It is used to replace empty spaces left by Google Ads, more info here:
https://old.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/14r3vde/does_duckduckgo_privacy_essentials_firefox_uses/
Oh thnx, I should search more around. 😁👍
Solid answers there.
You should edit the title because most people aren't going to click through and read, they're just going to assume the title is correct.
Fair point, done!
This CSS hides all google widgets and ad frames. The parts in the parens are element selectors and the bottom part in curly braces are where it removes visibility and size
This is how DDG is accomplishing its privacy partly. Once googles ad scripts are blocked the items in these selectors are just blank and this is to remove that weird whitespace left behind.
Without looking too much, I think it is to remove white spaces left behind by removing google ads.
Yeah DDG is kind of a placebo
I dont use the extension, but I saw a CAPTCHA on ddg for the first time the other day. I'm not a bot, but why would it even matter if I wrote a bot that used ddg?
Sigh, what's the best ddg alternative?
So you didn’t even try to understand the css, did you?
No I did try and since you're interested in my learning curve versus my personal effort: Since two weeks I learned css for the first time, hobby related and just about to start knowing about flexbox css grid float div and styling them.
Sorry for being so harsh, that’s totally fair!
Good luck. W3Schools is a great place to learn beginner stuff and for quick refreshers.
I hate W3Schools and Geeksforgeeks, I have them blocked on my search lol
MDN all the way
W3Schools used to be terrible, but it's gotten better. MDN is still great, but it's very much a pure technical reference, not great learning material.
Well, when I was learning I didn't see any issue in using it. I also just learned they have a learning area
What is wrong with them? I have found the useful and there examples help me to learn more about context. I am not saying anything about MDN, it may just be superior, but I've rarely referenced it.
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