EASY way to copy/paste blocked domain into Google or WhoIs?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:35 am
In searching before posting this, I saw that about 2.5 years ago a member named "noscuser" made a wise suggestion:
As it is, I am very tired of facing an evergrowing list of blocked, unfamiliar (or often forgotten) cryptic sites that disappears as soon as I move the cursor. I know some malevolent dataminers by heart (e.g., doubleclick) but why must I MANUALLY type each site into whois or google to see if it's an ad server or perhaps an integral part of a web site that's crippled if I don't tell NoScript to at least temporarily let it pass? That's unfriendly enough for a modern GUI but worse is that the list of blocked sites disappears as soon as I lift the bloody cursor. This often means bouncing back and forth between filling in the search line on google and REopening the list by hovering over the S to confirm spelling, and I'm telling you this is NOT the recipe for a low blood pressure reading.
Speaking of annoyances, why can't we compartmentalize NoScript to work within just ONE browser window or tab? I usually have 20+ browser windows open, and if I absolutely and reluctantly have to give temp permission to a dataminer to get into a site on window "21", it means all my other windows reset, often meaning unwanted/paused videos start blaring again, or perhaps losing data stored in an unsubmitted input form, and I presume that said dataminer has then stuck its nose into all the other windows where it has no business sniffing.
Apparently that very user-friendly option has yet to be added or perhaps I'm overlooking it? WHY can't we at least COPY the name of a blocked site, or better yet, right click and send it directly to google or a whois (our choice) for enlightenment?? FWIW, this is different (and simpler, I should think) than the suggestion to hook up with WOT. Personally, I've never been fond of all the false positives that site is reputed to give.it would be nice if (NoScript) had a clean way of handing off a web site to other tools that are focused on researching what a site is (anything from a general search engine, to a whois, to the various rating sites (WOT, Site Adviser, Safe Web, etc.), possibly create a new forum/rating system for scripting sites (to indicate what scripting site does and will the using site work without the third party scripting site). First steps in that direction would be a way to copy site information from NoScript, so one could paste it into search bar or into another tool.
As it is, I am very tired of facing an evergrowing list of blocked, unfamiliar (or often forgotten) cryptic sites that disappears as soon as I move the cursor. I know some malevolent dataminers by heart (e.g., doubleclick) but why must I MANUALLY type each site into whois or google to see if it's an ad server or perhaps an integral part of a web site that's crippled if I don't tell NoScript to at least temporarily let it pass? That's unfriendly enough for a modern GUI but worse is that the list of blocked sites disappears as soon as I lift the bloody cursor. This often means bouncing back and forth between filling in the search line on google and REopening the list by hovering over the S to confirm spelling, and I'm telling you this is NOT the recipe for a low blood pressure reading.
Speaking of annoyances, why can't we compartmentalize NoScript to work within just ONE browser window or tab? I usually have 20+ browser windows open, and if I absolutely and reluctantly have to give temp permission to a dataminer to get into a site on window "21", it means all my other windows reset, often meaning unwanted/paused videos start blaring again, or perhaps losing data stored in an unsubmitted input form, and I presume that said dataminer has then stuck its nose into all the other windows where it has no business sniffing.