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Two things, 1. I couldn't get this working on my M1 Mac due to MacFUSE issues. 2. I wish there was a version for Firefox. I think this is such a cool project

by aeonik 4y ago

Two things, 1. I couldn't get this working on my M1 Mac due to MacFUSE issues. 2. I wish there was a version for Firefox. I think this is such a cool project, and I want this to work really badly. I have many workflows where I'd like to log data for certain sites I visit it plain text for further analysis. And long term storage.

HALtheWise 4y ago
The article claims this does support Firefox? (albeit, requiring re-install each time you open the browser due to an upstream bug)
- superkuh 4y ago
  It's not a bug. It's an intentional choice by Mozilla that users should not be able to install software without the approval of Mozilla. They say it is for security. But the signing portal is automated so this is only realistically for revokation after widespread damage has been done. The suggestion in the thread is to use the developer edition which is, in lineage, essentially aurora/alpha version (in the past naming scheme) and contains bugs and security holes. With modern Firefox if you want software freedoms you have to give up safety... or use the unbranded version which has no auto update and manually re-install the browser for every update.
  - layer8 4y ago
    While a bit annoying, the signing process for a self-distributed add-on [0] seems straightforward? [0] https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/submitting-an-add-on/#self-distribution https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/submitti...
mdaniel 4y ago
There was recently someone who made a "fuse-ish" thing using user-mode NFS, which more closely matches my mental model of living in the new multi-arch, locked-down macOS world (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32726166 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32726166 not open source but the discussion shows the general idea) I regrettably don't know the guts of NFS enough to know how much of FUSE can be ported, but my guess would be "perfect is the enemy of good" for folks who otherwise can't even run this right now
- HALtheWise 4y ago
  The open-source implemention I'm aware of is in Buildbarn Design doc: https://github.com/buildbarn/bb-adrs/blob/master/0009-nfsv4.md https://github.com/buildbarn/bb-adrs/blob/master/0009-nfsv4.... Code: https://github.com/buildbarn/go-xdr https://github.com/buildbarn/go-xdr

by aeonik 4y ago

HALtheWise 4y ago

The article claims this does support Firefox? (albeit, requiring re-install each time you open the browser due to an upstream bug)

superkuh 4y ago
It's not a bug. It's an intentional choice by Mozilla that users should not be able to install software without the approval of Mozilla. They say it is for security. But the signing portal is automated so this is only realistically for revokation after widespread damage has been done. The suggestion in the thread is to use the developer edition which is, in lineage, essentially aurora/alpha version (in the past naming scheme) and contains bugs and security holes. With modern Firefox if you want software freedoms you have to give up safety... or use the unbranded version which has no auto update and manually re-install the browser for every update.
- layer8 4y ago
  While a bit annoying, the signing process for a self-distributed add-on [0] seems straightforward? [0] https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/submitting-an-add-on/#self-distribution https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/submitti...

mdaniel 4y ago

There was recently someone who made a "fuse-ish" thing using user-mode NFS, which more closely matches my mental model of living in the new multi-arch, locked-down macOS world (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32726166 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32726166 not open source but the discussion shows the general idea) I regrettably don't know the guts of NFS enough to know how much of FUSE can be ported, but my guess would be "perfect is the enemy of good" for folks who otherwise can't even run this right now

HALtheWise 4y ago
The open-source implemention I'm aware of is in Buildbarn Design doc: https://github.com/buildbarn/bb-adrs/blob/master/0009-nfsv4.md https://github.com/buildbarn/bb-adrs/blob/master/0009-nfsv4.... Code: https://github.com/buildbarn/go-xdr https://github.com/buildbarn/go-xdr