Extensions and custom buttons for UXP browsers - Corrections, modifications, adjustments, and special recommendations

[dmiranda]

3 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

Simply open the XML file in the browser and click onto the install button!

Works well and faster than the previous versions, thanks.

Also, please remind me (perhaps better in the Mypal buttons thread), how do you install this xmp button in Mp68? Buttons I'm using (aboutbutton.uc.js, memoryMinimizationButton.uc.js RestartFirefoxButton_Movable.uc.js) are js files in the chrome subfolder of the profile.

 

Cheers!

[dmiranda]

On 9/20/2022 at 1:21 PM, AstroSkipper said:

In the internet and especially in the Custom Buttons forum http://custombuttons.sourceforge.net/forum/index.php,

Unfortunately, it seems to me this place is gone, with no register in archive.org.   There are a few alternatives, though, i.e., https://github.com/Infocatcher/Custom_Buttons?tab=readme-ov-file

 

 

[AstroSkipper]

2 hours ago, dmiranda said:

Unfortunately, it seems to me this place is gone, with no register in archive.org.   There are a few alternatives, though, i.e., https://github.com/Infocatcher/Custom_Buttons?tab=readme-ov-file

The old Custom Buttons forum had gone long time ago. Personally, I have the most important things in my archive, which I have been maintaining for decades. So, I need practically nothing from the old forum although it is a great pity that it no longer exists. And you should also be aware that many old custom buttons are no longer compatible with newer Firefox or Firefox-based browser versions. And by that I also mean Firefox 52, which is the origin of many forks.

Edited October 13, 2024 by AstroSkipper

[AstroSkipper]

On 10/13/2024 at 7:44 PM, dmiranda said:

Also, please remind me (perhaps better in the Mypal buttons thread), how do you install this xmp button in Mp68? Buttons I'm using (aboutbutton.uc.js, memoryMinimizationButton.uc.js RestartFirefoxButton_Movable.uc.js) are js files in the chrome subfolder of the profile.

This is not quite so easy.  One thing in advance. The chrome folder and the UC.JS scripts have absolutely nothing to do with the legacy custom buttons.  You have to install a legacy Custom Buttons extension in the Quantum browser Mypal 68 which supports natively webextensions only. To do this, the signature check of extensions must be switched off by a special hack, as most of all legacy Custom Buttons extensions are unsigned. The hack then has to be patched again , and a few prefs have to be set. Finally, you have to check whether your legacy Custom Buttons version can be installed at all and properly works under these conditions. All in all, not so easy as it may seem. Right?  Furthermore, the code of custom buttons must of course be designed for Mypal 68 in such a way that it takes the newer JavaScript engine into account. Many (legacy) custom buttons that run in the UXP browsers therefore do not work in Mypal 68. And as you already know, even a custom button working in New Moon 28 does not necessarily run, for example, in Serpent 52. However, if all is done correctly, it should look like this way:



This is a screenshot taken from the Add-ons Manager in Mypal 68.14.4b. All of these custom buttons are working fine in Mypal 68, and there are more, of course. It's just a test profile. BTW, three of these six custom buttons have been created by me and are also working in all my UXP browsers. 

Edited October 16, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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[dmiranda]

The restart and purge, the memory minimization, the about pages and a simple about config are available (through you) in mypal, via userchrome.js.

I'm craving to have an about pages like the one you showed in the previous page (now images are broken), and preftoggler (fromsp52). 

Cheers!

 

[UCyborg]

I recently added Pure URL to Pale Moon. I'm not sure which one is better in terms of parameters they look for by default, the former or CleanLinks2. I had to remove "cid" from Pure URL's default list to be able to complete purchase on https://play.google.com/. The site otherwise reported 400 error about not correctly formed request when password prompt is supposed to show to confirm the purchase.

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, UCyborg said:

I recently added Pure URL to Pale Moon. I'm not sure which one is better in terms of parameters they look for by default, the former or CleanLinks2. I had to remove "cid" from Pure URL's default list to be able to complete purchase on https://play.google.com/. The site otherwise reported 400 error about not correctly formed request when password prompt is supposed to show to confirm the purchase.

Isn't it better to use the specific filter lists in your adblocker?

[nicolaasjan]

18 minutes ago, Sampei.Nihira said:

Isn't it better to use the specific filter lists in your adblocker?

