I dropped NoScript a while ago, became too annoying. I'm using the AdBlock Origin add-on for FireFox now. It kills most ads, lets most on-topic things pop-up, so I'm happy. A few web sites ask me to turn it off. I have never tried to train it. Does have multiple levels and outside lists it can use. Doug. On 11/23/16, tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org <tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org> wrote: > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. disgusting popovers (gregrwm) > 2. Re: disgusting popovers (Ryan Coleman) > 3. Re: disgusting popovers (gregrwm) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:03:19 -0600 > From: gregrwm <tclug1 at whitleymott.net> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [tclug-list] disgusting popovers > Message-ID: > <CAD+dB9ARH5T8QS_Qqo-5RCKajBaCjXQREnvqOyytKtHCrpcX_w at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > anyone know of any (preferably chromium, perhaps firefox) addon that is > either itself intelligent enough to thwart only the undesirable (about 95% > of) popovers, or works cleverly either with clicks or with "inspect" to > learn what the user does not wish to bothered by? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20161122/e4be23a1/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:06:42 -0600 > From: Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] disgusting popovers > Message-ID: <A41E6127-9CA6-4C6C-BB67-CF5B499EF9A8 at cwis.biz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > >> On Nov 22, 2016, at 2:03 PM, gregrwm <tclug1 at whitleymott.net> wrote: >> >> anyone know of any (preferably chromium, perhaps firefox) addon that is >> either itself intelligent enough to thwart only the undesirable (about 95% >> of) popovers, or works cleverly either with clicks or with "inspect" to >> learn what the user does not wish to bothered by? > > Primary solution is disable JavaScript :) > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:21:18 -0600 > From: gregrwm <tclug1 at whitleymott.net> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] disgusting popovers > Message-ID: > <CAD+dB9CWGFVm3qMjgxE7CAn+tk_5h1uL0zsWvSA7o=CpBDHiTg at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> >> > anyone know of any (preferably chromium, perhaps firefox) addon that is >> either itself intelligent enough to thwart only the undesirable (about >> 95% >> of) popovers, or works cleverly either with clicks or with "inspect" to >> learn what the user does not wish to bothered by? >> >> Primary solution is disable JavaScript :) >> > > yeah, and noscript used to be a halfdecent way to make that almost > workable, but recent reality is nearly everything out there needs > javascript in order to be viewed. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20161122/bc5b90dc/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > End of tclug-list Digest, Vol 143, Issue 12 > ******************************************* > -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin "When seconds count, help is only minutes away." Does Gun Control protect you, the criminal, or the Government?