Privacy Badger is NOT redundant to uBlock Origin. I was using both on Basilisk and use both on all other browsers for a long time now. They get different things. Plus, Privacy Badger now learns actively.mrnhmath wrote:Latest "legacy" version can be found here. Ideally you should use native adblockers like ABPrime or Adblock Latitude instead.mrtoo wrote: uBlock Origin
Redundant with uBlock.mrtoo wrote: Privacy Badger
Basilisk's experimental WebExtension support will be dropped.
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Re: Basilisk's experimental WebExtension support will be dropped.
User-Agent Switcher 0.7.3.1 works on the latest version of Basilisk. Perhaps, you are having trouble importing the list or another problem with it?mrtoo wrote:Well this really sucks. I updated Basilisks today and lost all my addons. I go to the PaleMoon site and the few addons I want are not compatible. The addons I want the most are the following:
uBlock Origin
HTTPS Everywhere
Cookie AutoDelete
Privacy Badger
Decentraleyes
CanvasBlocker
Open in VLC media player
User-Agent Switcher
Flagfox
So should I hang around Basilisk or start searching for a new browser?
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Re: Basilisk's experimental WebExtension support will be dropped.
Smokey20 wrote:User-Agent Switcher 0.7.3.1 works on the latest version of Basilisk. Perhaps, you are having trouble importing the list or another problem with it?
I think mrtoo may have been using one of the webextension forks of User Agent Switcher, of which there are a couple.
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First of all, a heap of gratitude for the last browser available that runs several of my long time favorite Firefox extensions that no longer run in Firefox!!!!
These are Chickenfoot which I don't use much any more as I can do most things in TamperMonkey, http://up.csail.mit.edu/chickenfoot/
and DownThemAll! which I use every day. Is there a good password manager for Basilisk I can easily export my LassPass vault to?
That's the only one requiring WebExtension support that I miss. I can live with the built in password manager, but it will reduce the number of sites I visit with Basilisk.
These are Chickenfoot which I don't use much any more as I can do most things in TamperMonkey, http://up.csail.mit.edu/chickenfoot/
and DownThemAll! which I use every day. Is there a good password manager for Basilisk I can easily export my LassPass vault to?
That's the only one requiring WebExtension support that I miss. I can live with the built in password manager, but it will reduce the number of sites I visit with Basilisk.
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CanvasBlocker Legacy has many bugs.
It is impossible to use unless you disable it on problematic websites.
Cookie Autodelete may not be necessary.
Read the guide below:
https://restoreprivacy.com/firefox-privacy/
I would recommend instead the installation of:
No Resource URI Leak:
https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id ... uxp_addons
Test:
https://browserleaks.com/firefox
It is impossible to use unless you disable it on problematic websites.
Cookie Autodelete may not be necessary.
Read the guide below:
https://restoreprivacy.com/firefox-privacy/
I would recommend instead the installation of:
No Resource URI Leak:
https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id ... uxp_addons
Test:
https://browserleaks.com/firefox
Re: Basilisk's experimental WebExtension support will be dropped.
Let me begin by saying I don't mean to sound like an insensitive end user so please don't take this posting that way. I understand your reasoning behind discontinuing WebExtension support and I wonder if you could put the option for the end user to turn it back on? Here is my reasoning... according to Mozilla, the move to WebExtenions was primarily motivated by the need for enhanced security. My personal opinion is that Mozilla seems to agree with Microsoft's view that the less the user can do to customize his computing experience, the more secure the computer will be. It reeks of a, "We Know Best; You Really Don't Need To Be Able To Do That!" mentality. Unfortunately, the problem is this... I use security add-ons like Ublock Origin, , Flash Control, JavaScript Toggle On and Off to protect my browser, want to be able to customize my browser and the move to WebExtensions means that developers are no longer updating in the older format. To make matters worse, Mozilla recently removed the entire archive of non-WebExtenstion add-ons from their site making finding them on the web at best very difficult and in most case impossible. Luckily, I keep archives of all the add-ons I use but these add-ons are quickly becoming out of date. The fact is that these add-ons are my first line of defense against browse based malware and privacy intrusion, not security updates for the browser and Operating System. Using them has worked for years and the only thing that most weakened my security is when Mozilla decides disable my add-ons when it ended "Lagacy" support. The net result is back comes the Pop-ups, ads, malware and extortion-ware trying to sneak in through the browser which my add-ons were blocking.
