Posts Tagged ‘firefox’
Picture walk through: How to Download the new Adblock Browser Beta (app is hidden from normal users)
The app is hidden from normal users as its a beta.
To download the app you MUST enrol on the Play Store beta program for Adblock Browser as detailed below:
1 – Join the Adblock Plus’ Google+ community page.
2 – Click https://goo.gl/Yv2x5q, (select “Become a Tester” when asked).
This is a shortcut to: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.adblockplus.browser
3 – Use the download it on Google Play link in the web page (see previous screenshot).
This opens up the hidden install page, click install and you are done!
A simple alternative to Hacktheweb, aardvark, platypus or Tampermonkey.
Because I hate ugly distracting cruft on websites. :-)
History:
I loved Platypus but moved on to Aardvark when it died, then created Hacktheweb to enable aardvark to save scripts to Stylish (recreating most of the platypus functionality with out the risks).
But while creating extensions can be a lot of fun, maintaining them… not so much.
Each time Stylish changes you need to update Hacktheweb to match. Tried that for a few years and… meh. So instead I just used Hacktheweb with the old 1.4.1.1 Stylish.
Also Hacktheweb was created on Firefox and I have moved to Chrome…
The Binding Flash of Inspiration:
But I had a revelation… Adblock Plus! Never really considered it after ruling it out a while ago (no widthify, no stylish, and I had hid the ABP button so out of sight out of mind).
But looking at it in this new light (looking for Simple, Quick and Good Enough, rather than Perfect).
The Benefits for me are:
No extra extensions, I am using ABP already, so no extra trust needed. Also backed by a big name developer.
ABP block element is quick and easy to use, as is transferring filters.
The Result:
Fantastic clean, distraction free, easy reading of my favourite web sites… without having to build and maintain my own extension.
Looks like a plan :-)
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[25.07.2020] Update:
So yes life moves on :-)
All in on Apple these days, bought a 12.9 IPad Pro Dec 2017 and it’s the best computer I have owned.
I also purchased a stand, a Magic Keyboard and a Trackpad.
Now I have installed @AdGuard and it is just about perfect for my iPad & iPhone.
I found that I can block a part of a web site – like a header or sidebar that’s annoying me – so we have a winner.
Via a post at Macworld: macworld.co.uk/how-to/iosapps…
RSS Note:
I was using RSS but I have just moved over to TweetDeck.
Life moves on!
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[07.04.2018] Update:
So 1st, check out the comments for a couple of extensions that others have recommended.
Next, on Windows I’m still using ABP & the block element function, because I trust them and use it as an Adblocker anyway.
Next, on IPad I have moved over to Safari on iPad solely because of Automatic Reader View.
It loads the page then Reader View kicks in, and I get just the text and main images, no ads no cruft. I use the iPad 2017 with a Logitech slim folio case, basically a 9.5in laptop with touch.
Any edge cases that the Reader View cant cope with I save to Pocket.
Too busy in RL so this is the best life hack to the web readability problems that I have ATM.
Cheers.
Goodbye Firefox Its Been Fun, Hello Chrome My Cool New Friend.
Time to move on: Moving from mainly using Firefox to mainly using Chrome.
Reasons and Rationalisations:
Google:
I use a lot of Google services and I own a lot of Google devices.
Security is top notch and updates are pushed out fast, but in a way that does not bug users.
Chrome is now mature enough that I can find equivalent extensions to those in Firefox.
e.g. I have found an extension “Sidewise Tree Style Tab” that allows me to have usable vertical tab stacking.
Chrome is developing a technical lead and will be developed at quite a fast pace for the foreseeable future.
Chrome updating does not break extensions.
Although I don’t trust Google as much as I do Mozilla (banking will still be a Firefox activity), I still trust them a lot.
Mozilla:
Mozilla’s treatment of the RSS LiveBookMarks feature was for me a turning point, instead of updating the feature, it was largely emasculated.
And in point of fact the Chrome extension, RSS Live Links, looks to be a better long term proposition than my favourite Firefox extension Boox, :-( go figure.
A New World:
So here we go a whole new world to get used to :-o
This should be fun :-)
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The next few articles will note any useful tips on using and configuring Chrome.
I will back link them all here to make it easer for anyone making the same journey.
Notes: The Best Chrome Extensions For An Ex Firefox User.
Notes: Chrome’s Built In Page Zoom and Minimum Font Size – No Need For An Extension? Probably.
MOZILLA Y U HATE RSS?!?
The day they killed RSS (Livemarks) on Firefox
Yeah that about sums up my feelings on the matter :-|
Mozilla and Firefox had a great idea with their original implementation of RSS, “Livemarks” but they didn’t build on that success or promote it to users, instead they tried to hide it, and now the latest blow… the emasculation of Livemarks.
Bug 613588 – (livemarksIO) Replace livemarks with asynchronous load-on-demand livemarks
Three major changes in Firefox: 1) Live Bookmarks are loaded “on demand,” instead of Firefox checking for new items in the background; 2) Live Bookmarks are handled asynchronously, which prevents Firefox from locking up whenever feed items are stored or accessed; and 3) Live Bookmark items are no longer considered “bookmarks,” speeding up the display of and searches for actual bookmarks. The basic rationale for these changes is presented here by the developer who eventually coded them. The reasons all make perfect sense
So… do the dev’s really hate RSS and are they trying to kill it off completely in the coming Firefox versions?
Well the signs don’t look great…
This Bug was posted on the 20th of June 2012 and still no sign of a fix…
It affects 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18.
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So is even this watered down version of RSS going to wither on the vine?
Time will tell but things are not looking good for the future of RSS on Firefox, not good at all :-(
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Note: A possible ray of hope:
Marco Bonardo [:mak] 2012-02-27 05:28:13 PST
(In reply to Girish Sharma from comment #105)
> Is there a way to disable this feature?, so as to load the livemarks
> automatically, without the need of going to each livemarks and waiting for
> it to load ?
Until bug 725964 is at least made better, updating livemarks is expensive. We don’t want our users to pay that cost they may not need (thus why the livemark load on access). That said, I’m evaluating making a really simple restartless add-on for users willing to pay that price.
Firefox Aurora Android Screenshots – Looking Good
This is a great way to handle tabs on Android.
Of course this is a pre beta :-)
Very fast but there are checker boarding issues being worked on atm.
Firefox 12 Add-on Compatibility – a case in point: Tab Utilities 1.1.3
An example: Tab Utilities 1.1.3.
Some of the compatibilities reports say it is OK….
But how do I test it if its marked non-compatible?
Add-on Compatibility Reporter no longer allows the user to force compatibility.
Oh. Dear. Me.
This sound just like the bad old days :-(
Here is the fix:
extensions.checkCompatibility.12.0 = false
extensions.checkCompatibility.12.0a = false
extensions.checkCompatibility = false
I had uninstalled it and previously the site would not allow me to reinstall.
After the addition of the preferences above I was allowed to install and all looks OK so far.
HackTheWeb 1.1.3 Has Passed its Preliminary Review at Mozilla.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hack-the-web/
HackTheWeb. The Web. Displayed Your Way.
A Tool to let you Hack out all the stuff that annoys you.
- Images.
- Sidebars.
- Flashing text.
- Advertisements.
- Bad Page Layout.
Reduce the Noise. Increase the Signal.
User Empowerment (based on aardvark).
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