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Tamba: Apr 5, 2010

doctorfrog posted:

Is there a recommended Firefox plugin that can change all twitter links and embeds to nitter?

https://libredirect.github.io/ can do that and much more

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 04:25

Malloc Voidstar: May 7, 2007; Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.

libredirect can't change twitter embeds on SA to nitter, it just breaks them unfortunately
I don't know of anything that can do that part

works fine for links and such though

# ? Oct 25, 2022 01:13

doctorfrog: Mar 14, 2007; Great.

Tamba posted:

https://libredirect.github.io/ can do that and much more

This looks very promising. Thank you!

vvv also using this vvv

doctorfrog fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Oct 25, 2022

# ? Oct 25, 2022 01:51

actionjackson: Jan 12, 2003

is there anything available to hide specific domains from DDG search results? I had previously used this but it doesn't work anymore, and is no longer supported

https://github.com/pistom/ddghur

I really just don't want to see amazon results for every single goddamn product

edit: whoops my bad, apparently the same person made a new one. seems to work!

https://github.com/pistom/hohser

actionjackson fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Oct 25, 2022

# ? Oct 25, 2022 15:42

qsvui: Aug 23, 2003; some crazy thing

I've been using uBlacklist, seems to work

# ? Oct 26, 2022 04:51

101: Oct 15, 2012; Vault Dweller

actionjackson posted:

is there anything available to hide specific domains from DDG search results? I had previously used this but it doesn't work anymore, and is no longer supported

https://github.com/pistom/ddghur

I really just don't want to see amazon results for every single goddamn product

edit: whoops my bad, apparently the same person made a new one. seems to work!

https://github.com/pistom/hohser

Can't blame you for not finding it initially. Weird that they wouldn't link to their new project in the readme

# ? Oct 26, 2022 09:10

Siliziumleben: Dec 4, 2003; The scientists' findings were astounding! They discovered that the powers of the Metroid might be harnessed for the good of civilization!

that question came up earlier in the thread so I'm just gonna quote myself

actionjackson posted:

is there an extension (or option for an extension) that will block certain domains from showing up in (duckduckgo) search results? I hate amazon, and of course any product i want to look for gives me 90% amazon links

Siliziumleben posted:

I'm a long-timer user of Google Hit Hider by Domain, which despite its name also supports other search engines such as DuckDuckGo. It's frankly one of the ~~extensions~~ userscripts I can't live without, since it allows me to send all the blatantly-mirroring-content-from-StackOverflow websites which regularly show up in my search results to the void.

# ? Oct 26, 2022 16:42

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

I just updated Firefox, dodged the "set up Firefox" as you do... and now the top bar is orange. as is the bar that pops up when I ctrl-f.

how do I make it stop aaaaa

# ? Oct 28, 2022 14:30

Malloc Voidstar: May 7, 2007; Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.

maybe about:addons themes section

i think you failed the dodge

# ? Oct 28, 2022 14:43

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

Malloc Voidstar posted:

maybe about :addons themes section

i think you failed the dodge

You're right, turns out it had enabled the "Innovator" theme for some reason. Thank you!

(and yes I absolutely did)

# ? Oct 28, 2022 14:44

RGX: Sep 23, 2004; Unstoppable

Anybody else having intermittent problems with Dark Reader since the most recent update? Not a big deal but I've had it break and then re-darken pages while I'm reading them several times in the past few days.

Trying to work out if its an issue on my end or something more general, doesnt seem to be any rhyme or reason as to when it does it or which pages it breaks on. It's not the biggest issue in the world but if I was an epileptic I'm pretty sure it would be bad news, it flickers back and forth sometimes at quite a painful rate before deciding to stay in dark mode.

# ? Oct 28, 2022 14:56

Serephina: Nov 8, 2005; 恐竜戦隊
ジュウレンジャー

Aw jesus christ, firefox changed it's UI again, breaking Unity integration even more, yet again. So I'm not sure if I'm ahead or behind the curve with 106.0.2, but does anyone know ways of reversing this so I get my menus back?

