[mdlug] Cute javascript hack

[Brandon]

I second that, noscript and adblock do a wonderfu job taking the  
annoyances out of the web.

Brandon

On Oct 5, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Brian <brian at dangerbacon.com> wrote:

> If this something you have to do a lot you might want to check out the
> noscript extension for firefox.  It gives you an easy way of maintaing
> a sort of acl list for what domains can run javascript and flash.  It
> also has a few other nifty security features like XSS detection.
>
> On 10/5/09, Wojtak, Greg <GregWojtak at quickenloans.com> wrote:
>> On that particular page, letting the page load and then unchecking  
>> the
>> 'Enable JavaScript Support' allowed me to copy and paste in Firefox.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On  
>> Behalf Of
>> Raymond McLaughlin
>> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:41 PM
>> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Cute javascript hack
>>
>> Nice try Ray, but it doesn't seem to work on this page:
>> <http://www.metrolyrics.com/too-rolling-stoned-lyrics-robin-trower.html 
>> >
>>
>> I could copy the text I wanted from the page source view, though. Any
>> other suggestions?
>>
>> Raymond McLaughlin
>>
>> Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>>> Some websites use javascript to disallow using the right mouse  
>>> button
>>> as a context menu. Snopes.com is the first one I've seen  
>>> disallowing the
>>> *left* mouse button so you can't cut and paste. Fortunately, it's
>>> relatively easy to bypass this. I have a couple of bookmarks:
>>>
>>> Name: Give me my left mouse button back!
>>> Location: javascript:void(document.onmousedown=null)
>>>
>>> Name: Give me my right mouse button back!
>>> Location: javascript:void(document.oncontextmenu=null)
>>>
>>> Just select the bookmark and, voila, your mouse works the way it's
>>> supposed to. I thought others might appreciate knowing this.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Ray Ingles                                                  (313)
>>> 227-2317
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