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2007-11-15 , 18:41
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Originally Posted by Tuxedosteve View Post
It's not crashing for anyone on Eurogamer. What it's doing is replacing the ads with a rather intrusive set of text and links that it doesn't seem to be doing with ads on every other site I've tested it with. I was just curious as to why.
That's not Privoxy, that's the site. It depends on EXACTLY what Privoxy is blocking.
If it's a lazy-assed web developer who used nothing more than an inline frameset pulling a "page" from another site or rotating ad directory then you're going to get that text. If it's something else Privoxy tends to "crunch!" it and make it like it was never there.
Either way, it's not Privoxy's fault, it's the fault of the lazy web developer who built the site. Eurogamer has some pretty piss-poor site design going for it. I wouldn't put it on my resume if I was a web dev looking for a job.
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