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edited 22 August 2013 at 8:44PM in Compers chat corner
Hi

I have come back to comping after about 2 years out. When I used to do it, I was told, can not remember which one it was but to either find the comp yourself instead of clicking on the link or there was a program which hide the referrer link. Is that still the case?

Thanks
Ryan
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  • ness13
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    If you use Firefox as your browser, you can install RefControl as one of your Add-Ons (Tools - Add-Ons and search for RefControl).
    There may be other methods which hide the referrer too, but this is the one I use.
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  • Zanzib
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    On Chrome, if you right click on your mouse on the link, you can choose an anonymous link.
  • [Deleted User]
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    I remember now, it was RefControl I used to use for firefox, thanks Ness13. The only trouble is I am using chrome. Thanks for the reply Zanzib but when you open an incognito window it stills show the referer. I have found Referer Control and it works wonders.

    Thanks
    Ryan :)
  • Zanzib
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    Thanks for clarifying the referrer bit in Chrome, Ryan2uk.
  • purplebutterfly
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    is there any way of doing this in IE?
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  • weeowens
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    edited 24 August 2013 at 9:31PM
    purplebutterfly wrote: »
    is there any way of doing this in IE?
    I would go with just dragging the link to a new tab.Should hide the MSE connection in most browsers.
  • karenrg
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    Zanzib wrote: »
    On Chrome, if you right click on your mouse on the link, you can choose an anonymous link.

    is that the incognito one? or something different?
  • fire**fly
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    purplebutterfly wrote: »
    is there any way of doing this in IE?


    hi PB, I use IE & on most comps copy/paste the link into a new
    tab if that helps x
    am sure amilucky? made a post about it ages ago for IE as well but can't find it as it was a long time ago :)
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  • purplebutterfly
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    edited 24 August 2013 at 9:26PM
    weeowens wrote: »
    I would go with just draging the link to a new tab.Should hide the MSE connection in most browsers.
    firefly wrote:
    hi PB, I use IE & on most comps copy/paste the link into a new
    tab if that helps x

    Thanks my lovelies

    I try to do that but I was hoping there might be a shortcut. Just to save time you understand - definitely NOT because I'm in any way lazy :o :rotfl::rotfl:
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  • fire**fly
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    purplebutterfly wrote: »
    Thanks my lovelies

    I try to do that but I was hoping there might be a shortcut. Just to save time you understand - definitely NOT because I'm in any way lazy :o :rotfl::rotfl:

    it's not being lazy :eek: it's because we need to save time :)
    would be great if someone could find the shortcut for it x
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