Abandon HTML Manifest / Start with -P Shows Profile List

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Abandon HTML Manifest / Start with -P Shows Profile List

Unread post by pale guru » 2023-01-09, 19:01

(1)
Just came across lyrix.at and Pale Moon asking for permission to ”store data on your computer for offline use“. The source code looks like:
<html manifest="/lyrixv1.appcache" lang="de">

If I am not mistaken, this feature is unofficial and deprecated. Firefox and Chrome dropped support some 25 versions ago.

I suggest Pale Moon drops support as well (and thus gets rid of asking for permission).


(2) With multiple profiles, Pale Moon shows “Choose User Profile“ window only on first startup. Even when you fire
palemoon -P
it starts a second browser window with the profile already in use. I have to add some gibberish to get the “Choose User Profile“ window again, like
palemoon -P xyz

Suggestion: Pale Moon shows “Choose User Profile“ window again when fired with the -P parameter.
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Re: Abandon HTML Manifest / Start with -P Shows Profile List

Unread post by therube » 2023-01-09, 20:18

-p, will bring up profile manager
-p <name>, will open profile named <name>
-profile <path>, says to open a profile at a particular <path>
-no-remote, is what you'll need to open a second (or more) simultaneous instance of PM

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Re: Abandon HTML Manifest / Start with -P Shows Profile List

Unread post by Moonchild » 2023-01-09, 22:02

I have no intention of dropping html manifest support. It is useful for keeping static files stored locally, and removing it will break some older web apps. I don't care that Mozilla abandoned what I think is good technology in favour of pushing for "always on, always online" tech instead (are you surprised Google wants to get pinged every time? or that Mozilla followed Google in that respect?).
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Re: Abandon HTML Manifest / Start with -P Shows Profile List

Unread post by pale guru » 2023-01-11, 19:14

How do I switch Manifest off then? Pale Moon asks me each time for permission.

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Re: Abandon HTML Manifest / Start with -P Shows Profile List

Unread post by Moonchild » 2023-01-11, 19:42

Preferences -> Advanced -> tab "Network" -> "Offline Web Content and User Data" -> When a website asks to store data for offline use:
Either select "Allow by default" or "Deny".
Note that "Allow"/"Deny" will also impact non-manifest offline user data and may break things. If you simply don't want this site to ask, then next time you go there, make the appropriate selection in the prompt (either "allow" or "Never for this site" (=deny and don't ask). "Now now" means deny only for this visit.)
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