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I used to think that it was Faceboot's Javascript causing mobile Firefox to crash. But now I see it's actually Slashdot's, I can not even have the faceboot tab loaded when it happens. This site is trying so hard to track all of us and sell our data that it blows up the browser.

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  • I don't use mobile firefox, but the surplus javascript here has been giving me fits for months now. It seems like someone is working overtime to circumvent ad blockers, when I've already checked the "I'm a logged in user, stop showing me ads" box.

    How do we get this legit complaint in front of more eyes?

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by kriston ( 7886 )

      How do we get this legit complaint in front of more eyes?

      That would be a neat trick.

      Hence my prior comment about OSS developers elsewhere on /., hahahah.

    • How do we get this legit complaint in front of more eyes?

      I say this often, but honestly when was the last time any new code was written here? Stuff breaks over time but it has been years since anything was added or updated. We all know that of course Unicode is over 20 years past its promised rollout (beating even Duke Nukem Forever in terms of development hell cycle), but really it seems unlikely that there are any software developers left working for this site. I'm not sure there are any full time employees at Slashdot at all anymore.

      In other words you

      • Well, someone had to add the ads, so there must be at least one pair of eyes on it, right?

        • Well, someone had to add the ads, so there must be at least one pair of eyes on it, right?

          Advertising has been on this site for over 20 years now. The only difference is which ads are here, but that's all automated as well. We see slightly fewer mail order bride ads now, which is a likely a good thing, but otherwise its nothing different. There's no reason for a human to screen them.

          • Well, there are some other differences, the ads have become more obtrusive. Like yeah there's always been ads, but they have gotten bigger and flashier over time, or at least they had last time I saw them for a moment while my browser profile was munged.

  • I can't even open finance.yahoo.com anymore in Firefox.

    I just don't get it. There's nothing special about my machine.

    I guess I'll just go back to using my broker's website.

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