Google ads = disable scrolling?
 

I've noticed that my 2-finger scrolling on my trackpad has been wonky with omniweb.

On some sites, I will scroll, then it will stop at a point on a page. Taking my fingers off and trying to scroll doesn't do anything, but I can scroll up. Scrolling back up and then down again stops at the *same exact spot* on the page. I can go up and down several times and it always stops there.

I've narrowed it down to google ads. Try it yourself on engadget.com.

Scrolling in safari on the same page works fine. Is it something in omniweb or something with google ads? or both?

Here's a screen capped movie of it

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I think this is a bug in the version of WebKit we are using where iframes that don't have scroll bars block scrolling for the rest of the page. You might try moving your mouse to the left or right to avoid the iframe and see if that helps the issue.

cannot scroll at google ads
 

So, do you mean with this version of omni, we'll have to move our mouse a little bit whenever we encountered a google ads? That is so un-convienent!

Or, is there a way to get rid of the google ads in omni? (filter out? ad block?)


[QUOTE=Len Case]I think this is a bug in the version of WebKit we are using where iframes that don't have scroll bars block scrolling for the rest of the page. You might try moving your mouse to the left or right to avoid the iframe and see if that helps the issue.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=eggstone]Or, is there a way to get rid of the google ads in omni? (filter out? ad block?)[/QUOTE]

Setting up a line with "googlesyndication.com" in your ad blocking preferences should do the trick. In my case, my catch-all (or at least catch-many ;-) ) line "/ad[^dm]" already filters it out, as the URLs for Google ads always contain "/ads?".

It works!
Thanks a lot.

[QUOTE=zottel]Setting up a line with "googlesyndication.com" in your ad blocking preferences should do the trick. In my case, my catch-all (or at least catch-many ;-) ) line "/ad[^dm]" already filters it out, as the URLs for Google ads always contain "/ads?".[/QUOTE]