Why the gently caress am I still messing with this POS instead of just migrating to waterfox/etc I do not know.

# ? Nov 2, 2022 00:58

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Unity being the (formerly) Ubuntu graphical shell? Condolences.

# ? Nov 2, 2022 01:07

Serephina: Nov 8, 2005; 恐竜戦隊
ジュウレンジャー

Yea it's probably time to upgrade the OS again, I've been putting it off. Turns out waterfox classic is no longer getting security updates so I'll have to jump ship properly rather than using this hacked up 20.04.

I know it sounds like a contradiction, but I'm both greatly irritated by Firefox's constant tweaking of the UI while also being disappointed in how the Gnome desktop still works every time I try it, trapped in a shinier version of win95's sensibilities. It's been a few years, might have to give it another go...

# ? Nov 2, 2022 01:19

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Serephina posted:

Yea it's probably time to upgrade the OS again, I've been putting it off. Turns out waterfox classic is no longer getting security updates so I'll have to jump ship properly rather than using this hacked up 20.04.

I know it sounds like a contradiction, but I'm both greatly irritated by Firefox's constant tweaking of the UI while also being disappointed in how the Gnome desktop still works every time I try it, trapped in a shinier version of win95's sensibilities. It's been a few years, might have to give it another go...

If you haven't tried KDE Plasma lately, I highly recommend it.

There are a lot of screenshots at https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/ and, of course, just about everything is customizable.

# ? Nov 2, 2022 01:22

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

Dunno if this is what's broken your Ubuntu, but the new idiotic thing is private windows being registered as a separate application / window class.

In windows this makes private windows add a second icon to the taskbar which is pretty annoying.

To reverse it, in about :config, change browser.privateWindowSeparation.enabled to false.

# ? Nov 2, 2022 01:27

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

Serephina posted:

Yea it's probably time to upgrade the OS again, I've been putting it off. Turns out waterfox classic is no longer getting security updates so I'll have to jump ship properly rather than using this hacked up 20.04.

I know it sounds like a contradiction, but I'm both greatly irritated by Firefox's constant tweaking of the UI while also being disappointed in how the Gnome desktop still works every time I try it, trapped in a shinier version of win95's sensibilities. It's been a few years, might have to give it another go...

Why used a hacked 20.04 install where there isUbuntu Unity ?

# ? Nov 2, 2022 02:47

Serephina: Nov 8, 2005; 恐竜戦隊
ジュウレンジャー

(Sorry about the Linux derail btw)

The Merkinman posted:

Why used a hacked 20.04 install where there isUbuntu Unity ?

I mean, no duh, except one required a flatten and reinstall for a new fork in 2020 while instead I could have (and did) just hit a button to upgrade my existing install and then flick a switch to re-enable Unity. I'm lazy, and will eventually look into doing it 'right'.

I suppose I should be thankful? Firefox, like many other software niggles before it, eventually gets so thorny and uncomfortable that I have to get off my arse and fix things.

Serephina fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Nov 2, 2022

# ? Nov 2, 2022 03:45

CatHorse: Jan 5, 2008

Klyith posted:

To reverse it, in about :config, change browser.privateWindowSeparation.enabled to false.

Why would you do that?

# ? Nov 2, 2022 14:13

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle

Because Firefox users have a pathological aversion to any change, no matter how small.

"Oh no, my precious customized workflow built on top of a rickety scaffold of unmaintained extensions and hundreds of lines of custom XUL doesn't work anymore, Firefox is ruined and forever useless!"

# ? Nov 2, 2022 14:16

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

MikusR posted:

Why would you do that?

Because why do private windows need a second taskbar icon? If that's useful to you it's cool, but to me it's anti-useful. I don't use private windows in a way where they need a separate icon, and having their own group fucks up keyboard window-switching.

KozmoNaut posted:

Because Firefox users have a pathological aversion to any change, no matter how small.

