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How do I prevent pages I visit from overriding selected Firefox shortcut keys?

In Firefox, how can I prevent pages from overriding Firefox built-in keyboard shortcuts through Javascript on a per-key basis? Preferably on a per-site basis, too? The most frustrating override is the ...
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How to open stubborn javascript links in a new tab or new window?

Some websites use "creative" (javascript?) hyperlinks which break browser functionality, such as the ability to ctrl+click or middle click links to open them in a new tab. A common example, taleo HR ...
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Is there a way to disable a specific JS script from a specific website?

I want to disable a specific JS script from a specific website without disabling the javascript completely. Is there a way to do that ?
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All my browsers suddenly don't support Javascript files anymore?

I'm experiencing the same issue as this question, which seems to be unresolved. I'll provide more detail, sot that this qualifies as a better representation of the issue. It all started after moving ...
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Use AdBlock without being detected

Upon visiting a site today I was rewarded with Comic Sans. Behold it's glory: Source Needless to say I can finally understand why so many people loathe this font. However, this does bring up a ...
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How do I prevent "Read more: www.site.com" from being injected with non-Tynt JavaScript into copy-paste actions?

There are many sites that insert something like "Read more: www.site.com" into your clipboard when you copy text in your browser. I find this abominable. A Google earch reveals some ...
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How can I disable javascript popups/alerts in Chrome?

Sorry if it's been asked. I've already found several solutions that aren't working. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I don't want to disable all javascript, only Javascript alert boxes. The ones that ...
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How to halt javascript execution after page load (Firefox)

Javascript is responsible for loading the content of a page I need, so disabling javascript with noScript prevents the content from loading. However, once the javascript for this page has finished ...
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How do you use WGET to mirror a site 1 level deep, recovering JS, CSS resources including CSS images?

Pretend I wanted a simple page copy to be downloaded to my HD for permanent keeping. I'm not looking for a deep recursive get, just a single page, but also any resources loaded by that page to be also ...
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How can I copy text from a web page where it been has disabled?

I use FF27 with noscript, but solutions for Chrome are also welcome. I use online chat for customer support when available, and I'd like to keep the chat transcript in case of a dispute with the ...
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Advertisement suddenly appearing on top of almost every page

Since this morning strange advertisement is appearing on top of many pages I open in webbrowser (see screenshot at the end). It's happening in any browser (tested FF, IE and Chrome), on any of three ...
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How do websites block selecting text and how do I unblock that?

There's a website (example) that somehow blocks selecting text. Also it blocks Ctrl+A to select everything, there is also no “Copy” in the popup menu. What I have tried: Some sites use JavaScript to ...
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How to hide Browser Plugin Details in firefox for more privacy?

I'm trying to trick the results in this page to have more privacy/anonymity: https://panopticlick.eff.org/index.php?action=log&js=yes So far the best I could do is change the user agent, with the ...
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How do I disable JavaScript in Microsoft Edge?

The new Settings menu for Microsoft Edge does not seem to contain a way of disabling JavaScript. Going through Internet Options and disabling Active Scripting turns of JavaScript for IE11, but does ...
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Middle clicking a link on chrome sometimes also switches the current tab to the new one

In chrome, most of the time, when i middle click on a link (text or image), it opens a new tab and the current tab does not change. This is the expected behaviour. However, some websites have links (...
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How can I make my browser lie about my operating system?

I'm using Chromium (Version 30.0.1599.114 Ubuntu 12.10) under Linux. I'm trying to access a website that claims that it doesn't work under Linux. Of course, this is most likely crazy since the web is ...
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Is it possible to run JavaScript in Textmate?

If I try to run it now I get a XCode error. Do I need to install a JavaScript interpreter on my computer?
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Blocking the ISP's ads appearing after a possible DNS grab and redirect via port 53?

I'm asking this question here because I already asked it on ProWebmasters and the moderators said the people on SuperUser might be able to answer it. The question: https://webmasters.stackexchange....
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How do I set Google Chrome to not allow javascript to hijack my right click menu

I despise web sites that hijack my right mouse button via javascript. Other browsers ( like firefox) allow me to block sites from doing this. Does chrome have such an option, or does it leave me at ...
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Command line browser with js support

Does anybody know good command line browser with js support? Ideally I need following ability: some-browser http://example.com > ~/page.html It means that cli browser download html, execute js ...
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How to make Firefox always stop a script when it's not responding

On some pages I get the "Script not responding" error with an option to stop it and a checkbox to never ask again. Later I get the same question again, with that pointless checkbox. How do I make ...
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How do you download a PDF from Viewer.js?

I was on a site with a PDF without a download option. I read online that you should "inspect element" to find the true source. After scrolling through the elements > properties I found a &...
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Blocking hover ads

Okay, I am done with hover ads. I am so done with it, I am starting to avoid website which implement them even though I (used to) like those websites. Obviously, it is considerably harder to block ...
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How to prevent JavaScript alerts that fire when leaving a page?

