Google Chrome extensions

[jdd58]

Originally Posted by rinem

I'm running ABP+ with a light custom filter list and Nimi Cleanser with "Block Shield" off and other shields on (to replace my notscript/scriptno extension). I'm loving the fast surfing in Chrome again.

Also running Nimi with the Block shield off by default. It still blocks quite a bit. Kees sites display well with this way. I'm sure with ABP it blocks about everything.

I'm running a 1kb hosts file posted a while back on this forum by Safeguy, Nimi, and DoNotTrack Plus.

Scriptno is out, may try ABP again.

[Kees1958]

Thx

With block off the two newspaper websites display well, so I have Nimsi cleaner back on to try for a while

[m00nbl00d]

I started to use Nimi Cleanser, and seems quite good. I did find that if JavaScript is blocked, then it won't block certain ads. Example of a link for such ad: -http://domain_here/pub/www/delivery/ck.php?n=some_number&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE

If one tries and creates an additional rule, won't an update rewrite the changes?

It does block the ads by Softpedia, though. Now it doesn't? lol

I noticed that there's an option to enter subscriptions. I still haven't tried, but I suppose that it will disable the default rules...

Originally Posted by vasa1

Sheldon Cooper has a very low opinion of rocket scientists.

'kay. I'm pretty well set with what I have right now and so will let this one pass me by.

Edit: moontan, please take a look at this (-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Dvc1NrZJI-). Mods pleeeez don't delete. Pleeez.

LOL!

"""""".....because of the variation the missle doesn't know where it is the missle goes to a position where it wasn't but now is. Consequently the missle's position is where it was now it is where it wasn't but now is. It follows that the position that it was was not where it wasn't, the position was and goes to where it wasn't......""""""

Very funny video, thanks! Now look at this comment:

Through a complicated mathematical process of elimination we now know the guy that made this video, is where he should not be (near a computer). Since the geometric location of the LSD in his pocket isn't where it was. If we add the the LSD to his brian, by subtracting that data from price of tea in China, indicates where he now is, isn't where he should be. By triangulating the position of the nearest ambulance we can send him where is now not, but he should be which is in a psychiatric wing

[vasa1]

Originally Posted by guest

...
Very funny video, thanks!...

And now for something more serious although I suppose most of us, especially Daveski, already know this: -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2FMqtC1x9Y-

[m00nbl00d]

Originally Posted by m00nbl00d

I started to use Nimi Cleanser, and seems quite good. I did find that if JavaScript is blocked, then it won't block certain ads. Example of a link for such ad: -http://domain_here/pub/www/delivery/ck.php?n=some_number&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE

If one tries and creates an additional rule, won't an update rewrite the changes?

It does block the ads by Softpedia, though. Now it doesn't? lol

I noticed that there's an option to enter subscriptions. I still haven't tried, but I suppose that it will disable the default rules...

Unfortunately, and I don't know why, it still doesn't block Softpedia's ad. It did block it at first. Even if I allow JavaScript for Softpedia's domain, it still doesn't block it.

The Softpedia's ad is 600x90. I'm still new at regular expressions; I actually only started looking at this stuff when I started creating HTTPS Everywhere rules , so I'm not sure if any of the regex expressions in the default rules should block it. 600 would be [0-9], and I see it in many of the rules, but I'm not sure if 90 would also be [0-9] or [90].

I suppose I could run Adblock with custom rules meanwhile, until I grasp regex.

-edit-

Nimi Cleanser actually seems to block Softpedia's ads, depending on which page I'm on. For instance, it does block if I'm at -http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/

But, it won't block if I'm at -http://www.softpedia.com

Can anyone reproduce it?

[m00nbl00d]

I've experienced something interesting with Nimi Cleanser.

Do the following test. Go to -http://www.sandboxie.com. If you got all shields enabled, and with default settings, then you should see Sandboxie logo bocked. Now, within the same page, right-click "Forum" and choose to open it in a new tab. Now the logo is allowed.

If you access the forum page, within the same tab as -http://www.sandboxie.com (= no new tab), then the logo is still blocked.

[jdd58]

Either way the Sandboxie logo is blocked for me.

[Daveski17]

Originally Posted by vasa1

And now for something more serious although I suppose most of us, especially Daveski, already know this: -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2FMqtC1x9Y-

I do know that if you type 'Qrobe.it https' into the non-SSL Qrobe.it search engine, it can't find the encrypted version of itself.

Which, I must say didn't really impress me that much.

[acr1965]

Anyone try this js app yet?
http://www.ghacks.net/2012/04/19/kil...-the-internet/

if so, any thoughts?

[Pinga]

Panelize opens pages in panels:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...hkplbofldeimie

[m00nbl00d]

This one isn't just for Google Chrome; it's actually a User Script. But, it will allow to prevent Google search engine tracking.

