palemoon browser

[s243a]

a single-developer browser from a single developer who is deaf and condescending, and increasingly sloppy-- despite all the things i found promising about pale moon, this is a dealbreaker. and im well aware that its intended to make disabling noscript optional. ive already read one report on someone who unchecked "disabled" (dont mess with my plugin settings, first of all!) and noscript still warned him on restart that it was disabled. this is pale moons unity lens.

That's not good because it is the javascript that is the real maleware!!!!, not the ap that lets me block it.

[darry19662018]

@nosystemdthanks - Discussion on PM forums regarding this:
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=19107

Also with regards to 32bit support a clarification here is tje thread for that:
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.ph ... t&start=60

[Walter Dnes]

The major problem for 32-bit is the "Y2K38 problem". 32-bit linux uses signed 32-bit time_t, number-of-seconds offset from 0000 hr Jan 1, 1970 UTC. On a 32-bit linux, the following script...

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#!/bin/bash
date --date='@-2147483649'
date --date='@-2147483648'
date --date='@2147483647'
date --date='@2147483648'

...produces the following 4 lines of output...

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date: invalid date '@-2147483649'
Fri Dec 13 15:45:52 EST 1901
Mon Jan 18 22:14:07 EST 2038
date: invalid date '@2147483648'

That shows the valid date range in 32-bit mode. Problems will show up before the end. With the web going all-https, a security certificate with an expiry date of January 23, 2038 will probably cause problems.

NetBSD has backported 64-bit time_t and dev_t to their 32-bit versions, so it can be done. https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal- ... D-6.0.html It depends on the linux kernel team whether or not that gets done for linux.

[tallboy]

Oh no, a Y2K problem again, and only 20 years from now!
Heelp!

[darry19662018]

Just as a footnote for anyone needing a browser for an old Puppy try this page which has got lost in this thread, but is updated as new versions of Palemoon come out namely Watchdog's invaluable pets. More towards the bottom of that page
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 676#973676

[tallboy]

Maybe watchdog could make a new thread for his 4.31Stardust tweaks?

[greengeek]

...namely Watchdog's invaluable pets. More towards the bottom of that page
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... &start=480

Hi Darry - thanks for your highlighting of Watchdogs extensive collection of palemoon pets. I notice that your link goes to the top of that page - was that intended or did you want it to point directly to watchdogs post?

You probably already know but just in case - you can link directly to watchdogs post by rightclicking the little rectangular icon at top left of the post as shown in this pic and copying the direct post link:

[darry19662018]

Hey thanks Greengeek I have amended the post using your tip - old Dog like me learns a new trick.

[jss83]

Trying to watch a video on Hotstar and it gives me this error "No compatible source was found for this media", I am on Tahrpup 32bit, Palemoon is fully updated and so is flash player.

[HerrBert]

couldn't install ublock on palemoon 27.9 anymore from extensions-site... (yes, i can from moz... in compatibility-mode ...blabla) - but i found a very lightweight alternative to block external contents in palemoon.

as i don't want to block everything for reasons, i tried several settings, and for me it's acceptable to avoid loading contents from non-originated servers.

to do so, i edited my prefs.js in ~/.moonchild productions/pale moon/[blabla].default/ and added:

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user_pref("permissions.default.object", 3);
user_pref("permissions.default.script", 3);
user_pref("permissions.default.subdocument", 3);

fits my needs and speeds up palemoon

[rockedge]

to do so, i edited my prefs.js in ~/.moonchild productions/pale moon/[blabla].default/ and added:

Hallo HerrBert, thanks for that little modification...I tried it out to see if it sped up palemoon on a system running a Nagel neu Bionic 18.05 built yesterday from woof-CE with a freshly compiled kernel 4.9.96 (i686) PAE enabled..... using the kernel-kit.

It does seem to really improve the overall speed that palemoon loads pages.

machine type : DELL OptiPlex GX260

very nice!

