My Browser Builds (Part 5)

[roytam1]

Security Error: Content at https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=08162f7c-0fd2-4200-a84a-f25a4db0b584&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost&scope=https%3A%2F%2Foutlook.office365.com%2FIMAP.AccessAsUser.All+https%3A%2F%2Foutlook.office365.com%2FPOP.AccessAsUser.All+https%3A%2F%2Foutlook.office365.com%2FSMTP.Send+offline_access&login_hint=yourusername may not load data from https://aadcdn.msauth.net/ests/2.1/content/cdnbundles/converged.v2.login.min_qzvqnltrxpy99ajspyxbgq2.css.

it can show a OAuth2 dialog, but it is not operable as CAPS blocks everything.

[Mathwiz]

On 9/17/2024 at 3:19 AM, Ben Markson said:

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

Seems a bit more complicated. AIUI content.cors.disable is the only one of the three that already existed (although it was a "hidden" pref before the changes). As such, it works the way Mozilla designed it, which may seem illogical:

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If I understand correctly, when CORS is disabled, the browser continues to check whether a CORS preflight request is needed for a certain request. If it is, the browser automatically fails as a "security mechanism" of some sort.

Hence the new content.cors.bypass_preflight_request pref, to avoid the issue you ran into.

[Mathwiz]

17 hours ago, roytam1 said:

Security Error: Content at https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=08162f7c-0fd2-4200-a84a-f25a4db0b584&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost&scope=https%3A%2F%2Foutlook.office365.com%2FIMAP.AccessAsUser.All+https%3A%2F%2Foutlook.office365.com%2FPOP.AccessAsUser.All+https%3A%2F%2Foutlook.office365.com%2FSMTP.Send+offline_access&login_hint=yourusername may not load data from https://aadcdn.msauth.net/ests/2.1/content/cdnbundles/converged.v2.login.min_qzvqnltrxpy99ajspyxbgq2.css.

it can show a OAuth2 dialog, but it is not operable as CAPS blocks everything.

Since MailNews is based on UXP, perhaps flipping the new SOP pref would bypass that error. I wouldn't recommend that on a Web browser, but it should be less risky on an email client.

Looks like Hotmail users are about to run into the same issue I did, almost two years ago. Shortly after we were "upgraded" to Office 365 at work, M$ forced OAuth2 on us, and MailNews wouldn't work with it. Other MSFN'ers were unsympathetic, since MailNews does OAuth2 fine with GMail and Yahoo Mail, and at the time Hotmail didn't need OAuth2. But now M$ is doing the same to Hotmail, so welcome to my world.

I guess users can switch their personal email accounts to one of the working email providers (although it's a hassle to change your email address); but the boss isn't going to switch our entire company's email just because of me!

[roytam1]

51 minutes ago, Mathwiz said:

perhaps flipping the new SOP pref would bypass that error

tried but it doesn't help.

[modnar]

Just a heads up - to watch videos on Youtube normally @1080P (with RT's Serpent 52.9) you may need to download the h264-ify firefox extension. Latest (v1.1) works well in Serpent.

[UCyborg]

My CPU actually works less decoding VP9 than it does decoding H.264 in UXP browsers.

Edit: Though I'm noticing some weirdness lately, videos just getting stuck at certain time, then you reload the page and the time it gets stuck changes. Wish Project VORAPIS actually worked right on UXP, it doesn't here, video player resets after some time and then all higher resolutions disappear. The search box is broken as well, doesn't show suggestions. Bloody pointless if you still need ChromeZilla in the end.

Edited September 25, 2024 by UCyborg

[j7n]

There is a new (to me) server of forums called "Fora". It kinda looks like Quora. For some reason most random motorcycle-related related boards are on it. On a not-so-fast computer in New Moon those sites hang until the dialog about hung script shows, and display giant vector icons filling most of the screen and a cookie law and Google login prompt that cannot be dismissed because the scripts had to be stopped. It's a bit annoying to land on this site from Google without being able to tell that it is on Fora.

The forum is apparently called "XenForo," which worked alright in the previous iteration with less flat design, like on SteveHoffman.tv.

https://www.k1600forum.com/threads/tell-me-about-cottonwood-pass.198855/

[AstroSkipper]

5 hours ago, UCyborg said:

Edit: Though I'm noticing some weirdness lately, videos just getting stuck at certain time, then you reload the page and the time it gets stuck changes. Wish Project VORAPIS actually worked right on UXP, it doesn't here, video player resets after some time and then all higher resolutions disappear. The search box is broken as well, doesn't show suggestions. Bloody pointless if you still need ChromeZilla in the end.

