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Is there a programming forum for FF? Since most FF programmers only use the more modern parts of the internet these days and no longer use things like forums or email...
To communicate with them is a problem for an internet oldy like me...

A new solution:

A portable FF for all Linux Distributions or a portable FF for all existing OS's or a new Version of FF OS like the selfrunning DOSBox Pure Unleashed ! ^^

flatrute wrote: *

23 Oct 2025, 12:35

Taiclaw wrote: *

22 Oct 2025, 20:28

Your browser is the last hope for a poor man like me... - actual FF ESR 115.29.0 is recognized as too old...

How about spoofing User-Agent?
Go to about:config, add a string-type preference named general.useragent.override with value Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:140.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/140.0. (Replace the number after rv: and Firefox/ to approriate ESR/stable version at the time you do that.)
If you are using r3dfox then you can also spoof only some specific sites by suffixing the domain name after preference name like general.useragent.override.jwx.org

I've tested it! Doesn't work!!!

Can you give us a tutorial , who you create r3dfox?

JodyThornton wrote: *

23 Oct 2025, 23:56

If it were up to me, I would just want r3dFox to be stock Firefox ESR 140.x, with the ability to run it on Windows 7 and Windows 8. That's it. No Anti-DRM or Wildevine either, since I want to be able to watch streaming news channels. But I'll live with that.

Not really possible, read this, specifically the "Widevine or DRM protected content does not play" section. https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/issues/35

Taiclaw wrote: *

24 Oct 2025, 00:06

A new solution:

A portable FF for all Linux Distributions or a portable FF for all existing OS's or a new Version of FF OS like the selfrunning DOSBox Pure Unleashed ! ^^

I think that's kinda just a generic Linux binary. They're pretty portable although Linux isn't made to run raw binaries like that.

Taiclaw wrote: *

25 Oct 2025, 01:00

Can you give us a tutorial , who you create r3dfox?

I don't think I can just give a tutorial on that, it's pretty complex. I'd just start by taking a given commit, looking at the title and comments around it, and seeing if you can figure out what code changes in the commit do what specifically.

K4sum1 wrote: *

25 Oct 2025, 12:20

https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v144.0.1

Are you making similar Librewolf changes to the new ESR versions? (I almost hope not ...lol, but it is your browser)

K4sum1 wrote: *

25 Oct 2025, 12:20

https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v144.0.1

Thanks!


But:

Quote:

Enhanced Tracking Protection defaults to strict now. Other options are removed to match Librewolf behavior.

Please don't do that. Keep the custom settings on.
Please please please

JodyThornton wrote: *

25 Oct 2025, 15:40

Are you making similar Librewolf changes to the new ESR versions? (I almost hope not ...lol, but it is your browser)

They will come in next release. I don't see any real negative to them though. Can you like give me a reason to not do it?

Duke wrote: *

25 Oct 2025, 20:17

But:

Quote:

Enhanced Tracking Protection defaults to strict now. Other options are removed to match Librewolf behavior.

Please don't do that. Keep the custom settings on.
Please please please

But why? I don't see any reason you shouldn't just use strict mode. Unless you can give me an example of a website that breaks in strict mode.

K4sum1 wrote: *

26 Oct 2025, 04:48

JodyThornton wrote: *

25 Oct 2025, 15:40

Are you making similar Librewolf changes to the new ESR versions? (I almost hope not ...lol, but it is your browser)

They will come in next release. I don't see any real negative to them though. Can you like give me a reason to not do it?

Only if it causes problems with customization, or mass changes. I stick with ESR, so that UI customizations or other usrChrome.css changes last for a whole year. I like stability

I don't think it should cause any problems, just making sure people know in an abundance of caution.

K4sum1 wrote: *

26 Oct 2025, 04:48

But why? I don't see any reason you shouldn't just use strict mode.

Because:

I want to use my own cookies setting: cookies from unvisited websites. IMO all cross-site cookies is too strong for some sites so you have to add the site to the exceptions which disable the whole ETP for this site. Very bad.

I want to be able to select the windows it applies to: all windows or only in private windows. So I can instantly switch between a normal or a private window if needed.

I want to be able to disable suspected fingerprinters on the fly. I've noticed some parts of some sites won't load or even custom fonts won't load it it's enabled. Again adding the site to the exceptions is not a viable solution to me.

Ok, that's fair. I'll make the settings visible next release.

Duke wrote: *

26 Oct 2025, 11:24

K4sum1 wrote: *

26 Oct 2025, 04:48

But why? I don't see any reason you shouldn't just use strict mode.

Because:

I want to use my own cookies setting: cookies from unvisited websites. IMO all cross-site cookies is too strong for some sites so you have to add the site to the exceptions which disable the whole ETP for this site. Very bad.

