Never seen THIS on the Forum before!! ?? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2019, 12:49:02 pm
content: I was recently responding to a post...https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/us-navy-pilot-on-ufo-leaked-video!/JUST as I had finished typing the word... 'Proliferous' it half sort of crashed, and produced the followingscreen, changed to pink, and with the coding on the bottom-right. Captured with other software....As Schultz says on Hogan's Heros.... "I know nothing !!!"

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 06, 2019, 12:52:17 pm
content: I'm going to go with: Your browser had a hernia.Haven't seen that ever before.

author: JackJones
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2019, 01:04:21 pm
content: That's the element picker mode of uBlock Origin.You must have somehow activated it with a shortkey or something.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 06, 2019, 01:19:02 pm
content: If that's the case, then that's why I've never seen it before.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2019, 01:38:43 pm
content: Aliens are hacking the forum?

author: Twoflower
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2019, 02:15:25 pm
content: Yes, that's the element picker of uBlock origin (or a sibling of uBlock). It is a very useful function to allow remove elements of a page. Usually there's no keyboard shortcut implemented in uOrigin. No idea why that got activated.But you should learn this functionality. With it you can remove some annoying areas of a webpage. To enable it just klick on the uO icon and select the 'picker' tool. Now you see a similar behavior you posted. With the mouse you can select an area (it will be highlighted in red). If you have selected an area by clicking on it in the lower right the window gets more visible and allow you to preview the result. If you're happy with it, click on 'create' and the filter rule is saved.If you created a rule that renders a webpage useless, you can edit/remove the filter in the settings of uBlock origin under the 'my Filters' tab.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2019, 01:40:09 am
content: Quote from: magic on October 06, 2019, 01:38:43 pmSomeone forget to word them up they picked the wrong forum to tryand may cop a reverse engineered hack, which may reduce the chances of getting back to alien land intact..

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2019, 11:42:58 am
content: To JackJones & TwoFlower ....You are right!! I use 'uBlock Origin', and I just checked it on the Element Picker Mode.However, I didn't hit any shortcut keys, and I just checked the uBlock settings, and thereare no shortcuts assigned.It's funny, that it happened immediately when hitting the spacebar after typing that word ?That's when the correct spelling of the previous word is auto-checked. (I've tried it again, since,with that word 'proliferous' but causes no problem now. Ironically, when typing it, it is underlinedin red. Right-Clicking then on the word, shows only 2 options! 'proliferates' & 'pestiferous'I thought 'proliferous' was a proper word!!Anyway, thanks for the info !!