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Re: Firefox alternatives?

From eben@gmx.us
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Firefox alternatives?
Date 2024-12-12 06:50 +0100
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On 12/12/24 00:28, David Christensen wrote:
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> I have installed the NoScript extension in Firefox.  I typically enable only
> enough JavaScript to get a site working.  YouTube recently changed their
> site such that videos stall after about a minute if google.com is blocked. 
> When I enabled google.com, Firefox became very sluggish.

Hmm I have Firefox with Noscript and watch a fair amount of Youtube.
google.com does not get to run JS and I've noticed no ill effects.
Ghostery's blocking 7 things on that site (it says) and most of them have
"Google" in the name.  Perhaps that's the difference?  There's also
"Adblocker for Youtube™".

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Re: Firefox alternatives? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-12-12 06:30 +0100
  Re: Firefox alternatives? eben@gmx.us - 2024-12-12 06:50 +0100
    Re: Firefox alternatives? Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2024-12-12 10:10 +0100
    Re: Firefox alternatives? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-12-12 13:20 +0100
      Re: Firefox alternatives? John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2024-12-12 15:30 +0100
      Re: Firefox alternatives? eben@gmx.us - 2024-12-12 16:50 +0100
    Re: Firefox alternatives? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-12-12 18:50 +0100

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