Yes, I also observed this issue , and no, it is not related to all UXP browsers . I have already installed VORAPIS V3 on Mypal 68, New Moon 28 and Serpent 52. The issue that the video player resets after some time and then all higher resolutions disappear is only related to New Moon 28 (and presumably also to Pale Moon). In Serpent 52, the VORAPIS V3 script works out of the box without this issue. The reason for this issue is the VORAPIS script Vorapis.user.js itself, currently in the version 0.8.9.25, (and also some previous scripts as for example the version 0.8.6.16) which doesn't work properly in New Moon 28. I fixed this issue by using the VORAPIS launcher script patcher.user.js in the version 1.0.8.8 extracted from the webextension "V3 - Get Old YouTube Layout (Launcher)". They show a messsge on the YouTube site that it is not the full version but it is enough for me. Searching and playing videos is working as it should. I removed the blue message box from the frontend with uBO.

Edited September 25, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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[AstroSkipper]

4 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

6 hours ago, UCyborg said:

Edit: Though I'm noticing some weirdness lately, videos just getting stuck at certain time, then you reload the page and the time it gets stuck changes. Wish Project VORAPIS actually worked right on UXP, it doesn't here, video player resets after some time and then all higher resolutions disappear. The search box is broken as well, doesn't show suggestions. Bloody pointless if you still need ChromeZilla in the end.

Yes, I also observed this issue , and no, it is not related to all UXP browsers . I have already installed VORAPIS V3 on Mypal 68, New Moon 28 and Serpent 52. The issue that the video player resets after some time and then all higher resolutions disappear is only related to New Moon 28 (and presumably also to Pale Moon). In Serpent 52, the VORAPIS V3 script works out of the box without this issue. The reason for this issue is the VORAPIS script Vorapis.user.js itself, currently in the version 0.8.9.25, (and also some previous scripts as for example the version 0.8.6.16) which doesn't work properly in New Moon 28. I fixed this issue by using the VORAPIS launcher script patcher.user.js in the version 1.0.8.8 extracted from the webextension "V3 - Get Old YouTube Layout (Launcher)". They show a messsge on the YouTube site that it is not the full version but it is enough for me. Searching and playing videos is working as it should. I removed the blue message box from the frontend with uBO.

The Project VORAPIS script has been updated today to the version 0.8.10.26. The issue that the video player resets after some time and then all higher resolutions disappear in New Moon 28 seems to have been fixed.

Edited September 25, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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[UCyborg]

Still broken in my PM... meh, I'll stick to the default interface.

Moonchild ported bugfix for Mozilla bug 1878510, that'll fix issues with VP9 at least.

[AstroSkipper]

And what about New Moon 28? This thread is actually not about Pale Moon. As far as I can see until now, the new Project VORAPIS 0.8.10.26 script seems to work as it should in New Moon 28 and Serpent 52 (and off-topic in Mypal 68) on my Windows XP computer. And BTW, the search box is also working but only shows suggestions in Mypal 68 while typing. So, this is indeed an issue related to UXP browsers which has not been fixed yet.

Edited September 25, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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[UCyborg]

7 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

And what about New Moon 28? This thread is actually not about Pale Moon. As far as I can see until now, the new Project VORAPIS 0.8.10.26 script seems to work as it should in New Moon 28 and Serpent 52

Same, on a fresh profile. Also, New Moon and Serpent are nothing without Pale Moon and Basilisk.

In any case, the original interface along with some scripts particularly tailored towards it (returning dislike count, bypassing age restriction without having to sign in) work, the rest are first world problems not worth spending too much of my energy on.

[AstroSkipper]

1 hour ago, UCyborg said:

Also, New Moon and Serpent are nothing without Pale Moon and Basilisk.

Yep! But they are not identical, they are based on these browsers.

1 hour ago, UCyborg said:

Same, on a fresh profile.

Strange. On my system, the Project VORAPIS frontend works very well in the UXP browsers except for the completion of the search suggestions. I have even installed the extension in the version 0.8.10.26 in Serpent 52 instead of the userscript.

Edited September 26, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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[NotHereToPlayGames]

1 hour ago, UCyborg said:

the rest are first world problems not worth spending too much of my energy on

[AstroSkipper]

9 hours ago, UCyborg said:

In any case, the original interface along with some scripts particularly tailored towards it (returning dislike count, bypassing age restriction without having to sign in) work

The original YouTube interface is simply crap.  YouTube is a perfect example how to continuously update an awesome website to an awful one without considering the users.  I've actually hated YouTube for years , but the Project VORAPIS with its old, classic frontend has brought the joy of YouTube back to me.  That's the way it was and the way I like.  But if VORAPIS V3 doesn't work for you properly for whatever reason, you can also use the extension uTube for watching YouTube videos in UXP browsers in a very resource-saving way.  I additionally use uTube in New Moon 28 and Serpent 52. The install.rdf file has to be edited to make uTube compatible with NM and SP, though.

Edited September 26, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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