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Eyedust

@ Eyedust @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Jack of random trades at random times that randomly catch my interest for a random amount of time.

  • Hey Lemmy, what browser do you use and why?

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  • If you want to have one streaming service to rule them all, that'd be Stremio. I don't know how specific I want to get in this community, but there's ways of turning it into a torrent streamer. I pay $3.75 a month for it using debrid and have access to everything, even obscure movies. However, I always seed what I watch to at least 5x.

    Stremio has an app for Android, Samsung TV, Windows, and Linux. I think mac and iOS, too, but I don't run those at all so I'm not sure. You can use catalog plugins to mimic Netflix, Hulu, etc. But you can also use it with your Netflix, Prime and other such streaming accounts.

    Edit: Also, with debrid, you don't need a VPN. It does all the anonymity for you. That's the only thing that you have to pay for.

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  • Oh hey. I just fixed some of the sluggish feeling of Zen. I thought about it overnight and had an idea. Turns out I was right. In about:config, Floorp has mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y set to 300. Zen only has it set to 200. Might be going back to Zen for a bit now, lol. I also disabled all mods and will be re-enabling them 1 by 1 to see if they had anything to add to the slow feeling.

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  • I can't either. Use the Gesturefy Firefox extension. Even has custom user gestures if you need and can you can change existing gestures.

    I've tried the others, but Gesturefy seems to work best and I've been using it for years.

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  • I really love Vivaldi, but Zen took over for me. It has Workspaces and even tab tiling. It also has something called Essential Tabs, which tile as buttons at the top of your tab bar.

    https://docs.zen-browser.app/user-manual/workspaces

    There's also Glance Mode, which will open a whole page in a hovering preview over your current page. It really can do some crazy stuff with tabs.

  • Oh, wise owl...

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  • Dammit. Came to make the exact same comment in almost the exact same way...

  • Every god damn time

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  • Table? Naw, cable.

  • Every god damn time

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  • I miss my DVI to HDMI. Had to trade it off to a friend because his BenQ tinted everything lime green over HDMI. I gotta get another one to put in my big bag of cords I'll never use but really like to have around.

  • Every god damn time

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  • My rule of thumb for technology is "don't force it". If it doesn't come out with a light pull that's when the flashlight comes out and I start inspecting. This rule doesn't always work, though. Sometimes it takes the strength of 10 gorillas to put RAM in and I'm always scared to push harder.

  • Every god damn time

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  • Mechanical retention plugs are fading away, sadly. Long live the era of loose, wiggly plugs that may one day need to be held at a 20 degree angle to work.

    That being said, I hate the retention clips on RJ45 and RJ11 jacks... I've had a few that wouldn't release at all. Then I wind up struggling with my router for 4-5 minutes because its hooked up in my entertainment stand. If you accidentally snap those suckers in the process and plug them back in they will slowly slide out and you're left wondering why your ethernet connection isn't working a couple months later.

    I've debated getting a spool of cat5 and a bag of RJ45. Much cheaper than replacing a whole cord every time and saves a lot of landfill. On the days my PC repair teacher was busy with a full IT backlog he'd sit us in a circle and had us put plugs on Cat5e, so the process isn't unknown to me.

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  • Don't you go knockin my VGA. I still have about 10 in my attic. If nothing else, they're great self-defense weapons. They could do some serious damage to a potential attacker and probably still work after.

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  • I checked out DuckDuckGo Browser a bit. The mobile version is definitely more polished than the desktop version. At least you can use the DuckPlayer to watch YouTube without ads. The main thing for me is that I need a browser that forces dark mode on sites and the last I checked the DDG Desktop browser doesn't have it, even though the mobile one does.

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  • It looks like IronFox is getting more recognition than I thought. I'm glad, because its a great android browser. Is it on F-Droid's main repository yet? I remember having to add the IronFox repository manually.

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  • Number one on the list of why you should use Firefox, lol. Fuck Chrome.

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  • I'm curious as to see how Floorp would work on Japanese sites. Its developed in Japan, so it should work good. I understand that there are still too many sites that won't work without Chrome though, it's a major pain.

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  • I'm in love with Vim shortcuts as is. Having a bit of trouble figuring it out, though. Trying to track down the config folder. I have firefox-tridactyl added on Arch, but I also just installed it as an extension through Floorp. No idea where I'm supposed to find the configs for either. I'd like to make a theme using my custom astigmatism-friendly colors.

    Well, I've been through the Arch sacred texts, so this won't be new to me. Time to get some reading in, lol.

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  • Zen and Floorp both have multiple UI designs you can change through the settings. I think Zen only has side-style tabs, though. Floorp is more malleable and has several UI variants plus many options to change how it works alongside integrated Tree Style Tabs support.

    If you don't want all the customization and such, Librewolf would be the choice. It's a "just the basics" Firefox fork. No additives, no telemetry, nothing. The settings page is incredibly short, lol.

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  • I don't disagree. I was young and stupid.

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  • I keep Zen around for the same reason. However, right now its fairly laggy and buggy so I keep checking back after updates.

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  • Floorp and Firefox can play DRM, I think. There's a checkbox in the settings, at least. I've never tried it because I use third party apps to play DRM media.

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  • This is good to know. I hadn't read the fine print, because I abandoned Telegram and never looked back. I hope its true and I agree, I also wouldn't think they'd do this and then renege into a possible lawsuit.