Hartford Courant (courant.com)
“The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut” – Source
Ethical design violations
(Learn more about Ethical Design.)
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100 trackers
Exposes you to third-party sites.
After Better
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5.3× Safer
461 requests blocked
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10% Lighter
1.8 MB saved
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5.3× Faster
5.55 minutes saved
| Before | After | Improvement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requests: | 568 requests | 107 requests | 5.3× |
| Weight: | 18.9 MB | 17.09 MB | 10% |
| Speed: | 6.83 minutes | 1.28 minutes | 5.3× |
Statistics by Better Inspector based on the page as on Friday, November 30th 2018
Block rules
Block Google tracking
Courant loads its Google tracking from a subdomain, the same domain it loads functionality from, to avoid blockers.
So we hide all the targeted ads loaded from that subdomain.
- trigger:
- url-filter: www.courant.com
- load-type: first-party
- action:
- selector: .trb_mh_adB.trb_masthead_adBanner, section section .trb_gptAd, aside.trb_brkr_nt, div div.trb_gptAd.trb_rBrkAd, .s2nPlayerFrame, .trb_barker.trb_brk.trb_brk_bl, .trb_gptAd.trb_footer_adBanner_combo, section.trb_outfit
- type: css-display-none
- trigger:
- url-filter: courant.com
- load-type: first-party
- action:
- selector: .trb_mh_adB.trb_masthead_adBanner, section section .trb_gptAd, aside.trb_brkr_nt, div div.trb_gptAd.trb_rBrkAd, .s2nPlayerFrame, .trb_barker.trb_brk.trb_brk_bl, .trb_gptAd.trb_footer_adBanner_combo, section.trb_outfit
- type: css-display-none
About Better
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