"Oh no, my precious customized workflow built on top of a rickety scaffold of unmaintained extensions and hundreds of lines of custom XUL doesn't work anymore, Firefox is ruined and forever useless!"

That's dumb. This is a totally cosmetic change. The mechanics of private mode are exactly the same as before, the only change was making new taskbar icons.

Meanwhile, frequent UI changes kinda suck for someone like Serephina who is on a OS variant that Mozilla isn't paying attention to. They test their changes on Windows, Mac, and maybe one or two popular Linux flavors. But it breaks others. For some features that's totally worth it, but IMO Mozilla should be grouping these changes rather than constantly moving deck chairs.

# ? Nov 2, 2022 14:50

busalover: Sep 12, 2020

Serephina posted:

(Sorry about the Linux derail btw)

I mean, no duh, except one required a flatten and reinstall for a new fork in 2020 while instead I could have (and did) just hit a button to upgrade my existing install and then flick a switch to re-enable Unity. I'm lazy, and will eventually look into doing it 'right'.

I suppose I should be thankful? Firefox, like many other software niggles before it, eventually gets so thorny and uncomfortable that I have to get off my arse and fix things.

If you sign up to Ubuntu Pro (?), you get 10 years of support with every LTS, iirc. It's a new feature, I recently read about it. (e: the fact it's free is new)

# ? Nov 2, 2022 14:52

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

You'd think they would finally do something useful like implement touchscreen gestures that has been an open issue for 5 years instead of constantly loving with the UI (though I haven't noticed any changes recently)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443710

# ? Nov 2, 2022 19:04

Im_Special: Jan 2, 2011; Look At This!!! WOW!
It's F*cking Nothing.

MikusR posted:

Why would you do that?

Old way:

New way:

Sure looks loving good! I can imagine this looking even worse for people who don't like to close things. Also "private browsing" is no longer private if you advertise on the task bar that you have a private browsing window open, for you know, those who like to watch porn at work.

And more things to change (revert) because...

browser.privatebrowsing.enable-new-indicator to false
browser.privatebrowsing.enable-new-logo to false
browser.theme.dark-private-windows to false

etc.

Bonus cred:
Removes the "display all tabs" arrow, browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled to false (oddly enough, I never touched this one and don't have this "arrow" others are reporting. �\_(ツ)_/� )
Disables and removes Firefox View from loading in the background and from context menus, etc. browser.tabs.firefox-view to false

From The Official Firefox Patch Notes. No Seriously... posted:

Also, private windows have been redesigned to increase the feeling of privacy.

Hey bro, you want more privacy? No, I only want the feeling of privacy!

# ? Nov 3, 2022 04:16

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

I use split taskbar icons because I like being able to jump directly to a specific window by clicking the button. But I'm also doing this on Windows with the classic 98 style taskbar buttons that have title text.

Private windows don't seem to use the private icon in Windows, but maybe that's because it's sharing the same process ID so it's bundled with all the non-private windows. Could be worth asking the devs if that's intended behavior on Ubuntu, maybe it's an oversight.

# ? Nov 3, 2022 04:44

Knormal: Nov 11, 2001

Im_Special posted:

Hey bro, you want more privacy? No, I only want the feeling of privacy!

At least we're still doing better than Chrome on that front, where Google was (and probably still is) still collecting browsing data from its users while in Incognito mode. I at least trust Mozilla to not be doing that, as long as you have telemetry turned off.
https://hothardware.com/news/privacy-lawsuit-google-employees-jokes-chrome-incognito-mode

Also 3rding checking out KDE on the Linux front, it's very customizable and you can probably get it doing a good chunk of what you want by messing around with settings. It's also finally usable on Wayland, for whatever that's worth.

# ? Nov 3, 2022 06:46

CatHorse: Jan 5, 2008

Knormal posted:

Incognito mode. I at least trust Mozilla to not be doing that, as long as you have telemetry turned off.