Lots of pages have alerts when you leave them: if you close tabs, navigate away without saving, etc, there are numerous reasons why a site would alert/block you from leaving until you confirm an alert,...
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How to Disable Web Page Checks for Focus, or Spoof Focus on Firefox Browser Tabs?

Problem: Some web sites refuse to load unless the tab is active, whereas most users appreciate tabs loading in the background. This behavior may not be specific to Firefox. Examples: https://www....
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Save website containing javascript after it was interpreted

There's a website I want to save that contains javascript (if that helps, the site is vyou.com; here's a link to Andrew W. K.'s user page) which updates the contents of what the user sees on the ...
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Text based webbrowser that supports JavaScript?

If I lynx beforeitsnews.com then I can't see the page because it needs a JavaScript compatible webbrowser. Are there any text-based webbrowsers that supports JavaScript?:
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Firefox: Disable window.location on website

I'm trying to prevent a certain site from being able to use javascript to redirect the browser to another page. The script in question is an inline script so Greasemonkey and adBlock can't do ...
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Soft version of NoScript [closed]

I'm looking for a soft version of NoScript, by which I mean a Firefox extension that blocks most of the usual crap such as google analytics, without blocking unknown stuff by default. Basically I'm ...
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Why is my system waiting for google-analytics?

When I go to certain websites that have google analytics, they never load up. One example is www.jquery.com. I tried in firefox, chrome, safari and explorer. Chrome & safari, flash the ...
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Are Google Chrome's in-text ads from malware?

Google Chrome on Windows double-underlines words on every page. On mouse hover I get an ad overlay from infolinks or similar. Is this a legit part of Windows Chrome or is it due to some kind of ...
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How to get IE to open JavaScript as text

I am running IE 9. Up until last week sometime, if I would put the URL of a JavaScript file in the address bar, it would show the JavaScript as text in the browser window. Now when I do that, it wants ...
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How to prevent JavaScript on web site messing with browser

Is there any way to prevent specific JS scritps messing with browser (Firefox or Chrome)? For example some sites are blocking copy\paste functionality for input fields forcing user to type some text ...
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How do I prevent automatic browser page refreshment done by Javascript?

There are some news websites which automatically and periodically refresh their page just in order to show the user more advertisement. If you are watching a video, all the buffered stream is gone ...
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Restore my browser's middle-click behaviour

Some sites do annoying things with JavaScript, like replace the default behaviour of the browser to open a new tab on middle click, with code such as: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com" onclick="...
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How to disable a specific JavaScript alert

On an active website I go to, there is this javascript code that is displayed on every page. <script type="text/javascript"> (function(){var d=document;var i=d.getElementsByTagName('iframe');if(...
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How to rename the file name with timestamp of created date by JavaScript, Perl or shell on OSX?

Could you tell me how to get timestamp of created date of file and rename the file name with it by JavaScript, Perl or shell on OSX 10.9.2? Example: Existing: Untitled.txt timestamp is 2014/05/03 ...
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Parsing wmic logicaldisk get Information [duplicate]

I am retrieving disk information via JavaScript with the wmic statement, wmic logicaldisk get freespace,name,size,volumename, which produces the following output, but in a single string. "FreeSpace ...
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Possible to modify hardcoded Firefox JavaScript Ctrl-Tab panel behavior?

In the source code for the Firefox Ctrl+Tab behavior there's a hardcoded limit of 6 tabs: /** * Ctrl-Tab panel */ var ctrlTab = { maxTabPreviews: 6, //... for (let i = 0; i < this....
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Is it possible to run a custom script whenever loading a web page on web browsers?

I would like to block content on some specific languages whenever I open a page on my browsers (Safari and Chrome on macOS 11.4). I think the best solution is to use Google Translate API and check ...
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What tools can be used to download all images in a webpage? [closed]

I would like to download all images in a web page. The tool should be smart enough to examine the css and javascript files in the page source to look for the images. Ideally, it should also replicate ...
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Hack for running multiple iMacros in random fashion

I have 20 iMacros (for browser) and they are specific to different URLs. I run these macros one after another, and then repeat or loop all of them 10 times. But within that loop, i need those 20 ...
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JavaScript suddenly stopped working on windows7 all browsers? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: All my browsers suddenly don't support Javascript files anymore? I am facing some weird problem on Windows 7. JavaScript suddenly stopped working on windows 7 on all ...
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How to prevent flash and javascript from consuming my CPU?

I fed up of browsers eating CPU by rinning useless flash and javascript. A few questions how to have my CPU power back: Are there any Opera or Firefox plugins which show which exactly webpage eats 80%...
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Web site does not show ads - GoogleSyndication.com Server not found [closed]

I put a Google Ad in a MOST BASIC web page. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> &...
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