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Saukkis: May 16, 2003; Unless I'm on the inside curve pointing straight at oncoming traffic the high beams stay on and I laugh at your puny protest flashes.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:

I use Snap Links Plus to open a heap of tabs at a time from SA's control panel because individually clicking on each link is for cavemen.

I just keep all the threads I follow open. Then I can press down Ctrl and alternate between R and Tab to refresh half a dozen threads and continue where I left.

# ? Jul 6, 2018 19:48

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# ? May 31, 2024 00:34

The Dark One: Aug 19, 2005; I'm your friend and I'm not going to just stand by and let you do this!

I didn't anticipate just how much I'd enjoy having the dark theme being extended to the menu and new tab page.

# ? Jul 7, 2018 01:18

isndl: May 2, 2012; I WON A CONTEST IN TG AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS CUSTOM TITLE

The Dark One posted:

I didn't anticipate just how much I'd enjoy having the dark theme being extended to the menu and new tab page.

Maybe they can extend it to the blank page you see when opening a link in a new tab before it loads the page, I've taken to instinctively shutting my eyes for a few seconds when using Firefox on my phone at night.

# ? Jul 7, 2018 13:05

WattsvilleBlues: Jan 25, 2005; Every demon wants his pound of flesh

RSS feeds and Live Bookmarks are getting the heave-ho in 62 or 63. Gutted. Any extensions picking up the slack?

# ? Jul 28, 2018 18:12

Harik: Sep 9, 2001; From the hard streets of Moscow
First dog to touch the stars; Plaster Town Cop

From like a month ago, but RE: firefox making windows wake back up

I think it's due to the video-playback disabling autosleep so it doesn't shutdown 10 minutes into a 30-minute youtube video.

That's been my experience anyway, it's either gotten confused about the state when I closed a tab that was playing, or there's some lovely autoplay video on a garbage website that's demanding your machine stay awake for it.

# ? Jul 28, 2018 18:23

Pikestaff: Feb 17, 2013; Came here to bark at you

WattsvilleBlues posted:

RSS feeds and Live Bookmarks are getting the heave-ho in 62 or 63. Gutted. Any extensions picking up the slack?

yeah I'm bummed about this too. FeedBro seems to be the closest thing I can find, but I'm going to miss the native Live Bookmarks.

# ? Jul 28, 2018 20:14

zetamind2000: Nov 6, 2007; ~~I'm an alien.~~

WattsvilleBlues posted:

RSS feeds and Live Bookmarks are getting the heave-ho in 62 or 63. Gutted. Any extensions picking up the slack?

https://www.ghacks.net/2018/07/25/mozilla-plans-to-remove-rss-feed-reader-and-live-bookmarks-support-from-firefox/

quote:

Mozilla is working on alternatives such as Pocket or Reader Mode, and on improving WebExtensions which could provide features related to RSS/Atom feeds without the toll on maintenance.

What can we use to replace this feature that we claim only 0.1% of our users make use of? A feature that no one wants or uses!

zetamind2000 fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Jul 28, 2018

# ? Jul 28, 2018 21:05

Kerning Chameleon: Apr 8, 2015; by Cyrano4747

Pocket is hot garbage, but I find Reader mode useful to convert big news articles and blog posts into easier to read formatting even on desktop.

# ? Jul 28, 2018 21:16

Bieeanshee: Aug 21, 2000; Not keen on keening.; Grimey Drawer

Pikestaff posted:

yeah I'm bummed about this too. FeedBro seems to be the closest thing I can find, but I'm going to miss the native Live Bookmarks.

I've been using Feedbro since... Bamboo(?) stopped working for me a while back.

# ? Jul 28, 2018 21:27

nexus6: Sep 2, 2011; If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes

Kerning Chameleon posted:

Pocket is hot garbage

It is? I find it quite handy for keeping a list of links to, y'know, read later. Is there a better alternative (instead of bookmarking everything I might look at once)?

