Posted on 11/21/2012 7:40:12 PM PST by One Name
Switched back to Mozilla Firefox before the election as IE was giving me fits. Everything was great for awhile but now FF fades every 20 keystrokes or so and I have to click to resume typing.
Old Dell computer on XP with DSL hookup
Try another browser (Chrome maybe). It sounds more like your computer is having problems - typing in a box in the browser is akin to typing in a Word Document on your computer.
“I don’t trust google.”
“Maybe I’m paranoid, but I suspect google products of being elaborate phishing expeditions.”
“Don’t trust Apple either. “
I understand where you are coming from. I finally decided it wasn’t worth the trouble of avoiding google since my ISP would turn over any information anyone wanted. So, I use gmail, blogger, google documents, and so on. They’re free, work well, and I ignore the adds.
I do try to foil apple and google as much as possible. I have an extension called “ghostery” that allows me to block tracking scripts. It is amazing how many sites have extensive tracking scripts running. If interested, install it and check out sites lick Drudge, CNN, ESPN. Some sites will have 20 tracking scripts running.
On my mac, I use “Little Snitch” to block a lot of outgoing traffic directed to apple.
Then there is the whole issue of the NSA. They probably capture everything that travels through the web.
I love Ghostery - have it running now - heard about it one one of these techie question threads. I’ve been on sites that have over 40 tracking scripts - that’s crazy!
(I ran Chrome on an older computer, that computer blew up and I’m using Chrome on the new one too - streamline, simple and the easy access task manager window for killing hung-up programs is great)
Wow, thanks for the tips.
Is there a way for these snoopy tools to prevent the spy scripts from gathering info?
We might have been able to protect our privacy in the past, but now it appears that, “Resistance is futile.”
Ghostery vs. Do Not Track Plus
http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/248582/how-kill-web-trackers-dead?page=0,0
“Is there a way for these snoopy tools to prevent the spy scripts from gathering info?”
Ghostery gives you the option to block the script.
Be warned that this may break some web sites that need cookies.
You can always allow the script while you need it and then reblock it as needed.
“Ghostery vs. Do Not Track Plus”
Pretty cool.
Good to have another tool in the arsenal.
> You can always allow the script while you need it and then
> reblock it as needed.
Very cool, indeed.
Thanks for the help!
Another cool plug-in/extension is called “Flash Block”.
Instead of loading flash player downloads, it puts a play symbol in their place. If you want to see the flash object/movie, push play, else, it is never downloaded.
This could help speed up load times on slow pc’s.
It sure as hell makes some annoying web sites more tolerable.
> Another cool plug-in/extension is called “Flash Block”.
Excellent suggestion!
I’m on DSL, so it’s a pain when I try to load a web site that has flash advertising. The commercial is bad enough, but that it slows the loading to a crawl is even worse.
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