Friday, December 21, 2012

Fuzzy Logic...

Just when you think that these swoopy, newfangled browsers and their plugins are supposed to learn your surfing habits:

Uh, no. (click to embiggenate)

You think you're so smart, Mr. Firefox and ABP, but you're not.
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16 comments:

New Jovian Thunderbolt said...

But you live in Indiana. That means you must love the Basketsball.

6:34 PM, December 21, 2012
Kip Condor said...

I despise the current trend of trying to make software smarter than the user. I want my tools to do exactly and only what I tell them to do, not what they think I should want to do. Dealing with the consequences of screwing up is far less annoying than dealing with stupid hipster UX designers.

6:37 PM, December 21, 2012
Borepatch said...

Firefox has been turning into a sucking chest wound of fail for 3 years now.

7:20 PM, December 21, 2012
RabidAlien said...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAUG!!!!! Browser toolbars! Ick!

9:06 PM, December 21, 2012
Tam said...

RabidAlien,

Just the links one. It's easier than going into a bookmarks menu...

9:08 PM, December 21, 2012
Anonymous said...

No porn? Do you even internet?

10:15 PM, December 21, 2012
Anonymous said...

I got this issue too a few weeks ago on a recent update.

While it was total FAIL, compared to all the good that Adblock+ & ElementHidingHelper & Fanboy's * List does, I'm not going to complain.

The web pretty much sucks if you don't take back your browser for yourself.

-SM

11:47 PM, December 21, 2012
CGHill said...

I got one of those once, wanting to send me, not to my bank, but to a pop-culture site that differed by, yes, one letter. Not so smart, indeed.

12:08 AM, December 22, 2012
Anonymous said...

If I wanted "nba" I would have typed "squeaky round ball".

12:08 AM, December 22, 2012
DanH said...

*gets hammer* don't you dare correct me, insolent machine!
I mean, really, I don't take that from PEOPLE.

12:15 AM, December 22, 2012
Jeff said...

I love my ABP, Never had that issue that I've noticed (I think I turned that off..)Its so worth it to just kill all the ads that seem to pop up everywhere when I'm not using one of my normal computers.

3:37 AM, December 22, 2012
Tam said...

DanH,

I have been known to yell "I did not come here to be sassed by a machine!" at the self-checkout register at the grocery store.

6:19 AM, December 22, 2012
Fuzzy Curmudgeon said...

I'm surprised you didn't shoot it. On the other hand, that's what the haters want you to do :)

10:05 AM, December 22, 2012
treefroggy said...

I think you meant to install AbBlock, the exercise Widget.

10:24 AM, December 22, 2012
Ted N said...

Firefox is way better than IE4? 5 maybe, whatever it is I was stuck running until I swapped over.

Facebook works like normal, yay!

11:13 AM, December 22, 2012
Dave said...

BP - that reminds me of something that crossed my mind the other day: Don't most chest wounds suck?

1:15 PM, December 24, 2012

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