$removeparam filters don't work in uBO Legacy...

Edited October 18, 2024 by nicolaasjan

[Guest]

2 hours ago, nicolaasjan said:

$removeparam filters don't work in uBO Legacy...

I understand.

[IXOYE]

Hi

A small online test (not exhaustive of course) but which allows you to quickly test whether your ad blocker is doing its job.
Reading the results is easy.

https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock

[VistaLover]

1 hour ago, IXOYE said:

A small online test (...)

https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock

... Thanks, but this on-line test has been already cited previously in the MSFN forums, even in this thread  : 

On 1/27/2024 at 3:55 PM, Sampei.Nihira said:

Why not use the updated test link?

https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock.html

Remember that the test only provides an indication of the performance of your Adblocker.

[UCyborg]

That delay with minimizing using taskbar button while using CuteButtons, it's only really pronounced when also tab hoarding.

I also have ColorfulTabs and TabMix Plus active, but only tested with those always active, didn't try any combination without them.

[AstroSkipper]

All about: - A custom button for accessing the about:config page and other important about:pages in a more convenient way. Forked, translated and reworked by AstroSkipper

All about: is a custom button to open the about:config page solely, or alternatively, with a currently selected or a previously copied string as a filter. Furthermore, other important about:pages can be easily opened from a button menu each with one click. I created two versions, one is targeting Serpent, Basilisk and other Firefox 52/53 based browsers, and the other is targeting the New Moon and Pale Moon browsers. I forked the All about: custom button from an old but still working one, translated and completely reworked it. I changed the content of the tooltip, added a help menu, inserted icons to the about:pages button menu by adding code, adapted the about:pages entries to the respective browser versions which lead to two different versions. All has been done solely in JavaScript without the help of CSS. Finally, I rearranged some code. The All about: custom button is very handy and helpful for those who are working a lot with prefs in the about:config page. The most interesting features are to open the about:config page with the currently selected string without copying it and a button menu with only important about:pages. Here are small screenshots of the All about: custom button taken from New Moon 28:





And here are the download links:
All about: for Serpent, Basilisk and other Firefox 52/53 based browsers: https://www.mediafire.com/file/16sfrr2gxwdxdc7/All_about-fx-sp-ba.xml/file
All about: for New Moon and Pale Moon browsers: https://www.mediafire.com/file/gyktk1qu92k003g/All_about-nm-pm.xml/file
The download links contain XML backup files of the All about: custom button as the problem with the conversion of custom buttons into XML format has been finally solved by me. Simply open the XML file in the browser and click onto the install button! For the installation of this button, the extension Custom Buttons is required which you can get from this post: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183923-extensions-and-custom-buttons-for-uxp-browsers-corrections-modifications-adjustments-and-special-recommendations/?do=findComment&comment=1226328
The custom button All about: can be used with New Moon, Serpent, Firefox. Most probably also with Pale Moon and Basilisk which I haven't tested, though, as I don't use these browsers.

Unfortunately, these versions of the All about: custom button don't work with the non-UXP browser Mypal 68 and other modern Firefox versions as the used code is not compatible with them. But for Mypal 68, I already created a new All about: custom button from scratch with same functionality since I also use the legacy Custom Buttons extension in this browser. Its creation was much more complicated as I thought due to some issues I had to fix and due to a complete recreation of the button menu. The custom button looks absolutely identical to the UXP variant but its code inside is of course different. 

Greetings from Germany, AstroSkipper

Edited December 14, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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[billmcct]

I'm assuming you forked the "About:about" extension that I have used for ages.

Will yours have the entry in the tools menu so you don't have to use the button?

[AstroSkipper]

22 minutes ago, billmcct said:

I'm assuming you forked the "About:about" extension that I have used for ages.

Your assumption is unfortunately wrong. If you had read my article carefully, you would have noticed that the All about: custom button is not a fork of an extension but of an old custom button. 

22 minutes ago, billmcct said:

Will yours have the entry in the tools menu so you don't have to use the button?

When I create or fork custom buttons, then a well-functioning toolbar button is the main target. So, using the All about: custom button means using the toolbar button. That's why it is called custom button and not extension.  I could implement such functionality you requested but I am not interested in.  Personally, I am a fan of toolbar buttons with multiple and meaningful functions. 

Edited November 12, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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