My Browser Builds (Part 5)

[UCyborg]

I detect it on XP as well, though the delay is a bit shorter. My blind guess would be clicking taskbar button doesn't send only WM_MINIMIZE and browser has to process something else. That processing is slowed by larger number of tabs.

[Mathwiz]

On 9/13/2024 at 6:21 PM, roytam1 said:

- Issue #2578 - Part 1: Implement preference for controlling same-origin policy (09b3c7a2d8)
- Issue #2578 - Part 2: Implement preference for disabling CORS preflight requests if CORS is disabled (2d60c54926)
- Issue #2578 - Part 3: Expose CORS and CORS bypass preflight requests preferences. (290489edda)

The new Boolean preferences, and their default values, appear to be:

security.same_origin_policy.enabled;true
content.cors.bypass_preflight_request;false
content.cors.disable;false

Under normal circumstances I recommend leaving these alone, but I wanted to document them just in case.

[Jody Thornton]

Just out of morbid curiosity.  Why aren't New Moon 28x builds listed here anymore.  I see on the https://o.rthost.win site that they're still built.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

They're listed.  (My view will be styled different than your view.)

[UCyborg]

23 hours ago, modnar said:

It is instantaneous here either way (Serpent 52.9 on good ol' XPSP3 (USP4_Harkaz)).

Oh c'mon, why am I always the odd one out? Always with the bad stuff.

21 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

In the most recent release of New Moon 28, I can't observe any difference when minimising the browser window via taskbar menu or title bar button. And that on my old, weak Windows XP computer!

Taskbar menu - you do mean right-click and Minimize? This one is fine, what about just left-click on the button? This one has delay. Much better in browser's safe mode without addons and just one tab.

In any case, I don't notice that in other bigger and more demanding web browsers.

[UCyborg]

Any idea if this is supposed to work on old Reddit?

https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/40tvlv/how_do_i_see_if_people_reply_to_my_comments/

Dusted off my old Reddit account and I don't think it does. New Reddit is broken, 4 different errors.

[AstroSkipper]

6 hours ago, UCyborg said:

Taskbar menu - you do mean right-click and Minimize? This one is fine, what about just left-click on the button? This one has delay. Much better in browser's safe mode without addons and just one tab.

In any case, I don't notice that in other bigger and more demanding web browsers.

I have just checked the minimisation of the browser window by a left-click on the taskbar entry. However, I can't observe a delay in New Moon 28, even with more tabs open.

[Jody Thornton]

19 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

They're listed.  (My view will be styled different than your view.)

 

I saw it - I guess I thought it would be more front an centre since it's the more "modern" New Moon build.  All good!

[Ben Markson]

On 9/16/2024 at 2:44 AM, Mathwiz said:

The new Boolean preferences, and their default values, appear to be:

security.same_origin_policy.enabled;true
content.cors.bypass_preflight_request;false
content.cors.disable;false

Under normal circumstances I recommend leaving these alone, but I wanted to document them just in case.

Is there any documentation on what they all do?

For example, content.cors.disable;true, seems to cause CORS to always fail. I'm not sure when that would be useful.

 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSDisabled

I can't find a description for the other two are preferences.

Ben.
 

Edited September 17, 2024 by Ben Markson

[UCyborg]

13 hours ago, UCyborg said:

Any idea if this is supposed to work on old Reddit?

https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/40tvlv/how_do_i_see_if_people_reply_to_my_comments/

Might be a bug with the website. While the envelope doesn't get colored, you can still click it to check if someone replied.

[roytam1]

4 hours ago, Ben Markson said:

Is there any documentation on what they all do?

For example, content.cors.disable;true, seems to cause CORS to always fail. I'm not sure when that would be useful.

 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSDisabled

I can't find a description for the other two are preferences.

Ben.
 

you may check their issue page for details: https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/2578

[UCyborg]

14 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

I have just checked the minimisation of the browser window by a left-click on the taskbar entry. However, I can't observe a delay in New Moon 28, even with more tabs open.

I isolated it to my add-ons.

[UCyborg]

Found the exact add-on, it's CuteButtons. I've been using version 0.5.8, which I slightly modified to be loadable from browser's browser/extensions subfolder under installation folder, but it doesn't matter, original is the same. Can't find it again, it was hosted on Interlink add-ons site. The older version in Classic Add-ons Archive behaves the same way. These are my settings:

I don't suppose anyone here has any idea what's going on with it?

Just so we're on the same page, exact XPI I'm using: CuteButtonsCrystalSVG-0.5.8.1.xpi

Edit: Ignore the version above, some changes weren't tested well, better to go with latest at https://github.com/ChoGGi/CuteButtons/releases

Edit2: Actually, it's kinda odd extracting file from XPI failed when I updated from 0.5.8, now the extension works again and that part isn't called. I tested global installation in browser/extensions, which worked when fresh installed, now trying the scenario when 0.5.8 not supporting global install is updated to 0.5.8.1.

Edit3: Nah, I broke it the way when trying to make it work properly making it extractless...

Edited September 19, 2024 by UCyborg
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[UCyborg]

Another problem, now I can't login to Reddit anymore, it requires going through the new site and suddenly can't type anything into login fields anymore.

https://www.reddit.com/login/

Can anyone confirm?

Edit: Just had to restart the browser, now it works.

Edited September 17, 2024 by UCyborg

[AstroSkipper]

2 hours ago, UCyborg said:

Found the exact add-on, it's CuteButtons. I've been using version 0.5.8, which I slightly modified to be loadable from browser's browser/extensions subfolder under installation folder, but it doesn't matter, original is the same. Can't find it again, it was hosted on Interlink add-ons site. The older version in Classic Add-ons Archive behaves the same way. These are my settings:

I don't suppose anyone here has any idea what's going on with it?

Just so we're on the same page, exact XPI I'm using: CuteButtonsCrystalSVG-0.5.8.1.xpi

TBH, I no longer use extensions that significantly change the appearance of browser elements, especially if they are not developed further. CuteButtons was last updated in September 2018: https://github.com/ChoGGi/CuteButtons
It applies a number of CSS files to change the appearance of menus and buttons. This can quickly lead to problems, which are no longer fixed by the developer. And as you probably know, new browser versions, even of Pale Moon or New Moon, can mean that CSS stylesheets also have to be adapted. Did you already test CuteButtons in a clean profile? 

Edited September 17, 2024 by AstroSkipper