The odd thing is interesting, but I was more posting my OP to express general contempt, including for their paywall, which is not exactly sophisticated by the sound of it.

Reply 24

pjm600

Original post by Fullofsurprises

How does one make the Googlebot thing work in Chrome? Anyone know?

You can either use a web developer add on or, in chrome:

Click the menu with the three bars, tools, developer tools, then settings in the bottom right corner, then overrides. Then tick User Agent and select other, then name it Googlebot.

Reply 25

Ruffiio

Damn bro, a paywall? Soon we will all resort to reading The Guardian's online news, which is the best in terms of lay out anyway, i hope they don't follow.

Reply 26

Fullofsurprises

Original post by Ruffiio

Damn bro, a paywall? Soon we will all resort to reading The Guardian's online news, which is the best in terms of lay out anyway, i hope they don't follow.

I think it's highly possible that they will. They've been losing money hand over fist for years on it and it was only sustainable because of the large resources of the Guardian Media Group. They've now sold some of the assets that were generating the large profits that enabled them to run the website at a stonking loss. Therefore something has to give.

I am expecting it to go paywall within months. They will probably do it a bit more effectively than the Telegraph, who seem quite inept so far.

Reply 27

419

This begs the question, for you savvy computer nerds, which is better to use? Firefox or chrome. I have it on good knowledge that the rest are inferior

Reply 28

Fullofsurprises

Original post by 419

This begs the question, for you savvy computer nerds, which is better to use? Firefox or chrome. I have it on good knowledge that the rest are inferior

I've tried a few, I'm not a Sheldon-level super-geek, but for my average levels of geekdom, Chrome wins hands down. Which is a shame in a way, as I already think Google are too powerful.

Reply 29

419

Original post by Fullofsurprises

I've tried a few, I'm not a Sheldon-level super-geek, but for my average levels of geekdom, Chrome wins hands down. Which is a shame in a way, as I already think Google are too powerful.

Hmmmm, might have to transfer to chrome. Though Sheldon is probably the most pretentious super-geek ever. Terrible character. Terrible show.

Reply 30

Fullofsurprises

Original post by 419

Hmmmm, might have to transfer to chrome. Though Sheldon is probably the most pretentious super-geek ever. Terrible character. Terrible show.

He can be funny though! I really like the acting. :smile:

I just feel the show went off a bit, it was funnier in earlier episodes.

Yeah, Chrome is just so much faster than either Firefox or Safari for many sites - compare them on very long pages on Wikipedia for example. I find it much better for the sort of rapid researching I do on the web a lot, the load time really matters to me. It also has some really neat features generally, a lot of the apps are really good.

Reply 31

JoshJackson

Great thread, just had the same problem. Let's hope it remains wildly inefficient.

I think I'd give up on the news if the Guardian/Socialist Bile was the only 'broadsheet' available online.

Reply 32

a729

Original post by Fullofsurprises

The Daily Telegraph seem to have introduced their paywall - they are displaying a subscribe screen after 20 free article views in one month.

So far, it appears that all you need to do to get around it is to delete all the cookies that have the word 'telegraph' in them. In Chrome, these are easily accessed from the Settings / Advanced Settings / Content Settings / All Cookies and Site Data menu.

This speedily restores the site and no need to pay.

Thanks for the tip!

I won't dwell on the possible moral complications lool!

Thank you very much!

Original post by a729

Thanks for the tip!

I won't dwell on the possible moral complications lool!

It's probably that I simply don't feel that it's worth paying for, even with 20 free articles. It's just not that good, there's only the odd thing worth reading on it. Of course, others may disagree.

Reply 35

a729

Original post by Fullofsurprises

It's probably that I simply don't feel that it's worth paying for, even with 20 free articles. It's just not that good, there's only the odd thing worth reading on it. Of course, others may disagree.