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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