PermissionsPlus

[billmcct]

Btw, if you search for PermissionsPlus you get nothing:
https://addons.palemoon.org/search/?ter ... ssionsPlus

Use "Permissions Plus".

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Search is only as good as the tags selected by the developer.

[moonbat]

Fixed now.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

As an aside, Phoebus Ascendant will take the add-on's name into account for search freeing up tags for other keywords, just don't think of abusing it though. Because if that happens repeatedly I will go back to tags only.

[moonbat]

Good point. 10 tags is quite sufficient I'd say.

[moonbat]

Changelog for 2.3

• Add default icon.
• Add clean uninstall.
• Enhancement: Add context menu access support. Block context menu interference on a per site basis.
• Rewrite to use PermissionManager framework instead of individual site prefs.
• Refactored code, removed duplicate functions.

[moonbat]

Changelog for 2.3.1

• Fix cleanup on shutdown.

[moonbat]

Changelog for 2.3.2

• Remove superfluous toolbar initialization.

[moonbat]

Changelog for 2.4

• New feature: Don't save history for current domain.
• Some code cleanup.

[_yup_]

Yesterday I learned about the existence of this extension and decided that I definitely need it. But almost immediately I realized that its most useful (for me) function - possibility to set a site-specific useragent string - is not very convenient (not much better then doing this via about:config): a user have to type it manually, or copy-paste from somewhere (spending time to finding the source), and extension does not provide it with any assistance.

So I quickly enhanced the extension with a new window, where user can edit and store an arbitrary text, and now this part of extension looks like:


During this I have found and fixed a bug in the Page Info initialization: PMPlus.PageInfo.init() used a wrong about:config parameter to decide whether "Manipulate Context menu" row should be displayed.

As my browser is Iceape-UXP, I have added support for it and Seamonkey.

Adding Iceape was trivial - it’s a matter of two chrome.manifest lines. But for Seamonkey I had to add a lot of try - catch, because it does not support a second parameter (default value) in Services.prefs.get*Pref() functions.

The result is here: https://repo.palemoon.org/yup/permissionsplus
(Though integration with Seamonkey's permission manager window is not complete yet: extension works, but this window displays permissions' technical names (pmplus-clipboard, etc.) instead of user-friendly ones. The task is doable, but requires a lot of typing - comparable to adding a new column to the Bookmarks window.)

[frostknight]

The result is here: https://repo.palemoon.org/yup/permissionsplus

Is this addon still any use?

Did you update it at all?

curious if its relevant still though. Maybe you or moonbat could tell me

[_yup_]

Is this addon still any use?

During last year I frequently see a famous: "Your browser is outdated. Update it". And every time, before forgetting about existence of this site forever, I am trying to cheat the protection by using some fake useragent string (even knowing that this rarely helps), so convenient way to add this string to browser settings is a good thing.

The second useful (for me) feature is selective preventing web sites from accessing the clipboard contents.

Did you update it at all?

I have some questions to moonbat, but I use Iceape, and all my essential additions (if any) will be developed on it and applicable to it, as I can not run modern versions of Pale Moon at all.

[frostknight]

During last year I frequently see a famous: "Your browser is outdated. Update it". And every time, before forgetting about existence of this site forever, I am trying to cheat the protection by using some fake useragent string (even knowing that this rarely helps), so convenient way to add this string to browser settings is a good thing.

Yeah... there is a solution for discourse if needed. However, just that as I far as I know.

Other useragent sniffers need a cure

[moonbat]

a user have to type it manually, or copy-paste from somewhere (spending time to finding the source)

That is true for whatever method you use to change the user agent, the extension can't magically figure out what will work! The other one that does this, Sasuga, also expects you to enter the UA manually.
Also consider that the extension modifies about:permissions in addition to the page info dialog. Both these locations aren't designed for complicated UI so adding a plain textbox in a bigger dialog doesn't help much.

During this I have found and fixed a bug in the Page Info initialization: PMPlus.PageInfo.init() used a wrong about:config parameter to decide whether "Manipulate Context menu" row should be displayed.

Which one would that be if not dom.event.contextmenu.enabled?

[_yup_]

the extension can't magically figure out what will work!

Nobody tells about automatic suggestion. The added window just holds a user's collection of strings, so he can do a copy-paste.

Also text editing in a big resizable window is much more convenient than in a narrow input field.

Also consider that the extension modifies about:permissions in addition to the page info dialog. Both these locations aren't designed for complicated UI so adding a plain textbox in a bigger dialog doesn't help much.

Oh, no. The textbox on my screenshot is not a part of the current UI. It is in a separate window - moveable and resizable. I just placed this window over the UI to reduce the screenshot dimensions.
The only new element in the UI itself is the "Samples" button (and it does not change the UI size ).

Which one would that be if not dom.event.contextmenu.enabled?

pageinfo.js - lines 98 - 103:

PMPlus.Common.initPermissions(permclipboard,PMPlus.PageInfo.rbgClipboard, PMPlus.Common.globals.chkPgClipboard,"dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled");
PMPlus.Common.initPermissions(permctxmenu,PMPlus.PageInfo.rbgctxMenu, PMPlus.Common.globals.chkPgctxMenu,"dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled");
PMPlus.Common.initPermissions(permhistory,PMPlus.PageInfo.rbgHistory, PMPlus.Common.globals.chkPgHistory,"places.history.enabled");

Whereas in permissionsmanager.js correspondent lines are completely correct:

PMPlus.Common.initPermissions(permclipboard,PMPlus.Pmgr.rbgClipboard,PMPlus.Common.globals.chkPmgrClipboard,"dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled");
PMPlus.Common.initPermissions(permctxmenu,PMPlus.Pmgr.rbgctxMenu,PMPlus.Common.globals.chkPmgrctxMenu,"dom.event.contextmenu.enabled");
PMPlus.Common.initPermissions(permhistory,PMPlus.Pmgr.rbgHistory,PMPlus.Common.globals.chkPmgrHistory,"places.history.enabled");

Looks like a copy-paste issue.

[moonbat]

Also text editing in a big resizable window is much more convenient than in a narrow input field.

That field is anyway just meant to paste the string gotten from elsewhere, it's not an editor

Thanks for pointing out the copy paste error, I'll push a fix for it.

[_yup_]

That field is anyway just meant to paste the string gotten from elsewhere

Oh yeah. And I decided that this "elsewhere" should be somewhere nearby