Anti-malware, anti-extortion-ware and anti-virus are, again in my opinion, reactive measures, not really effective proactive measures now matter how much they slow down a machine.
The ability to customize the browser's interface has been restricted so much with the deployment of WebExtensions that it affects unnecessarily productivity and, the loss Legacy add-on support is adversely affecting browser security rather than increasing it by eliminating important and useful defensive measures. It it possible to disable Legacy Support and WebExtensions, keep the functionality, and allow the user to choose?
Thanks for your consideration,
James Carey
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Anti-malware, anti-extortion-ware and anti-virus are, again in my opinion, reactive measures, not really effective proactive measures now matter how much they slow down a machine.
The ability to customize the browser's interface has been restricted so much with the deployment of WebExtensions that it affects unnecessarily productivity and, the loss Legacy add-on support is adversely affecting browser security rather than increasing it by eliminating important and useful defensive measures. It it possible to disable Legacy Support and WebExtensions, keep the functionality, and allow the user to choose?
Thanks for your consideration,
James Carey
MCSE, A+, Net+, Compaq and HP APS (Retired)
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I agree with this direction, there are plenty of Chrome/Firefox forks out there that support WebExtensions, but not very many that support XUL. I think focusing on that core functionality is very important, although I have sadly seen a lot of add-on authors act as if they're just going to abandon their projects once Thunderbird ESR drops support as if they're unaware of Pale Moon/Basilisk. I feel that having WebExtensions in Basilisk might have made some people unfamiliar with the project incorrectly think you were going to deprecate XUL extensions in the future at a slower pace than Mozilla, or saw WebExtensions as an inevitable/unavoidable direction. Dropping them to focus on XUL sends a very strong message about where your priorities lie.
With WebExtensions, there are fears that Google might even make it so that ad blockers don't work at all in Chrome (for "security reasons"), and then any other browsers that want to keep that functionality will have to use an incompatible version of them anyway. So we might still end up with Edge WebExtensions, Firefox WebExtensions, and Chrome WebExtensions all being incompatible with each other to varying degrees. I just don't see this API as any better or more future-proof than anything that came before it. At this point, I see sticking to an established, mature platform that not many others continue to support as the safer option.
With WebExtensions, there are fears that Google might even make it so that ad blockers don't work at all in Chrome (for "security reasons"), and then any other browsers that want to keep that functionality will have to use an incompatible version of them anyway. So we might still end up with Edge WebExtensions, Firefox WebExtensions, and Chrome WebExtensions all being incompatible with each other to varying degrees. I just don't see this API as any better or more future-proof than anything that came before it. At this point, I see sticking to an established, mature platform that not many others continue to support as the safer option.
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I'm sorry but this actually underlines more than anything that you in fact don't understand (or misunderstand) the reasoning behind discontinuing WebExtension support. This is not a user choice or user decision but a design decision to not try the impossible and instead support what technology is most in line with the platform; it is not "optional", it is not an arbitrary feature that can be switched on or off, but rather the problem with otherwise trying to support a quickly-diverting and substandard extension technology that we neither need nor can properly provide. Please re-read my opening post in this thread.DeathNACan wrote: I understand your reasoning behind discontinuing WebExtension support and I wonder if you could put the option for the end user to turn it back on?
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Re: Basilisk's experimental WebExtension support will be dropped.
How so? Are any of your add-ons no longer working?DeathNACan wrote:
Luckily, I keep archives of all the add-ons I use but these add-ons are quickly becoming out of date.
As far as uBo goes, as long as you keep the filters up to date, it'll keep working. In case you don't have it, the latest uBo for Pale Moon/Basilisk is 1.16.4.8, here.
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Indeed; simpler put: add-ons only need to be updated if:helloimustbegoing wrote:How so? Are any of your add-ons no longer working?DeathNACan wrote:
Luckily, I keep archives of all the add-ons I use but these add-ons are quickly becoming out of date.
