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Freakazoid_ posted:And it's probably a good idea to move away from google search anyway, it actually failed to find a website I was looking for the other day that duckduckgo found right away. I've been experimenting with DDG recently and finding it kinda 50/50 as to being better than google. Particularly for food and cooking stuff DDG has been very disappointing. Google may have the "recent update" blogspam that gets promoted, but besides that the results are still high quality. DDG's top results are meh for recipes. Also DDG doesn't do quotes which are my main weapon for google searches.
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Plant a tree with your searches, use Ecosia!
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I use Startpage mostly, and switch to DuckDuckGo if I need something very recent.
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Extremely happy with Kagi. Been the first Google replacement where I pretty much never have to fall back. Understand most people don't want to pay for search though
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101 posted:Understand most people don't want to pay for search though Kagi is great, but it’s a shame they’re doubling the price for the same service.
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101 posted:Understand most people don't want to pay for search though I might consider it but those price tiers are loving insane lmao
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A new about :config thing to add set browser.vpn_promo.enabled to false https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-stops-firefox-fullscreen-vpn-ads-after-user-outrage/
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quote:"We’re continuously working to understand the best ways to communicate with people who use Firefox. Ultimately, we accomplished the exact opposite of what we intended in this experiment and quickly rolled the experience back. We apologize for any confusion or concern" - Mozilla "Okay, users do not like a full screen popup that hijacks the site they're browsing. Good info."
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It's just one of those things that is impossible to know without trying it. Next, I'm going to try putting my dick in a mouse trap. Maybe it's the greatest feeling in the world.
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Wheany posted:It's just one of those things that is impossible to know without trying it. Slightly off topic but did you ever see the Skeletor Vs Beastman video doing the rounds 20 odd years ago?
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Slightly off topic but did you ever see the Skeletor Vs Beastman video doing the rounds 20 odd years ago? Doesn't ring a bell
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Slightly off topic but did you ever see the Skeletor Vs Beastman video doing the rounds 20 odd years ago? The porno?
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https://youtu.be/rN9FxETc3Qg Not safe for work. WattsvilleBlues fucked around with this message at 15:06 on May 28, 2023 |
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MikusR posted:A new about :config thing to add Is there a list? I feel with Firefox there should be a list of things you should just automatically configure to stop the garbage. I've set that value even though it doesn't apply to my region because they set it to true for me anyway.
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this is a long shot, but is there any sort of addon for firefox to give some sort of youtube subscription page-style thing to twitch? something that lets me see all the VODs that streamers I follow have put out in the last day or so, so I don't have to go to each channel manually to check and can just glance at a list.
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Captain Invictus posted:this is a long shot, but is there any sort of addon for firefox to give some sort of youtube subscription page-style thing to twitch? something that lets me see all the VODs that streamers I follow have put out in the last day or so, so I don't have to go to each channel manually to check and can just glance at a list. That sounds very difficult for a browser add-on to do. You'd pretty much have to scrape all the individual VOD pages to build it.
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yeah I figured it would be basically impossible. just sucks that twitch's interface is so bad.
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Some reddit user set this up many years ago to generate rss feeds for twitch channels. On the surface the example still generates data? Haven't looked into it any deeper.
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Is there any good way to block the Youtube shorts tab on the sidebar or at least stop them from autoplaying if I get in there accidentally via some form of extension? I ran into a bug where the lovely video kept playing in the background even after I changed tabs. I already have inline autoplay and video outplay turned off.
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Klyith posted:That sounds very difficult for a browser add-on to do. You'd pretty much have to scrape all the individual VOD pages to build it. twitch has an open API to list videos by channel and an endpoint for getting followed channels idk about extension coding but i assume they can make requests and render HTML. getting the actual data you need to build the list should be trivial
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Maigius posted:Is there any good way to block the Youtube shorts tab on the sidebar or at least stop them from autoplaying if I get in there accidentally via some form of extension? I ran into a bug where the lovely video kept playing in the background even after I changed tabs. I already have inline autoplay and video outplay turned off.
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Maigius posted:Is there any good way to block the Youtube shorts tab on the sidebar or at least stop them from autoplaying if I get in there accidentally via some form of extension? I ran into a bug where the lovely video kept playing in the background even after I changed tabs. I already have inline autoplay and video outplay turned off. I use Chrome, but the YouTube extentions I use there are also available on Firefox. They are DF YouTube (Distraction Free), and Enhancer For YouTube. Enhancer will also make it so that Shorts play using the standard YouTube video player.
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Kheldarn posted:I use Chrome, but the YouTube extentions I use there are also available on Firefox. They are DF YouTube (Distraction Free), and Enhancer For YouTube. Enhancer is making me Shorts free. Thanks.
