My Browser Builds (Part 5)

[AstroSkipper]

1 hour ago, roytam1 said:

Off-topic: so, in worst case, my internet connection can be unavailable in any time.

 

A Hong Kong appeals court has sided with the government in its attempt to ban protest song Glory to Hong Kong, overturning an earlier ruling. https://hongkongfp.com/2024/05/08/breaking-govt-bid-to-ban-glory-to-hong-kong-protest-song-approved-by-appeals-court

[roytam1]

For the time being, it should be fine. But once the injunction affecting ISPs, the condition will change.

[j7n]

Can you give me a link to a quality arrangement & recording of this music? I know nothing of Chinese music. I want to have it because it is forbidden.

Is there a way to view ImgUr files without loading the whole site? It is giving me a Grey Screen again in New Moon. It works on and off sometimes depending on the weather. The site used to be bypassable by giving it a direct link that is used for embedding into a forum, but now it responds with "302 Moved Temporarily". I tried giving it a referrer with the RefControl extension, but still get a 302. It loads about 100 requests with an overhead of 3 MB.

https://i.imgur.com/4tKhvwg.jpeg

[D.Draker]

On 5/5/2024 at 12:20 AM, Mathwiz said:

Looks like it's gonna be Thorium and/or Supermium in my future, whether I like non-unGoogled Chromium derivatives or not.

 

On 5/5/2024 at 2:09 AM, NotHereToPlayGames said:

There is 360Chrome v22.3.3015 which is Chrome v122 (same as Thorium and Supermium).

But there is also 360Chrome v22.1.1084 which is Chrome v119.

360Chrome v22.3.3015 which is Chrome v122 and also 360Chrome v22.1.1084 which is Chrome v119. They are not "same as Thorium and Supermium". They don't work on OS below 10.

[Ascii2]

15 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

Use JustOff's tool MozJAR Recompressor: 
https://github.com/JustOff/mozjarr/tree/master
All about recrompressing such files was already discussed here: 
https://msfn.org/board/topic/184051-my-browser-builds-part-4/?do=findComment&comment=1248092 and here: 
https://msfn.org/board/topic/184051-my-browser-builds-part-4/?do=findComment&comment=1247872

Thank you.  The information appears useful.  I shall better examine it later.

[AstroSkipper]

39 minutes ago, Ascii2 said:

Thank you.  The information appears useful.  I shall better examine it later.

You're welcome. Credits to @VistaLover, of course.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

3 hours ago, D.Draker said:

They don't work on OS below 10.

I thought they were supposed to work on seven and higher.  But I have not tried in Win7.

[modnar]

Has anyone observed new youtube efforts of enforcing ads? I surely have; legacy ublock origin (in Serpent 52.9) doesn't cut it anymore I had to block the forced ad message and the dim-screen pane - here's what I added in "My filters":

www.youtube.com##body > ytd-app > .ytd-app.style-scope:nth-of-type(1) > .ytd-popup-container.style-scope:nth-of-type(1)
www.youtube.com##.opened

Please tell me, is there a better way?

Edited May 9 by modnar

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I have.  Since January or February.

The solution that works for me is to *NOT* use uBO for blocking YouTube ads.  *NONE* of the "lists" I could find (nor assistance here at MSFN, but a big thanks to those that did offer assistance) were LONG-TERM.

YouTube would break those fixes within weeks, if not days.

I found TWO extensions that worked for me, but I have opted for this one as the best solution per my needs - https://helpcenter.getadblock.com/hc/en-us

Bear in mind, I've only tested in Chrome-based but this extension is available for Mozilla-based.

ONE list and one list ONLY:

 

[AstroSkipper]

56 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

The solution that works for me is to *NOT* use uBO for blocking YouTube ads.  *NONE* of the "lists" I could find (nor assistance here at MSFN, but a big thanks to those that did offer assistance) were LONG-TERM.

Maybe, for you. But I fear you are just one of the few.  uBlock Origin works great. However, you just have to be able to handle it.  But we have already had a lengthy discussion about this.

4 hours ago, modnar said:

Has anyone observed new youtube efforts of enforcing ads? I surely have; legacy ublock origin (in Serpent 52.9) doesn't cut it anymore I had to block the forced ad message and the dim-screen pane - here's what I added in "My filters":

www.youtube.com##body > ytd-app > .ytd-app.style-scope:nth-of-type(1) > .ytd-popup-container.style-scope:nth-of-type(1)
www.youtube.com##.opened

Please tell me, is there a better way?

Please, provide a link to the YouTube video where ads are not blocked by uBO!

56 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

I found TWO extensions that worked for me, but I have opted for this one as the best solution per my needs - https://helpcenter.getadblock.com/hc/en-us

Bear in mind, I've only tested in Chrome-based but this extension is available for Mozilla-based.

ONE list and one list ONLY:

Your recommendation is unfortunately completely off-topic. Your Chrome webextension Adblock does not exist for legacy browsers. Only Adblock Plus in the last version 2.9.1 from June of 2017 which is unmaintained and obsolete since then. So if there is more necessary than only your selected filter list "Anti-Circumvention Filters", then it presumably won't work as expected.  BTW, the Anti-Circumvention Filters https://github.com/abp-filters/abp-filters-anti-cv also seem to have been obsolete for some time now. The repository has been archived in December of 2023.  

PS: And another piece of bad news for you. Sorry for that in advance!  The latest version of your beloved Adblock extension apparently no longer blocks ads on YouTube, as several users have reported in the Chrome Web Store, and is also no longer available for Thorium (Chrome 122).  Here is a link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/adblock-—-block-ads-acros/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom/reviews?hl=en

Edited May 9 by AstroSkipper
Update of content

[NotHereToPlayGames]

That's the wrong list, try this one:

[VistaLover]

2 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

BTW, the Anti-Circumvention Filters 
https://github.com/abp-filters/abp-filters-anti-cv 
also seem to have been obsolete for some time now.
The repository has been archived in December of 2023.  

... Archived in Oct 2023 - the GH repo that is ... Development has been migrated to GitLab  : 

https://gitlab.com/eyeo/anti-cv/abp-filters-anti-cv

https://gitlab.com/eyeo/anti-cv/abp-filters-anti-cv#installation

https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/abp-filters-anti-cv.txt

Kindest regards  ...

EDIT: It would appear this ABP list is compatible with uBO-legacy : 

but incompatible with the WE version of uBO (latest DEV here, i.e. 1.57.3b8): 

Edited May 9 by VistaLover

[AstroSkipper]

2 minutes ago, VistaLover said:

... Archived in Oct 2023 - the GH repo that is ... Development has been migrated to GitLab  : 

https://gitlab.com/eyeo/anti-cv/abp-filters-anti-cv

https://gitlab.com/eyeo/anti-cv/abp-filters-anti-cv#installation

https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/abp-filters-anti-cv.txt

Kindest regards  ...

Yep! Thanks for clarification! However, I have already found out that, too.

Greetings, AstroSkipper

[UCyborg]

1 hour ago, VistaLover said:

but incompatible with the WE version of uBO (latest DEV here, i.e. 1.57.3b8):

It's on the list of bad lists.

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/blob/master/filters/badlists.txt

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/commit/e5ee8b11958091aed01321a56e5340ccc99243be

[AstroSkipper]

2 minutes ago, UCyborg said:

It's on the list of bad lists.

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/blob/master/filters/badlists.txt

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/commit/e5ee8b11958091aed01321a56e5340ccc99243be

And that is one reason why I love our legacy versions of uBlock Origin.  No such badlists.txt file. Personally, I don't like being restricted by whoever and for whatever reason  although all is done in the name of "security", of course.