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Re:Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking by JoshMnem on Thursday August 30, 2018 @05:30PM (#17880964)
You can reduce the problem by turning off CSS animation and blocking elements with Stylus[1][2]. Also turn off all CSS and JS by default and enable resources on a site-by-site basis with umatrix[3][4]. If a page isn't readable, you can turn on Firefox reader mode to format it with one click. The system works well for me.

I put this in my global Stylus rules:

    /* Remove CSS animation on all websites */
    *, *:before, *:after {
        transition-property: none !important;
        transform: none !important;
        animation: none !important;
    }
[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/

[2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylus/clngdbkpkpe...

[3] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/

[4] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/umatrix/ogfcmafjal...

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Re:Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking by lostmsu on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:35PM (#17962180)
How do you turn CSS off with uMatrix? Is it doable separate from scripts?
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Re:Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking by detaro on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:39PM (#17962203)
https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/The-popup-panel <- CSS is a column
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Re:Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking by madeofpalk on Thursday August 30, 2018 @06:22PM (#17881324)
> Also turn off all CSS and JS by default

Arguably, that creates a more user-hostile internet browsing experience compared to just allowing for those in-page modal pop ups. At least with those they're few and far between and you can just close the tab and forget about the site.

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Re:Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking by JoshMnem on Thursday August 30, 2018 @09:51PM (#17882327)
I don't think "hostile" is the correct word, since it improves my browsing experience. It does more than stop modals -- it prevents 90% of the design, advertising, and tracking garbage on the Web, and I can now read websites the way I want.
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