Re: Good browser kept under control (e.g. flash, status bar,...)?


Anton81 wrote:
Hi,

I've used firefox, but sometimes it really annoys me.

Occasionally websites pop up flash windows which I can't close while they
hide the webpage beneath. On the other hand it would be nice to save flash
videos to the hardrive. Also when I hover over a link I want to see the
link destination irrespectively of what the website might suggest.
Moreover, no windows should open without a menu bar making it difficult to
save the file (sometimes "print versions" of articles do that)

A last feature that's important is that it restores the webpages I visited
when it crashes.

Anyone a suggestion for a browser or add ons or proxy filters or whatever?

Anton

Not sure if what I'm going to mention is available for Linux or not,
but even so, some things can be done using 'about:config' in the
location bar.
Look into thses;
*ExtensionsManager* # manages extensions
*FlashBlock* # an extension (or is it a plugin), that lets you Block
most flash until you click on it
*NoScript* # a Javascript On/Off toggler, with a whitelist if
necessary.

Using about:config (or even Prefs.js) - you find all entries that
contain "dom.disable" and set them all to "true". That will stop the
stupid sites from being able to give you pop-up windows with missing
features and missing menus.

Most of what annoys you (and me too), can be attributed to JavaScript
(and Java
to a lesser degree) which is why I literally Rip that *** right out
of all my systems and browsers. Occassionally I'll allow it (as it's
necessary for my Router Web-Admin interface :-( and some online
shopping sites. Also visit www.gemal.dk/browserspy/ for some info (look
around the site).

When it comes to status bar notification of actual hovered website
address - again JS is the crapo that poops on that party (there *may*
be an 'extension or plugin that overrides that nonsense)...but I know
one can 'atleast' easily have their cursor will change into a
'crosshairs', or similar, whenever any "external" link is hovered over.

All that said - *Konqueror* (KDE) can do most of the things you
suggest, but some of them in a convoluted way...I use Konq, but itcan
be a bear to set it up correctly. In general though Konq behaves *much*
better than all those others

.