As far as uBo goes, as long as you keep the filters up to date, it'll keep working. In case you don't have it, the latest uBo for Pale Moon/Basilisk is 1.16.4.8, here.
- What they extend (the browser) changes in such a way that it's requiring an update for compatibility, OR
- The extension itself needs new/changed/additional functionality
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Re: Basilisk's experimental WebExtension support will be dropped.
There are some archives of extensions available, as detailed in this post that may be of use to you as well.DeathNACan wrote:To make matters worse, Mozilla recently removed the entire archive of non-WebExtenstion add-ons from their site making finding them on the web at best very difficult and in most case impossible.
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@athenian200 FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT! Thank you very very much for your insightful look at the situation!
You have restored a chunk of my faith that humanity may not be totally lost.. This does so much for me personally! It is easy to rationalize and justify decisions to the people who you constantly interact with around these parts.. After all, a big part of that is why we are all here.. But to have someone such as your self reflect on it as you have done is worth more than you can know!
So again, thank you!
You have restored a chunk of my faith that humanity may not be totally lost.. This does so much for me personally! It is easy to rationalize and justify decisions to the people who you constantly interact with around these parts.. After all, a big part of that is why we are all here.. But to have someone such as your self reflect on it as you have done is worth more than you can know!
So again, thank you!
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IMHO the right decision, even so I don't use Basilisk.
The reason for the decision was thoroughly explained by Tobin.
athenian 200 has also some valid arguments.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
However Google managed already to limit drastically the user's control over the browser through webextensions and to impose them as quasi standard.
Actually you can only access directly (button) some internal prefs of Firefox only by using userChrome.js, something very few users are aware of.
It still works in Firefox 60.5esr but I'm pretty sure that this approach will be also killed at a future time.
The reason for the decision was thoroughly explained by Tobin.
athenian 200 has also some valid arguments.
Google won't dare to go so far, at least not for the time being. They are paddling now back with their Manifest 3 proposal.athenian200 wrote: With WebExtensions, there are fears that Google might even make it so that ad blockers don't work at all in Chrome (for "security reasons"), ...
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
However Google managed already to limit drastically the user's control over the browser through webextensions and to impose them as quasi standard.
Actually you can only access directly (button) some internal prefs of Firefox only by using userChrome.js, something very few users are aware of.
It still works in Firefox 60.5esr but I'm pretty sure that this approach will be also killed at a future time.
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Mozilla never officially supported it so it will only work for as long as what it depends on still works/is presentgepus wrote:Actually you can only access directly (button) some internal prefs of Firefox only by using userChrome.js, something very few users are aware of.
It still works in Firefox 60.5esr but I'm pretty sure that this approach will be also killed at a future time.
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Yeah, but its not really as much as an issue as I thought you guys not supporting it aka.Moonchild wrote:I think he's talking about not providing product support for NoScript users.New Tobin Paradigm wrote:What is being excluded?
I wonder if its possible for forks to take that out of the blocklist though.
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Well, at least I finally agree with you guys on XUL being a good choice and Webextensions being terrible. Took me a while to get why you guys won't support webextensions, but some research showed me Moonchild and you were right about XUL being the way to go.New Tobin Paradigm wrote:NoScript is a special case, discussed at length.
Plus, webextensions firefox dials back and forth a horrendous amount of time.
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The most recent LastPass add-on at: http://www.legacycollector.org/firefox- ... index.htmlmarkz wrote:First of all, a heap of gratitude for the last browser available that runs several of my long time favorite Firefox extensions that no longer run in Firefox!!!!
These are Chickenfoot which I don't use much any more as I can do most things in TamperMonkey, http://up.csail.mit.edu/chickenfoot/
and DownThemAll! which I use every day. Is there a good password manager for Basilisk I can easily export my LassPass vault to?
That's the only one requiring WebExtension support that I miss. I can live with the built in password manager, but it will reduce the number of sites I visit with Basilisk.
still works. Now I can happily stay current with new Basilisk releases. Thanks to all who posted links to legacycollector.org in other threads!
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Locking this thread since it was just an announcement. Please take further discussion of and alternatives for extensions to the extensions board.
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