Firefox collects telemetry even when it's turned off (on windows even with a separate service). It also has google analytics on addons page where ublock doesn't work.

# ? Nov 3, 2022 13:06

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

The alternate color / theme for private windows is actually a good idea. Vivaldi has that feature and I use it there. Sadly firefox did it in the most half-assed way. Instead of being able to select a specific theme for private windows, you just get the dark mode theme.

isndl posted:

I use split taskbar icons because I like being able to jump directly to a specific window by clicking the button. But I'm also doing this on Windows with the classic 98 style taskbar buttons that have title text.

Private windows don't seem to use the private icon in Windows, but maybe that's because it's sharing the same process ID so it's bundled with all the non-private windows.

Huh? They definitely do on the standard windows taskbar settings.

Or are you talking about the titlebar icon of each window itself? If that's the case, they probably just forgot to change that one since a normal firefox doesn't have a titlebar.

# ? Nov 3, 2022 15:59

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

Is there a working way to get embedded videos on the forums to show controls? I've tried multiple userscripts, including one that works in Chrome, but nothing happens.

# ? Nov 3, 2022 18:20

Inceltown: Aug 6, 2019

nexus6 posted:

Is there a working way to get embedded videos on the forums to show controls? I've tried multiple userscripts, including one that works in Chrome, but nothing happens.

Does this not work for you?

code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name               video resizing and sound
// @namespace          https://forums.somethingawful.com/
// @description        loving giant vertical recording
// @include            https://forums.somethingawful.com/*
// @grant              GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

GM_addStyle("video { max-height: 700px; max-width: 800px;} ");

window.addEventListener("load", function() {
    $("video").attr("controls", "controls");
}, false);

Failing that try this one

code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Forums video controls
// @namespace    https://forums.somethingawful.com
// @version      2.0
// @description  Script to add html5 controls on hover to gif and video posts.
// @author       Inceltown
// @match        https://forums.somethingawful.com/*
// @exclude      https://www.youtube.com/*
// @grant        GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';
     var timer;

    function addVideoControl(){
        var vids = document.getElementsByTagName('video');
        for( var i = 0; i < vids.length; i++ ){
            var elem = vids.item(i);
            if(!elem.hasAttribute("controls")){
                elem.setAttribute("controls", "");
                console.log('video controls added');
            }
        }
    }

    timer = setInterval(addVideoControl, 1000);
})();

# ? Nov 3, 2022 18:36

Powered Descent: Jul 13, 2008; We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Inceltown posted:

Does this not work for you?

code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name               video resizing and sound
// @namespace          https://forums.somethingawful.com/
// @description        loving giant vertical recording
// @include            https://forums.somethingawful.com/*
// @grant              GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

GM_addStyle("video { max-height: 700px; max-width: 800px;} ");

window.addEventListener("load", function() {
    $("video").attr("controls", "controls");
}, false);

Failing that try this one

code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Forums video controls
// @namespace    https://forums.somethingawful.com
// @version      2.0
// @description  Script to add html5 controls on hover to gif and video posts.
// @author       Inceltown
// @match        https://forums.somethingawful.com/*
// @exclude      https://www.youtube.com/*
// @grant        GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';
     var timer;

    function addVideoControl(){
        var vids = document.getElementsByTagName('video');
        for( var i = 0; i < vids.length; i++ ){
            var elem = vids.item(i);
            if(!elem.hasAttribute("controls")){
                elem.setAttribute("controls", "");
                console.log('video controls added');
            }
        }
    }

    timer = setInterval(addVideoControl, 1000);
})();

I'm not the one who asked for it, but the second one worked for me. (I've been using a variation of the first script for ages, and while it still ensmallens the videos correctly, it stopped automatically showing the video controls some time ago. Adding in the second script brought that function back.) Thanks. :tipshat:

# ? Nov 3, 2022 19:20

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

Powered Descent posted:

ensmallens

# ? Nov 3, 2022 20:27

jokes: Dec 20, 2012; Uh... Kupo?

