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Firefox beta is very nice. My only (big) regret is that APIs that make Vimperator work are getting phased out. I can't live without Vimperator.

by nextos 9y ago

tomc1985 9y ago
Or VideoDownloadHelper, or DownThemAll! :-( That said my dev edition self-updated last night and... holy shit, the new Firefox flies!
- kuzimoto 9y ago
  Not sure what you're downloading, but have you ever given youtube-dl (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/) a try? It's got support for tons of other sites than just YouTube. It doesn't have a GUI, but it's pretty simple to use.
  - disillusioned1 9y ago
    youtube-dl-gui (https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/ https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/) is a cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl. It works well for me.
    - tomc1985 9y ago
      youtube-dl is great, but having a little gui icon in your toolbar was better
andrew3726 9y ago
Well, there's vimium-ff [1] which works pretty good for me. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/
- clircle 9y ago
  I am using this addon, but I'm having a hard time with it. I wish you could disable smooth scrolling when using "j" and "k"
  - andrew3726 9y ago
    Not on a pc right now, but there may be an option for that? Not entirely sure.
    - yorwba 9y ago
      There's a checkbox to control smooth scrolling in about:preferences#advanced , but I just tried both options and didn't notice any difference, neither when using the touchpad nor with j/k in Vimium-FF.
      - clircle 9y ago
        I have smooth scrolling disabled in about:prefs, which only disables it on my touchpad, not with vimium-ff
        yorwba 9y ago
        I just found "Use smooth scrolling" under Vimium's advanced options. Might be this page: moz-extension://78ac0671-3b7c-4a05-8771-f46ecdb2b65c/pages/options.html#advancedOptions unless that random string is unique per-user and I just broadcast my password.
        majewsky 9y ago
        When I copy this URL into the addressbar and hit Enter, it just disappears. Probably a security feature.
        yorwba 9y ago
earenndil 9y ago
Try qutebrowser?
bigbugbag 9y ago
Why don't you switch to waterfox ? it has support for legacy extension and plans to keep them alive, it's even currently working on hosting its own copy of the addon store. https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ https://www.waterfoxproject.org/

Firefox beta is very nice. My only (big) regret is that APIs that make Vimperator work are getting phased out. I can't live without Vimperator.

by nextos 9y ago

Firefox beta is very nice. My only (big) regret is that APIs that make Vimperator work are getting phased out. I can't live without Vimperator.

tomc1985 9y ago

Or VideoDownloadHelper, or DownThemAll! :-( That said my dev edition self-updated last night and... holy shit, the new Firefox flies!

kuzimoto 9y ago
Not sure what you're downloading, but have you ever given youtube-dl (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/) a try? It's got support for tons of other sites than just YouTube. It doesn't have a GUI, but it's pretty simple to use.
- disillusioned1 9y ago
  youtube-dl-gui (https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/ https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/) is a cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl. It works well for me.
  - tomc1985 9y ago
    youtube-dl is great, but having a little gui icon in your toolbar was better

andrew3726 9y ago

Well, there's vimium-ff [1] which works pretty good for me. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/

clircle 9y ago
I am using this addon, but I'm having a hard time with it. I wish you could disable smooth scrolling when using "j" and "k"
- andrew3726 9y ago
  Not on a pc right now, but there may be an option for that? Not entirely sure.
  - yorwba 9y ago
    There's a checkbox to control smooth scrolling in about:preferences#advanced , but I just tried both options and didn't notice any difference, neither when using the touchpad nor with j/k in Vimium-FF.
    - clircle 9y ago
      I have smooth scrolling disabled in about:prefs, which only disables it on my touchpad, not with vimium-ff
      - yorwba 9y ago
        I just found "Use smooth scrolling" under Vimium's advanced options. Might be this page: moz-extension://78ac0671-3b7c-4a05-8771-f46ecdb2b65c/pages/options.html#advancedOptions unless that random string is unique per-user and I just broadcast my password.
        majewsky 9y ago
        When I copy this URL into the addressbar and hit Enter, it just disappears. Probably a security feature.
        yorwba 9y ago

earenndil 9y ago

Try qutebrowser?

bigbugbag 9y ago

Why don't you switch to waterfox ? it has support for legacy extension and plans to keep them alive, it's even currently working on hosting its own copy of the addon store. https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ https://www.waterfoxproject.org/