# ? Jul 28, 2018 22:11

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

Pocket is good, people just have a grudge against it because Mozilla sullied their precious default toolbar with a button for it

# ? Jul 28, 2018 22:58

FRINGE: May 23, 2003; title stolen for lf posting

They need tabs on bottom.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 00:02

Nalin: Sep 29, 2007; Hair Elf

Live bookmarks going away will just gut me. There is nothing that can replicate it. Web extensions doesn't have the apis necessary to allow it to be remade. I've used them for as long as I've used Firefox (and I've been using it since it was called Phoenix) and they have become a part of my browsing flow. I hate you Mozilla.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 06:24

Lambert: Apr 15, 2018; by Fluffdaddy; Fallen Rib

The Milkman posted:

Pocket is good, people just have a grudge against it because Mozilla sullied their precious default toolbar with a button for it

Also, it's bad.

Nalin posted:

Live bookmarks going away will just gut me. There is nothing that can replicate it. Web extensions doesn't have the apis necessary to allow it to be remade. I've used them for as long as I've used Firefox (and I've been using it since it was called Phoenix) and they have become a part of my browsing flow. I hate you Mozilla.

Probably best to switch to a real RSS reader. I like Newsblur, but there are plenty others.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 07:32

mike12345: Jul 14, 2008; "Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."

If pocket is bad, maybe recommend an (open source) alternative, because I haven't found anything for "read later, tag appropriately"-situations.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 07:47

isndl: May 2, 2012; I WON A CONTEST IN TG AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS CUSTOM TITLE

I switched to Feedbro after my previous RSS ticker extension that used my Live Bookmarks for the feed list died. Sucked converting all the bookmarks over but it seems to work as advertised.

No opinion on Pocket, I haven't used it. If they add RSS scanning so that I'll get alerted for updates without drowning me in stuff I've already read I'll consider it though.

FRINGE posted:

They need tabs on bottom.

This man speaks truth.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 08:26

Something Witty: Jan 24, 2009; Fun Shoe

FRINGE posted:

They need tabs on bottom.

Add:

code:

#TabsToolbar {
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 3 !important;
  margin: 0 !important;
  padding: 0 !important;
  background: transparent !important;
}

to your userchrome.css

Kinda janky, some transparency might be messed up and I also had to enable the titlebar for it not look like garbage. This and other (possibly out-of-date) tweaks here (not mine).

Something Witty fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Jul 29, 2018

# ? Jul 29, 2018 09:04

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

The Milkman posted:

Pocket is good, people just have a grudge against it because Mozilla sullied their precious default toolbar with a button for it

Pocket is fine, whatever. If I actually wanted to use Pocket, I'd use Pinboard.

Pocket is a lovely replacement for live bookmarks. Live bookmarks live in the bookmarks and are an easy way to see a single site's recent content. Pocket is build around consolidated flow. (This also applies to full-feature newsreaders.)

Live bookmarks getting removed with Pocket suggested as what people should switch to makes my :tinfoil:

senses go off. Pocket is an ad-based service and I can't help but wonder if this was an intentional kill to push use of a revenue generator.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 15:02

mike12345: Jul 14, 2008; "Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."

I did a bit of googling, and a pocket alternative you can host yourself is shiori https://github.com/RadhiFadlillah/shiori

I've installed it, you can import your pocket list together with tags. Seems ok.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 17:50

nexus6: Sep 2, 2011; If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes

Klyith posted:

Live bookmarks live in the bookmarks and are an easy way to see a single site's recent content

But I don't want to see a site's latest content, I want to save a specific article for reading later and not have 50+ bookmarks

# ? Jul 29, 2018 18:16

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

Klyith posted:

If I actually wanted to

nexus6 posted:
save a specific article for reading later and not have 50+ bookmarks

I'd use Pinboard.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 18:21

Ola: Jul 19, 2004

If I only want to read the text and not use image galleries etc, I press the reader view button and save as PDF. On mobile at least. On my laptop the page usually just holds.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 20:11

Pikestaff: Feb 17, 2013; Came here to bark at you

I keep things I want to read later open in a tab and then when I get too many of them I shove them into OneTab. :shobon:

# ? Jul 29, 2018 23:49

WattsvilleBlues: Jan 25, 2005; Every demon wants his pound of flesh

New logos being designed:

http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/firefox-is-redesigning-its-icons-and-it-wants-your-help/

Not a fan. What's wrong with the current logo, Mozilla?

