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[[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/|Ghostery]] is a firefox extension to detect and block trackers, cookies and bug fixes.  [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/|Ghostery]] is a firefox extension to detect and block trackers, cookies and bug fixes.
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You will also have to edit chrome.manifest to include this line:
{{{
overlay chrome://conkeror-gui/content/conkeror.xul chrome://ghostery/content/ghostery.xul application={a79fe89b-6662-4ff4-8e88-09950ad4dfde}
}}}
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== Known problems ==

Although it seems to work and disables every tracker from the websites, there is a unsolved problem. It have been tested in several webpages, when it is tried to access a link (e.g. Google search, in the links of the results) it is shown an error:

{{{{
302 Moved
The document has moved "here".
}}}}

And it doesn't matter that it is clicked on "here" (no changes). Even if it unselected all the trackers and cookies from settings and saved, it still doesn't work. The only way to can surf normally is disabling Ghostery from extensions menu.

STATUS: Currently not working properly. Installs fine and works generally good but there are some problems.

Ghostery is a firefox extension to detect and block trackers, cookies and bug fixes.

Installation

Installing it requires to use force install, by deleting the MANIFESTs and changing the install.rdf file:

Extensions#ForcedInstall

You will also have to edit chrome.manifest to include this line: 

overlay chrome://conkeror-gui/content/conkeror.xul chrome://ghostery/content/ghostery.xul application={a79fe89b-6662-4ff4-8e88-09950ad4dfde}

Modifying

The official version uses a javascript pop-up that appears in the bottom status/toolbar in firefox, to manage the settings, activate/deactivate and a functionality to change the behaviour of the current trackers/cookies. In this case it is only provided the way to access the settings by adding the next text to the .conkerorrc file or folder. 

   1 interactive("ghostery",
   2             "Open Ghostery settings.",
   3             function (I) {
   4                 browser_object_follow(I.buffer, OPEN_NEW_BUFFER, 'chrome://ghostery/content/options.html');
   5             });

Notes

It is important to access the settings and disable every type of tracker and cookie (or whatever the user wants), because it is installed as "allow everything".

Conkeror.org: Ghostery (last edited 2013-02-04 20:43:47 by corecode)