YouTube and PM26

[groundhog2]

After updating to version 26, going to YouTube I'm presented with:

Oops, your web browser is no longer supported.

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No thanks

Hitting "No thanks" makes it go away but looks like some more advanced features are turned off. Any user-agent tweaking to circumvent this?

[megaman]

Have you tried with "Firefox Compatibility Mode" on?

[groundhog2]

It's always on.

[megaman]

It's always on.

Okay, can you try with it off?
I haven't seen this notification, but there are alternatives like changing the User Agent to mimic another agent.

[Moonraker]

I have just had the same notification.clicking no thanks makes it go away.

[Terryphi]

I have just had the same notification.clicking no thanks makes it go away.

Same here but only if cookies are accepted. (Tested on Win 32 bit.)

[Pallid Planetoid]

Confirmed, using PM 26 displays the following message when opening webpage:

Youtube browser support message

If you allow (protect) this specific cookie then the message will no longer display:

Protect (allow) this specific Youtube Cookie to disable the browser support message.

I'm personally using CookieKeeper (which supports Pale Moon very well), below image examples of add-on which provides the user a way to drill-down to the either keep or block site specific cookies:

CookieKeeper Cookie Protection List

Method to enter specific cookie to protect:

CookieKeeper allows user to drill down to website specific cookies

[coffeebreak]

I was able to access youtube after deleting the built-in YT custom useragent override. Compatmode was on. And I didn't accept any youtube cookies -- never do -- but this still worked. (W7 x86)

So:
about:config -> general.useragent.override.youtube.com

Deleted this value and left it blank:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.9) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/2.0 Firefox/31.9 PaleMoon/26.0

which must have kicked in the underlying compatmode useragent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:38.9) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/2.0 Firefox/38.9 PaleMoon/26.0.0

[groundhog2]

Thanks, that works! Easiest way to tell is if the YouTube search field shows suggestions.

[Moonraker]

Should we be worried..?
Is this a sign of bad things to come.

[MiloW]

I thought the same - is this the beginning of the end of PM?
And now what - will we have to configure every website separately so that it works OK?

[Sajadi]

Why a user agent override for Youtube anyway? Works flawless with just the regular Pale Moon user agent (only compat mode for Gecko enabled): Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/20160121 PaleMoon/26.0.0

Off-topic:
Btw. if you are adventurous you can enter a global user agent override, which works for all pages, that's what i do. Can of course have unwanted or unexpected side effects, but i for myself think that such a radical addition works quite nice in general.

In case if you want to try out, do the following:

1) type in: about:config
2) right click at some empty space and chose new - string
3) Write that into the box: general.useragent.override
4) press OK
5) Fill in your preferred user agent
6) Press OK and you are done

[adisib]

Why a user agent override for Youtube anyway? Works flawless with just the regular Pale Moon user agent (only compat mode for Gecko enabled): Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/20160121 PaleMoon/26.0.0

Youtube will not allow you to use the flash player with the default useragent. This means that Pale Moon users will be stuck with a maximum resolution of 720p. Flash player still doesn't give 60fps though (which is a bigger deal for me).

[groundhog2]

Flash is evil anyway.

Would love to be able to get 1080p with the HTML5 player... maybe in the future...

[Sajadi]

Depends if MSE is implemented, but so far if you can read here http://www.palemoon.org/roadmap.shtml it is not on the road map.

And to the flash topic, it is for sure only a matter of time until Google pulls the plug for it for real, if you want 1080P HTML5 video, the only reliable way is to get a secondary browser which enables you to watch it.

I know that sucks, but it does not look like that a better solution is going to be offered in the near future

[CharmCityCrab]

You also may be able to create a filter manually or use element blocker to block this notice when you first see it, if you have some sort of ad block add-on installed, such as Ad-Block Latitude.

[back2themoon]

...if you want 1080P HTML5 video, the only reliable way is to get a secondary browser which enables you to watch it.(

That's a bit over-dramatic. ViewTube can be used for that - other options available, too.

[Sajadi]

That's a bit over-dramatic. ViewTube can be used for that - other options available, too.

As long as Google decides to keep Flash, maybe. But that is for sure not Googles long term plan. I see myself more in the way of a pessimistic realist

[Moonraker]

From what i can gather flash is a dying medium and HTML5 is the bright road ahead,so conjecture on the flash player is a mute point.

[half-moon]

That's a bit over-dramatic. ViewTube can be used for that - other options available, too.

As long as Google decides to keep Flash, maybe. But that is for sure not Googles long term plan. I see myself more in the way of a pessimistic realist

Viewtube doesn't use flash, so you can easily use HTML5 or the beta for the VLC plugin to view content.

You also may be able to create a filter manually or use element blocker to block this notice when you first see it, if you have some sort of ad block add-on installed, such as Ad-Block Latitude.

Can somebody make a filter for ABL and UBo?