It's called googlePrivacy: -https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29078

I had found one, which wouldn't require JavaScript to be enabled for Google's search engine. I'll have to find it again. It was at User Scripts as well. I just don't recall what the name was.

But, this one works; provided you enable JavaScript for Google's search engine.

-edit-

You may find more for the same purpose here: -https://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=google+redirect&submit=
There are quite a few.

[m00nbl00d]

Which extension to save web pages to PDF has served you well? There are quite a few. I don't want to have to download them all...

Unfortunately, Chromium doesn't allow to save as PDF (that I know of), unlike Google Chrome. Chrome allows to do it so with Print Preview. I just don't want to install Google Chrome, otherwise I'll have to maintain two web browsers. Unless, I'm forced to do it.

For some reason, I'm unable to save as XPS...


Thanks

[tlu]

Originally Posted by m00nbl00d

This one isn't just for Google Chrome; it's actually a User Script. But, it will allow to prevent Google search engine tracking.

It's called googlePrivacy: -https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29078

I think a better alternative is using https://startpage.com/eng/ as the default search engine. This makes that user script superfluous.

[m00nbl00d]

Originally Posted by tlu

I think a better alternative is using https://startpage.com/eng/ as the default search engine. This makes that user script superfluous.

That's true, but unfortunately Startpage won't always display the same results as I get in Google's search engine. This is actually something I talked about, sometime ago, and other users also reported different results as well.

For the fewer times this happens, I got no other option other than Google's search engine.

[m00nbl00d]

It should be interesting to keep an eye at this extension, Cross-Domain Request Filter -https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ggdfifojddnlfciogdedpldahnbnjmhd

It still doesn't, but the aim of the developer is to eventually provide the same functionality that Firefox's extension RequestPolicy has.

[Hungry Man]

There doesn't seem to be a ton of information on it.

[m00nbl00d]

Originally Posted by Hungry Man

There doesn't seem to be a ton of information on it.

You could always install and give it a try. It's on my todo list... but, not anytime soon, as I have other extensions to be tested first.

[Morro]

Originally Posted by m00nbl00d

That's true, but unfortunately Startpage won't always display the same results as I get in Google's search engine. This is actually something I talked about, sometime ago, and other users also reported different results as well.

For the fewer times this happens, I got no other option other than Google's search engine.

Have you tried this search engine?

--http://duckduckgo.com/--

[Daveski17]

Originally Posted by m00nbl00d

That's true, but unfortunately Startpage won't always display the same results as I get in Google's search engine. This is actually something I talked about, sometime ago, and other users also reported different results as well.

For the fewer times this happens, I got no other option other than Google's search engine.

Or qrobe.it

[m00nbl00d]

Originally Posted by Morro

Have you tried this search engine?

--http://duckduckgo.com/--

Originally Posted by Daveski17

Or qrobe.it

I've never tried Qrobe. I did try DuckDuckGo sometime ago, but never felt it was anywhere near to Startpage, to be honest. Maybe something changed; I'll give it a new try.

Anyway, for 99% of my searches, I do use either Ixquick or Startpage. But, for the 1% of searches that Startpage won't get the results I want, then I simply use Google... directly. It's preferable over Bing (no https version, yet! )...

[vasa1]

... we've been working on improving Chrome's visual accessibility as a direct result from feedback from users like you. Today, we released an extension in the Chrome Web Store called High Contrast. If you use Chrome 19 or later, this extension will work; if you're on Stable, you'll have to wait until Chrome 19 reaches you. High Contrast lets you browse the web with your choice of several high-contrast color filters, including:
Inversion colors (jpg images are not inverted)
Grayscale
Inverted grayscale (jpg images are not inverted)
Increased contrast
These filters are designed to make browsing the web easier, but only some pages need color inversion (ie have a white background) while other already have a dark background. With this extension, you can toggle the feature on and off or customize your setting on a per-site basis. There's also a convenient keyboard shortcut (Shift+F11) to quickly change your settings while you browse. We found that some users only wanted high contrast features at certain times of day and on some sites so toggling on and off quickly and customizing on a per site basis was important.

Also note that the Chrome Web Store and other built-in pages like the New Tab Page and Settings pages are unaffected - extensions like this one are not allowed to modify them, by design.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...innjlhdjlikmph
Source: an e-mail I received
Something to look forward to

[vasa1]

Originally Posted by vasa1

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...innjlhdjlikmph
Source: an e-mail I received
Something to look forward to

It allows me to install in on Chrome 18 but doesn't do anything. Will just have to wait.

[JimboW]

Another privacy orientated extension.

Tracking Token Stripper.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...kkplob/details

EDIT: Just noticed that it doesn't remove the tokens from the initial visit but rather cleans up the URL after the fact. Still handy to clean the URL before passing it on to someone else or bookmarking it though.

EDIT2: A userscript that accomplishes the same thing. UTM param stripper https://gist.github.com/626834

[acr1965]

Is there currently a working extension that allows downloading Youtube videos?