I want to be able to select the windows it applies to: all windows or only in private windows. So I can instantly switch between a normal or a private window if needed.

I want to be able to disable suspected fingerprinters on the fly. I've noticed some parts of some sites won't load or even custom fonts won't load it it's enabled. Again adding the site to the exceptions is not a viable solution to me.

I use Custom too....

I just add AutoConfig code to disable JavaScript completely and to delete cookies on every startups I was surprised to find that the main website to submit homework and reports of my college still works just enough for me to send in a couple PDF files

Win 7
r3dfox 137
========

My old "News Paywall Bypass" which bypasses paywalls in newspapers and magazines, has stopped working. Anyone have an alternate suggestion?

Please make future AI features in the search bar completely deactivatable! I read an article about it, it is awful!

Ror3dfox wrote: *

30 Oct 2025, 02:01

Win 7
r3dfox 137
========

My old "News Paywall Bypass" which bypasses paywalls in newspapers and magazines, has stopped working. Anyone have an alternate suggestion?

Hey, where in darknet you found it? ^^

flatrute wrote: *

27 Oct 2025, 12:57

I just add AutoConfig code to disable JavaScript completely and to delete cookies on every startups I was surprised to find that the main website to submit homework and reports of my college still works just enough for me to send in a couple PDF files

???

Under Cookies and Site Data
Delete cookies and site data when r3dfox is closed

FF normal!!

Normally JavaScript is deactivated.

Ror3dfox wrote: *

30 Oct 2025, 02:01

Win 7
r3dfox 137
========

My old "News Paywall Bypass" which bypasses paywalls in newspapers and magazines, has stopped working. Anyone have an alternate suggestion?

https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters

Taiclaw wrote: *

30 Oct 2025, 02:17

Please make future AI features in the search bar completely deactivatable! I read an article about it, it is awful!

I decided to disable existing AI features in 144 because I don't see any real use for them. Better to just go to duck.ai or host the chats yourself. Probably gonna disable this too.

Ror3dfox wrote: *

30 Oct 2025, 02:01

My old "News Paywall Bypass" which bypasses paywalls in newspapers and magazines, has stopped working. Anyone have an alternate suggestion?

I'm using this filters list for uBlock Origin:
https://github.com/liamengland1/miscfilters

K4sum1 wrote: *

30 Oct 2025, 08:34

I decided to disable existing AI features in 144 because I don't see any real use for them. Better to just go to duck.ai or host the chats yourself.

Good move!

K4sum1 wrote: *

30 Oct 2025, 08:34

Ror3dfox wrote: *

30 Oct 2025, 02:01

Win 7
r3dfox 137
========

My old "News Paywall Bypass" which bypasses paywalls in newspapers and magazines, has stopped working. Anyone have an alternate suggestion?

https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters

What do I do with that script?

Settings other than strict exist again.

https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v144.0.2

K4sum1 wrote: *

06 Nov 2025, 04:43

Settings other than strict exist again.
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v144.0.2

Great, thanks!

Firefox 145 Release November 11
I'm looking forward to going back to the roots - custom!

K4sum1 wrote: *

06 Nov 2025, 04:43

Settings other than strict exist again.
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v144.0.2

But when I select Custom it always resets to Strict after closing the browser. I have to select Custom every time I launch R3dfox

And I don't know if it's related or not but https://tinyurl.com doesn't fully load anymore, I only got the spinning wheel. It was working fine with previous versions of R3dfox and it's also working fine with Firefox 115.29 ESR.
Using the Fix sites issues options doesn't help.

Duke wrote: *

08 Nov 2025, 13:41

But when I select Custom it always resets to Strict after closing the browser. I have to select Custom every time I launch R3dfox

I just realize the mistake, in (r3dfox dir)\config.cfg, the entry for browser.contentblocking.category uses pref instead of defaultPref. I'm not sure if this is required for it to be set by default, but it makes sense it would reset on boot. I'll see if changing this to defaultPref works, and if so then this should be fixed. For now just remove the line and it will stick with custom until next release.

Duke wrote: *

08 Nov 2025, 13:41

And I don't know if it's related or not but https://tinyurl.com doesn't fully load anymore, I only got the spinning wheel. It was working fine with previous versions of R3dfox and it's also working fine with Firefox 115.29 ESR.
Using the Fix sites issues options doesn't help.

So I took a look at that, and it appears to use WebAudio to fingerprint you, the user. If WebAudio is disabled, this fails, and it just decides fuck you and infinitely loads. If you really want to use the website, setting dom.webaudio.enabled to true fixes it.