# ? Jul 31, 2018 22:50

zetamind2000: Nov 6, 2007; ~~I'm an alien.~~

edit: nevermind

zetamind2000 fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jul 31, 2018

# ? Jul 31, 2018 22:58

Avenging Dentist: Oct 1, 2005; oh my god is that a circular saw that does not go in my mouth aaaaagh

WattsvilleBlues posted:

What's wrong with the current logo, Mozilla?

It says right in the thing: the artists at Mozilla think that the current logo is hard to make derivatives of while keeping all of them looking like they "belong" together. If you look at the gallery, it gives you a better idea of what they're doing (and it shows how the actual Firefox logo probably won't change too much).

# ? Jul 31, 2018 23:04

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# ? Aug 1, 2018 01:22

wooger: Apr 16, 2005; YOU RESENT?

Avenging Dentist posted:

It says right in the thing: the artists at Mozilla think that the current logo is hard to make derivatives of while keeping all of them looking like they "belong" together. If you look at the gallery, it gives you a better idea of what they're doing (and it shows how the actual Firefox logo probably won't change too much).

And why do they need to make derivatives of it?

# ? Aug 1, 2018 13:56

Lutha Mahtin: Oct 10, 2010; Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

wooger posted:

And why do they need to make derivatives of it?

do you not know that graphic design, as a discipline, exists

# ? Aug 1, 2018 15:45

Kheldarn: Feb 17, 2011

Lutha Mahtin posted:

do you not know that graphic design, as a discipline, exists

They gotta do something with that art degree.

# ? Aug 1, 2018 16:54

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

That's why we have McDonalds :shrug:

# ? Aug 1, 2018 17:07

Avenging Dentist: Oct 1, 2005; oh my god is that a circular saw that does not go in my mouth aaaaagh

wooger posted:

And why do they need to make derivatives of it?

Because Mozilla would like to make things other than just Firefox, while also having a consistent branding style for all of them.

# ? Aug 1, 2018 18:34

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

they need derivative designs for other mozilla projects that they want to tie into firefox branding (because firefox is still their most successful project)

the better question is "why is a non-profit foundation so obsessed with branding and re-branding?"

# ? Aug 1, 2018 18:36

Spyde: Mar 3, 2004; It's not personal, it's strictly business.

Klyith posted:

they need derivative designs for other mozilla projects that they want to tie into firefox branding (because firefox is still their most successful project)

the better question is "why is a non-profit foundation so obsessed with branding and re-branding?"

A non-profit with really only one purpose for existing, Firefox. Seems like they've become awfully corporate and concerned with branching out when they should probably just be focused on making the best browsers possible if they want to continue being relevant competing against tech giants.

# ? Aug 1, 2018 19:18

The Merkinman: Apr 22, 2007; I sell only quality merkins. What is a merkin you ask? Why, it's a wig for your genitals!

Spyde posted:

A non-profit with really only one purpose for existing, Firefox. Seems like they've become awfully corporate and concerned with branching out when they should probably just be focused on making the best browsers possible if they want to continue being relevant competing against tech giants.

But how would marketing/branding/artists accomplish fix bug X and/or add feature Y?

# ? Aug 1, 2018 19:24

FRINGE: May 23, 2003; title stolen for lf posting

Klyith posted:

they need derivative designs for other mozilla projects that they want to tie into firefox branding (because firefox is still their most successful project)

the better question is "why is a non-profit foundation so obsessed with branding and re-branding?"

Too many art major "UX designers" and no actual programmers?

# ? Aug 1, 2018 21:10