[backi]

I am curious ......where and how to place those lines exactly ??

[HerrBert]

.where and how to place those lines exactly ??

1. quit palemoon.
2. open in texteditor:

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/root/.moonchild productions/pale moon/[blabla].default/prefs.js

(of course, your profile is not [blabla] - edit to your profiles-folder)
3. insert the three lines ( i did it in alphabetic order)
4. save and exit texteditor

start palemoon and enjoy

[norgo]

here a little bit more exactly
prefs

[greengeek]

Version 27.9.1 is available for downloading....

Hi Walter - in the old days it used to be possible to make a browser pet with a bookmarks file, or a config file that was usable on anyones machine. Then everything went to json files etc and these days I get the impression that such things as bookmarks or about:config changes can only be stored or changed AFTER a user creates a machine specific profile during first run of the browser on their own machine.

I would like to release a .pet of Palemoon that contains predetermined bookmarks (but no other reflections of my personal profile). Do you think this is currently possible or likely to be possible in a future release?

(I am also wondering if the changes made above by HerrBert could be grafted in to a default Palemoon without creating a personal profile first??)

(This is kind of similar to a previous question of mine regarding profiles but who knows, the answer may be slightly different)

[Mike Walsh]

Hiya, GG.

Mm. I'm guessing that what you want sounds rather similar to a 'kiosk'-style OS (Puppy or otherwise). Set-up with 'default' bookmarks, but not linked to any specific individual's profile.....and otherwise 'tinker-proof'.

I've occasionally wondered about that myself. How do we know that any device offering a kiosk-style browser hasn't been already set-up with a profile linked to the specific company, etc., responsible for supplying such a browser.....with such details 'locked-down' and not accessible by the casual user?

(In other words, you wouldn't be any the wiser.)

Food for thought?


Mike.

[OscarTalks]

You can introduce custom default preferences.
In the main palemoon directory, create directories and a file so you have
*/palemoon/browser/defaults/preferences/syspref.js
The first line should be a comment as it is ignored I believe.
Then add any preferences like this for example:-

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// first line should be a comment - add custom preferences below
pref("permissions.default.object", 3);
pref("permissions.default.script", 3);
pref("permissions.default.subdocument", 3);

When you launch palemoon and go to about:config you should find that these preferences appear in the list as defaults.
I think other paths and file names (*.js) can be used, but I just tested that one and it worked for me.

[backi]

Thanks !

[greengeek]

The first line should be a comment as it is ignored I believe.
Then add any preferences like this for example:-

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// first line should be a comment - add custom preferences below
pref("permissions.default.object", 3);
pref("permissions.default.script", 3);
pref("permissions.default.subdocument", 3);

Thanks HerrBert and OscarTalks,

I trialled this in a palemoon-27.3.0-p4-sse-glibc219tweak (that I think came from watchdog) and needed to put the syspref.js file inside the following directory:

/usr/lib/palemoon/defaults/pref

Seems to be a real timesaver (only light testing so far - particularly noticeable time saved when using www.trademe.co.nz)

[Walter Dnes]

I would like to release a .pet of Palemoon that contains predetermined bookmarks (but no other reflections of my personal profile). Do you think this is currently possible or likely to be possible in a future release?

(I am also wondering if the changes made above by HerrBert could be grafted in to a default Palemoon without creating a personal profile first??)

(This is kind of similar to a previous question of mine regarding profiles but who knows, the answer may be slightly different)

It can be done, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pr ... my-profile lists what info is stored where. But, you'll run into problems with the redistribution licence http://www.palemoon.org/redist.shtml clause 3, sections b, c, d, and e.

The only way around this might be a package consisting of nothing but a template profile. Even then, I have my doubts. I don't speak officially for the project. If you really want to go ahead, contact Moonchild for the official final word. There's a "contact me" link near the bottom of http://www.palemoon.org/redist.shtml