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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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Can FindProxyForURL() discern the HTTP-method of the request?
I'd like my FindProxyForURL() to recommend a different proxy depending on the HTTP-method of the request -- GET, POST, or PUT.
For example, the GETs can be routed through a caching proxy, whereas the ...
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Can CORS be selectively disabled for the empty browser tab?
I'd like to play with the JavaScript fetch API, fetching various urls, etc. so I opened an empty browser tab, popped up the console, typed the JavaScript, but the request failed because of CORS.
I ...
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Capture text from website that's disabled copy-paste, printing and viewing source
I'd like to capture text from a website (for personal usage, not business) but unfortunately they have disabled copy-paste, printing and viewing the source.
Is there another way of capturing the text?
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How to call garbage collect on firefox?
I wonder if someone could guide me on some questions about GC on firefox.
Is possible to call the action performed when I click on the button GC using javascript?
https://i.sstatic.net/JgoNx.png
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How to disable a portion of JavaScript on a website
I'm trying to disable smooth scrolling. I tried a bunch of JavaScript in Tampermonkey. It worked on some sites, some don't and some disable scrolling altogether, which leads me to believe that there's ...
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How to proxy an url
I want to do some local debugging of local javascript files instead of production javascripts.
But I am getting all kinds of CORS blocking , What I need is
if I open something like ...
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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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Is it possible to save browser tab, including javascript variables, content of form fields, cookies, etc. for offline viewing later?
I'm trying to save a state of card in browser (preferably firefox or chrome). Is it possible? Something like snapshot in VirtualBox.
Let's say I'm using javascript app that doesn't have save feature ...
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Complex JavaScript page to test browsers performance?
I have three different browsers I want to compare: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari.
I don't need very sophisticated mechanism; it can simply open a webpage and render.
I tried Gmail, ...
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Disable Google Search page's arrows besides results when scrolling up/down using keyboard
The blue arrow (marked in the figure above) hijacks the UP and DOWN in the keyboard and causes the page to jump on each result instead of scrolling smoothly. This page says that it has been bundled ...
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Download full web page: css, js, images and one or more levels of links
I am trying to download a web page including everything. I tried several methods and so far what worked better is the build in save page in Firefox, nevertheless it does not allow me to include one or ...
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When I save this page, I always get NOCAPTCHA error and Javascript does not work, why?
I have been trying to save this page:
http://www.geopostcodes.com/Bolton?loc=Bolton
(and others like it from the same domain) but always get an error about NOCAPTCHA not working, and the Javascript ...
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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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Strange browser time behavior in Chrome on a MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra
Since time and time zones can be a little confusing, to begin with, I have stumbled onto something truly bizarre in regards to JavaScript and macOS High Sierra time.
While trying to figure out ...
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