[RESOLVED] Add gstatic.com to default whitelist?

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Tom T.
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[RESOLVED] Add gstatic.com to default whitelist?

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As noted in recent changes to the NoScript Quick Start Guide, the use of Akamai as a third-party content helper server is declining, being replaced in large part by CDNs, "static" sites, and "img" sites.
For example, the Default Whitelist already includes YouTube and ytimg; Yahoo and yimg; and passportimages.net, for OOB new-user-friendliness.

The default whitelist also includes gmail.com, google.com and googleapis.com. These sites, and others that require that Google scripting be allowed, often require gstatic.com as well.

So the question is: Should gstatic.com be added to the default whitelist, for more OOB friendliness? -- knowing that power-users will fine-tune the whitelist to their own tastes and needs, anyway.

Thanks for all responses (especially Giorgio's ;) ).
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Re: Possible RFE: Add gstatic.com to default whitelist?

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Tom T. wrote:So the question is: Should gstatic.com be added to the default whitelist, for more OOB friendliness?
Yes it should, and in fact it has been there for quite a long time now.
The relevant FAQ didn't reflect this yet, though, so thanks for noticing.
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Re: Possible RFE: Add gstatic.com to default whitelist?

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(ALL of the named anchors appear gone from the page? Ah, quite right. It is now just a simple textual listing.)
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Re: Possible RFE: Add gstatic.com to default whitelist?

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therube wrote:(ALL of the named anchors appear gone from the page? Ah, quite right. It is now just a simple textual listing.)
They're created on the fly client side if you've got JavaScript enabled.
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Re: Possible RFE: Add gstatic.com to default whitelist?

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Heh. You're right. But who keeps JS enabled :D.

And it's what, cl.js that does that?

> Yes.
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[RESOLVED] Add gstatic.com to default whitelist?

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Giorgio Maone wrote:
Tom T. wrote:So the question is: Should gstatic.com be added to the default whitelist, for more OOB friendliness?
Yes it should, and in fact it has been there for quite a long time now.
The relevant FAQ didn't reflect this yet, though, so thanks for noticing.
Yes, I deleted all Google from default w/l, so used only the FAQ as a source. Thanks for updating the FAQ.
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