[Daniel]

DoctorBill wrote on 10/05/18 14:15:
I remember back with previous versions of SeaMonkey, that there was a 
"STOP"

button that stopped a page that was loading - if you clicked it.

MANY web sites (like FoxNews) come up with the STOP Button greyed out (not
functional).

Why is that ?

Some web sites take FOREVER to load and I would like to STOP the 
loading.can't !


DoctorBill


Doctor Bill, it's my understanding that the "Stop" button will only be 
active whilst you are actually downloading data for that web site. Once 
you have all the info, the button would grey out.


I don't know why the button would be greyed out if a web site is slow in 
getting downloaded.


Is the button becoming active at all??

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User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 
SeaMonkey/2.49.1 Build identifier: 20171016030418


User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 
SeaMonkey/2.49.1 Build identifier: 20171015235623

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Re: Why does "STOP" Button not appear ?

[GerardJan]

DoctorBill wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

I remember back with previous versions of SeaMonkey, that there was a "STOP"
button that stopped a page that was loading - if you clicked it.


use /CANCEL/

MANY web sites (like FoxNews) come up with the STOP Button greyed out (not
functional).

Why is that ?

Some web sites take FOREVER to load and I would like to STOP the 
loading.can't !


DoctorBill


Using 2.49.1 right now.



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Build identifier: 20180403170715

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Re: Why does "STOP" Button not appear ?

[DoctorBill]

DoctorBill wrote:
I remember back with previous versions of SeaMonkey, that there was a 
"STOP"

button that stopped a page that was loading - if you clicked it.

MANY web sites (like FoxNews) come up with the STOP Button greyed out (not
functional).

Why is that ?

Some web sites take FOREVER to load and I would like to STOP the 
loading.can't !


DoctorBill


Using 2.49.1 right now.
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