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privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager does not exist in my about:config. Just changing "extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains" is apparently

by chme 8y ago

privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager does not exist in my about:config. Just changing "extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains" is apparently not enough. I also tried :fixamo in tridactyl, but it just returns: "# Error: Attempt to postMessage on disconnected port" I was using version 1.13.1pre1454 with FF 60.0.2.

bovine3dom 8y ago
Have you tried adding the setting that doesn't exist manually? There's a little + button you can click on about:config. --- That's a particularly unhelpful error, sorry about that. It usually means that Tridactyl can't access the native messenger. Did you install it with `:installnative`? What is the output of `:native`?
- chme 8y ago
  > That's a particularly unhelpful error, sorry about that. It usually means that Tridactyl can't access the native messenger. Did you install it with `:installnative`? What is the output of `:native`? I did not, but now I have. :fixamo now doesn't return any error but still doesn't work. Adding "privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager" manually and setting it to true did the job. Thanks! So far I like Tridactyl, especially the useful commands, but since it seems to be incompatible with other addons that overwrite the NewTab page. I think I will have to disable it. I also miss the smooth scrolling experience with j,k from VimiumFF, jumping lines like Tridactyl does makes me loose the point were I left of. I might check back how the progress is going tough.
  - bovine3dom 8y ago
    > :fixamo now doesn't return any error but still doesn't work. You need to restart the browser afterwards. Sorry, people usually find the command through the help page where it has all of these caveats. We have smooth scrolling, you just need to do `set smoothscroll true`. It's a bit rubbish, though. You can often fix the new tab page by disabling and re-enabling the new tab add-on you want. Every time Tridactyl is updated it will steal the page back, so I'd suggest that you don't use the beta releases and instead use the normal ones. We could reasonably easily provide a build that didn't use the new tab page (we occasionally get people who feel very strongly about this) but I'm afraid it's quite low down my list of priorities. If you're feeling up to it there's an issue open: https://github.com/cmcaine/tridactyl/issues/534 https://github.com/cmcaine/tridactyl/issues/534 But I won't hold it against you if you use Vimium. It's very well polished : )
    - chme 8y ago
      > You need to restart the browser afterwards. Sorry, people usually find the command through the help page where it has all of these caveats. :help fixamo Does not state that I need to restart firefox afterwards. [1] I did restart firefox after I installed `native` and before I run :fixamo. :native also returned that the it was installed correctly before I run :fixamo. [1]: fixamo fixamo(): Promise<void> Defined in src/excmds.ts:290 Simply sets "privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager":true "extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains":"" in about:config via user.js so that Tridactyl (and other extensions!) can be used on addons.mozilla.org and other sites. Requires native. Returns Promise<void>
      - bovine3dom 8y ago
        Ah, good spot. I've added that to the documentation now. If you're saying that a restart didn't make fixamo work, would you mind filing an issue so we can try to fix it? Edit: sorry, I should have been clearer: fixamo edits a file which is only read at Firefox startup, so you need to run fixamo and then restart.
        chme 8y ago
        > If you're saying that a restart didn't make fixamo work, would you mind filing an issue so we can try to fix it? No I haven't tried that. After I run :fixamo and that didn't work I just opened about:config and change those settings myself without restarting firefox. Edit: Since I now continued to test tridactyl I found that this newtab overwriting function gets pretty annoying from a usability perspective. When I start a new Tab with [Ctrl]+[t] and immediately type my desired address part of it will be overwritten when 'about:blank' is inserted. I guess you want people to use just a binding to :tabopen, but I do like my options. Also since :tabopen do not contain my bookmarks I prefer using the address line.
        bovine3dom 8y ago
        Ok, great. That means the only bug is bad documentation and feedback to users. Thanks for your time!

by chme 8y ago

bovine3dom 8y ago

Have you tried adding the setting that doesn't exist manually? There's a little + button you can click on about:config. --- That's a particularly unhelpful error, sorry about that. It usually means that Tridactyl can't access the native messenger. Did you install it with `:installnative`? What is the output of `:native`?

chme 8y ago
> That's a particularly unhelpful error, sorry about that. It usually means that Tridactyl can't access the native messenger. Did you install it with `:installnative`? What is the output of `:native`? I did not, but now I have. :fixamo now doesn't return any error but still doesn't work. Adding "privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager" manually and setting it to true did the job. Thanks! So far I like Tridactyl, especially the useful commands, but since it seems to be incompatible with other addons that overwrite the NewTab page. I think I will have to disable it. I also miss the smooth scrolling experience with j,k from VimiumFF, jumping lines like Tridactyl does makes me loose the point were I left of. I might check back how the progress is going tough.
- bovine3dom 8y ago
  > :fixamo now doesn't return any error but still doesn't work. You need to restart the browser afterwards. Sorry, people usually find the command through the help page where it has all of these caveats. We have smooth scrolling, you just need to do `set smoothscroll true`. It's a bit rubbish, though. You can often fix the new tab page by disabling and re-enabling the new tab add-on you want. Every time Tridactyl is updated it will steal the page back, so I'd suggest that you don't use the beta releases and instead use the normal ones. We could reasonably easily provide a build that didn't use the new tab page (we occasionally get people who feel very strongly about this) but I'm afraid it's quite low down my list of priorities. If you're feeling up to it there's an issue open: https://github.com/cmcaine/tridactyl/issues/534 https://github.com/cmcaine/tridactyl/issues/534 But I won't hold it against you if you use Vimium. It's very well polished : )
  - chme 8y ago
    > You need to restart the browser afterwards. Sorry, people usually find the command through the help page where it has all of these caveats. :help fixamo Does not state that I need to restart firefox afterwards. [1] I did restart firefox after I installed `native` and before I run :fixamo. :native also returned that the it was installed correctly before I run :fixamo. [1]: fixamo fixamo(): Promise<void> Defined in src/excmds.ts:290 Simply sets "privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager":true "extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains":"" in about:config via user.js so that Tridactyl (and other extensions!) can be used on addons.mozilla.org and other sites. Requires native. Returns Promise<void>
    - bovine3dom 8y ago
      Ah, good spot. I've added that to the documentation now. If you're saying that a restart didn't make fixamo work, would you mind filing an issue so we can try to fix it? Edit: sorry, I should have been clearer: fixamo edits a file which is only read at Firefox startup, so you need to run fixamo and then restart.
      - chme 8y ago
        > If you're saying that a restart didn't make fixamo work, would you mind filing an issue so we can try to fix it? No I haven't tried that. After I run :fixamo and that didn't work I just opened about:config and change those settings myself without restarting firefox. Edit: Since I now continued to test tridactyl I found that this newtab overwriting function gets pretty annoying from a usability perspective. When I start a new Tab with [Ctrl]+[t] and immediately type my desired address part of it will be overwritten when 'about:blank' is inserted. I guess you want people to use just a binding to :tabopen, but I do like my options. Also since :tabopen do not contain my bookmarks I prefer using the address line.
        bovine3dom 8y ago
        Ok, great. That means the only bug is bad documentation and feedback to users. Thanks for your time!