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I have auto fill options Login and Security and Forms and Autofill disabled but for some reason Firefox still remembers usernames. Checked about:config and searched for autofill and disabled everything that looks relevant but it’s still doing it. Am I missing an option somewhere? This happens on a new profile too.
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bsaber posted:I have auto fill options Login and Security and Forms and Autofill disabled but for some reason Firefox still remembers usernames. Checked about :config and searched for autofill and disabled everything that looks relevant but it’s still doing it.
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:I think you want distribution/policies.json in the same directory as your firefox binary, and then add DisableFormHistory in the syntax given at the top of the document. Ah, looks like I missed browser.formfill.enable. Setting that to false fixed it. Thanks!
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I'm not sure if this is possible, but does anyone know how to disable the space bar from acting like a Page Down key? I hate accidentally tapping the space bar and losing my place where I had been reading.
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god please help me posted:I'm not sure if this is possible, but does anyone know how to disable the space bar from acting like a Page Down key? I hate accidentally tapping the space bar and losing my place where I had been reading. shift+space will scroll back up, if that helps even a tiny bit HalloKitty fucked around with this message at 08:52 on Jun 10, 2023 |
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Oh joy, firefox's UI got modernized again for me. /s All of the menus (eg. menu bar and context both), are now rather "bubbly" with rounded corners and dead space, and need more mouse movement to select the first option. Any ideas on how to disable this?
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Serephina posted:Oh joy, firefox's UI got modernized again for me. /s Well, my first useful hint would be to update your goddamn browser more often. Running a browser with known vulnerabilities is a stupid idea no matter how much you hate change. (And if you were updating you'd have been following along 30 pages ago UserChrome styles can change Firefox's UI. Here are instructions for how to get started and enable UserChrome. Also on that site is a walkthrough for making your own UserStyle that restores the old Photon style. If you want something easier, here is a pre-made one <-- edit: changed to a new link because I consulted my notes and found I've pulled some of the CSS from that one. And it's been updated recently. Klyith fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Jun 10, 2023 |
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114 changed url bar suggestions to the two line ones and that came out... the 6th
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Serephina posted:Oh joy, firefox's UI got modernized again for me. /s Can you post a screenshot of what you're talking about?
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astral posted:Can you post a screenshot of what you're talking about? Klyith posted:Well, my first useful hint would be to update your goddamn browser more often. Running a browser with known vulnerabilities is a stupid idea no matter how much you hate change. (And if you were updating you'd have been following along 30 pages ago ------ I'll take a look at the css stuff, and see if it's easier than just jumping ship to waterfox or whatever the hell is the current fork. edit: vvv Yea, but there's also a horizontal displacement and more aggressive corner rounding. Just checked that waterfox doesn't do it, it uses system defaults (but waterfox is apparently filled with vulnerabilities? yikes). I'm just surprised there isn't an option somewhere to disable the (broken) self-theming and use defaults, it's odd. Serephina fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Jun 11, 2023 |
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Are you talking about stuff like these 5 pixels between the top of the box and the first actual option?
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Apologies Serephina, I read "my UI just got modernized" and everything being round & bubbly and thought that you'd just gotten the whole new UI, like the thing introduced last year. Not that this was one specific change with menus that was a last straw thing.Serephina posted:I'll take a look at the css stuff, and see if it's easier than just jumping ship to waterfox or whatever the hell is the current fork. Yeah don't use Waterfox. If you want to jump ship with browsers, I'd point to Vivaldi. It's run by people who are fanatical about keeping the UI style the same. But UserChrome css really isn't difficult. The downside is that sometimes Mozilla will change something and your CSS will be a little messed up. But I haven't needed to fix anything for over a year.
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I use waterfox and have yet to get a virus And it runs better and doesn't make dumbass UI decisions like Firefox constantly does Killingyouguy! fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Jun 11, 2023 |
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Killingyouguy! posted:I use waterfox and have yet to get a virus One may not die from not wearing a seatbelt for years, but it certainly increases the likelihood that you will at some stage. Ignore me! WattsvilleBlues fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Jun 11, 2023 |
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Oh wait, once again I forgot that Waterfox changed course a little bit ago when they finally dropped old XUL extensions. The current standard waterfox is based on ESR and does get reasonably fast security fixes. It's basically Firefox ESR + misc changes + the Lepton userchrome UI. Waterfox Classic is the bad one that will have many unpatched security holes.
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Klyith posted:Oh wait, once again I forgot that Waterfox changed course a little bit ago when they finally dropped old XUL extensions. I will amend my post!
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