Reading an extension's permission prompt properly
What read and change all your data on all websites actually means, which permissions deserve a second look, and how to judge an extension before installing.
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A few things
worth knowing.
Notes on the everyday web, the tools we build,
and how to make informed choices in your browser.
The scroll lock nobody asked for
Pages that refuse to scroll are usually held in place by a single CSS rule behind an overlay. Understanding the mechanism makes the fix obvious.
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A page that misbehaves with a content blocker enabled is usually failing for a different reason. A short diagnostic order that finds the real cause.
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What leaves your device when an app reads a screenshot
Text recognition can run entirely on your machine or on someone else's server. The difference decides whether a screenshot of a bank statement stays private.
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Why copied web tables arrive broken in Excel
Merged cells, hidden columns and nested markup are why a copied table turns into a mess in a spreadsheet. Here is what happens and how to avoid the cleanup.
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Single-file HTML or PDF: what you actually keep
Both formats promise an offline copy of a page, and they preserve very different things. A practical comparison of single-file HTML and PDF for reading later.
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A vanished cookie banner is not a recorded choice
Understand the difference between hiding a cookie banner and using its rejection control, and what to check when a consent helper runs.
Read the articleWhat “processed locally” means for your browser tools
See where captures, OCR text and settings live, how browser permissions differ from uploads, and what to delete when you finish a task.
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