I feel like there was an extension that just automatically converted all videos to a standard, basic HTML5 player or something. Maybe this was years ago or I saw it in a fever dream, but I sure hate everything about youtube.

# ? Nov 3, 2022 20:49

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

Powered Descent posted:

I'm not the one who asked for it, but the second one worked for me. (I've been using a variation of the first script for ages, and while it still ensmallens the videos correctly, it stopped automatically showing the video controls some time ago. Adding in the second script brought that function back.) Thanks.

Exact same here: 1st one didn't work but 2nd one does :shrug:

# ? Nov 3, 2022 22:15

Quackles: Aug 11, 2018; Pixels of Light.

jokes posted:

I feel like there was an extension that just automatically converted all videos to a standard, basic HTML5 player or something. Maybe this was years ago or I saw it in a fever dream, but I sure hate everything about youtube.

Firefox on iOS does it by itself, at least on YT.

Or there�s a pair of iOS Safari extensions called Vinegar and Baking Soda (really), but that�s a little out of scope for the Firefox thread.

# ? Nov 3, 2022 23:49

jokes: Dec 20, 2012; Uh... Kupo?

That's the one! Vinegar! I could've sworn it existed on Firefox-- thank you!

gently caress I wish that existed for Firefox.

# ? Nov 4, 2022 00:10

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

Klyith posted:

Huh? They definitely do on the standard windows taskbar settings.

Or are you talking about the titlebar icon of each window itself? If that's the case, they probably just forgot to change that one since a normal firefox doesn't have a titlebar.

It does show the private icon at the top right of a private window next to the minimize/maximize/close buttons, but the icon in the task bar is still the same as all my regular non-private windows. :iiam:

# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:53

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

Inceltown posted:

Does this not work for you?

code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name               video resizing and sound
// @namespace          https://forums.somethingawful.com/
// @description        loving giant vertical recording
// @include            https://forums.somethingawful.com/*
// @grant              GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

GM_addStyle("video { max-height: 700px; max-width: 800px;} ");

window.addEventListener("load", function() {
    $("video").attr("controls", "controls");
}, false);

Failing that try this one

code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Forums video controls
// @namespace    https://forums.somethingawful.com
// @version      2.0
// @description  Script to add html5 controls on hover to gif and video posts.
// @author       Inceltown
// @match        https://forums.somethingawful.com/*
// @exclude      https://www.youtube.com/*
// @grant        GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';
     var timer;

    function addVideoControl(){
        var vids = document.getElementsByTagName('video');
        for( var i = 0; i < vids.length; i++ ){
            var elem = vids.item(i);
            if(!elem.hasAttribute("controls")){
                elem.setAttribute("controls", "");
                console.log('video controls added');
            }
        }
    }

    timer = setInterval(addVideoControl, 1000);
})();

Here is some code golf nobody asked for. I wrote my own script some time ago:

JavaScript code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Show video controls
// @match        https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

[...document.querySelectorAll('video')].forEach(v => v.controls = true);

# ? Nov 5, 2022 09:54

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

Does anyone else have problems with youtube videos failing to play if you change the tab?

Steps to reproduce:
Start watching a video on youtube.
Pause the video.
Change tab.
Do whatever, shitpost, doomscroll, laugh at memes.
Change back to the youtube video you were watching.
Click on the video (it does not start playback)
Double click on the video to make it fullscreen (now video plays until the end of the current buffer, then stops)
Double click to exit fullscreen (video might buffer the next segment and play for a while)
Get frustrated, click on the "share" button, check the "Start at <timestamp>" checkbox, copy the link, paste and go on the address bar
Video takes a long time to start, but plays back fine, unless you pause and switch tabs again.

# ? Nov 5, 2022 09:59

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 04:25

busalover: Sep 12, 2020

nah, that's you. Probably some extension/adblock/etc interfering?

# ? Nov 5, 2022 10:56

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