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I've been trying to learn how to use the uMatrix add-on in Firefox with scripts blocked by default for most pages.
For the most part, I think I understand how it works now, and I can get most pages to display ok. But it seems more frustrating than NoScript ever was for me.
A few days ago the links on a certain page weren't working, no matter what I allowed in the uMatrix grid. Even after disabling all matrix filtering, the links still didn't work. But in my other browser without uMatrix, they did work.
I found this info: About "the page is still broken after I created all necessary rules". It mentions that you may need to press the Shift button while reloading the page, to get it to work. I tried that, and it fixed that particular page.
Today I'm having a problem on this page: The 29 Stages Of A Twitterstorm In 2018.
No matter what I do, including shift-reload, including with matrix filtering disabled for both the buzzfeed domain *and* the global scope, the video in #18 does not display. In my other browser with NoScript, I only have to allow scripts for a few domains, and the video displays ok. The last domain I had to allow was "twimg.com". But "twimg.com" isn't even listed in the uMatrix grid. Do any of you use uMatrix? What am I doing wrong?
Update, 2018/01/21: In my testing this afternoon, twimg.com does get listed in the uMatrix grid, and the video does display. I did reinstall my browser and set up a new profile, but I think I'm using the same uMatrix settings as before, so I don't know what fixed it. Maybe I had Firefox's Tracking Protection turned on in my old profile (see my comment below).
For the most part, I think I understand how it works now, and I can get most pages to display ok. But it seems more frustrating than NoScript ever was for me.
A few days ago the links on a certain page weren't working, no matter what I allowed in the uMatrix grid. Even after disabling all matrix filtering, the links still didn't work. But in my other browser without uMatrix, they did work.
I found this info: About "the page is still broken after I created all necessary rules". It mentions that you may need to press the Shift button while reloading the page, to get it to work. I tried that, and it fixed that particular page.
Today I'm having a problem on this page: The 29 Stages Of A Twitterstorm In 2018.
No matter what I do, including shift-reload, including with matrix filtering disabled for both the buzzfeed domain *and* the global scope, the video in #18 does not display. In my other browser with NoScript, I only have to allow scripts for a few domains, and the video displays ok. The last domain I had to allow was "twimg.com". But "twimg.com" isn't even listed in the uMatrix grid. Do any of you use uMatrix? What am I doing wrong?
Update, 2018/01/21: In my testing this afternoon, twimg.com does get listed in the uMatrix grid, and the video does display. I did reinstall my browser and set up a new profile, but I think I'm using the same uMatrix settings as before, so I don't know what fixed it. Maybe I had Firefox's Tracking Protection turned on in my old profile (see my comment below).
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Date: 2018-01-21 02:35 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2018-01-21 04:16 pm (UTC)From:Due to a different problem, I completely reinstalled Firefox 57 yesterday and started with a new profile. I noticed that with Firefox's "Tracking Protection" turned on (without uMatrix installed), that video doesn't display either. So there must be something odd about how it is embedded in the page. It may a bug in uMatrix, that it doesn't display even with all filtering turned off. I may ask about it in their forum.
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