Another darn Chrome problem

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xoggoth replied

19 May 2020, 17:24
Cheers for replies. I'm using a desktop, 1920 x 1080. Tried turning on/off ad blocker and any other addins, clearing cache etc, makes no difference.

Not sure ad blockers are much good these days anyway, so many sites refuse to load if you've got then turned on. More trouble than they are worth.

UPDATEIPOO

Oh wait. Didn't notice default data clear was 24 hrs. Just set it to 4 weeks and now it's working ok. Cheers chaps.

Last edited by xoggoth; 19 May 2020, 17:33.
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Scruff replied

19 May 2020, 14:16
Looks fine on mine - I am using PiHole to block the ads, tho...
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Hobosapien replied

19 May 2020, 13:20
Looks ok on my Chrome too, so may be a screen resolution issue if you're using a smaller screen/mobile so it crushes the free flowing text around the fixed image sizes, or something like that.

That site is part of a whole host of crud from the company that owns various newspapers Daily Express / The Mirror and regional news sites, that I find best viewed using Firefox with a few plug-ins to block ads and trackers (Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin mainly), they are infested with it.

Had to clear all browser data within the last hour after checking that site on Chrome. Only had 20 odd cookies and other trackers.
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xoggoth replied

15 May 2020, 18:49
Cheers, not some bug on my PC then. Find a number of pages like that.
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hairymouse replied

15 May 2020, 18:28
I use Chrome all the time and I've never seen that.

Edit: I just went to that page and it looks exactly like yours. Never Mind.
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xoggoth started a topic Another darn Chrome problem

15 May 2020, 17:16
Another darn Chrome problem

I find a lot of pages of online news with 3 panels, including ads, show the second panel as very narrow and unreadable, like this one:

London - Business news, local news, expert opinion - Business Live

I'm seeing this:

Fine on other browsers. Turning on Ad block makes no difference.

Is anyone else finding a problem with that page or similar pages on Chrome? Been like that for a couple of weeks now.
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