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I can’t ctrl-click links (to open in a new background tab) reliably on my LiveJournal friends page any more.
I suspect this is related to the new JavaScript link-munging that LiveJournal does for affiliates (see no_lj_ads for details)—that somewhere in the munging, a request is made and my browser forgets that I’m holding Ctrl down and opens the link in the current tab instead of in a new one. (And really, I shouldn’t have to keep holding Ctrl down; it should remember that it was down when I clicked the link, even if it takes a while to perform the request etc.)
Annoying.
Seeing this most in Chrome, where I don’t think I can AdBlock the script. (Since its AdBlock only does things after the fact; it doesn’t—AFAIK—stop the browser from fetching and acting on content.)
…and even holding down Ctrl doesn’t work: Ctrl+click, wait wait wait wait (while nothing visible happens)… and eventually, the current page gets replaced by what I clicked on.
Right-click and “open in new tab” works, but that’s very annoying.
…though the right-click menu takes a perceptible fraction of a second to appear. Is the script firing for every mouse-up event on links, not just for primary-mouse-button-up?
At any rate, it’s long enough to “break the flow”, even if it’s sometimes under a second. Sometimes, though, definitely more than a second. For a right-click menu! That shouldn’t need anything but built-in browser behaviour! Seriously, folks!
Annoying annoying annoying.
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:20 (UTC)From descriptions I've heard, the script wants to replace the URL before a right click, so that if you copy/paste the URL, you paste the one with the affiliate ID.
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:23 (UTC)Oh my, that is one further level of annoyance right there.
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:32 (UTC)I mean, knowing about this stuff is still somewhat a hobby of mine, but I have more rewarding and engaging hobbies (cough cough DW) that kind of steal some of my urge to pursue things like this to the fullest.
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:33 (UTC)no subject
Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:54 (UTC)I am overjoyed; LiveJournal is making me happier every day.
Please, sir, can I have some more?
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:57 (UTC)*headdesks*
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:29 (UTC)In that case, it’s failing, because copying the link copies the base link. (But choosing “copy link” sometimes takes a second to work, as does “open link in new tab”, again as if some processing is being done. Bizarre.)
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:33 (UTC)no subject
Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:42 (UTC)no subject
Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:44 (UTC)$@#%
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:31 (UTC)Yes, I had considered that, too.
And yes, I know it’s not their fault; if anything, they’re probably just as annoyed as I am that this is happening, with an extra dose of annoyance because they have to put on a public face representing the company, perhaps saying something like “it’s working as intended”.
But perhaps if enough people complain [and support volunteers report this fact up their chain of escalation], somebody somewhere will listen. Not that I’ve got a lot of hope right now.
But thanks for the encouragement to report it.
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:36 (UTC)no subject
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 09:55 (UTC)no subject
Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 10:32 (UTC)Only very vaguely -- I had read that there was something but hadn’t paid attention to it.
Not sure if you know about it -- that should prevent the script from loading at all, as long as you're logged into your own account.
Huh. That would hopefully “solve” the observed behaviour for myself, at least.
Guess I’ll have to look through
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 10:35 (UTC)no_lj_ads might be http://community.livejournal.com/no_lj_ads/87881.html
And yeah, that will "solve" it for yourself. Best wishes ♥
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Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 14:28 (UTC)no subject
Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 14:33 (UTC)no subject
Date: Saturday, 24 April 2010 06:52 (UTC)no subject
Date: Saturday, 24 April 2010 07:09 (UTC)no subject
Date: Saturday, 24 April 2010 14:59 (UTC)https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html
(Asshats.)
(edit: And then use right-mouse to open in new window.)