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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Skuzzy on August 20, 2013, 03:09:00 PM
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For those of you who are not happy with the direction Firefox has been heading, you might want to give Palemoon (http://www.palemoon.org/) a try. It is a spin off from the Firefox development. It uses all the same plugins as Firefox.
This is not an endorsement. Just and FYI type of thing.
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Thanks, and yes, I've also been disappointed in the direction Mozilla has been going.
I'll check it out.
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may I ask when you lsay what direction?
semp
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Skuzzy, I wanted to thank you for this heads up. Also, I do not like the way Mozilla is taking Firefox. Again thanks!
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So I'm not the only one that noticed that Firefox feels as bloated as IE now. I'll try Palemoon, thanks Skuzzy.
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trying palemoon but ads in youtube are driving me crazy.
semp
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trying palemoon but ads in youtube are driving me crazy.
semp
I used the Firefox app installer. No pop ups here as Ad Block Plus is being used now.
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I used the Firefox app installer. No pop ups here as Ad Block Plus is being used now.
I did too. every other video has an ad.
semp
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I have adblock plust 2.3.2
adblock plust pop up addon
disable anti-adblock 3.1
element hiding helper for adlbock plus
and the ads keep on showing up.
semp
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trying palemoon but ads in youtube are driving me crazy.
semp
There's an easy solution - don't watch youtube. Don't you know that Google paid adblock makers to whitelist their 'non intrusive' ads? :)
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There's an easy solution - don't watch youtube. Don't you know that Google paid adblock makers to whitelist their 'non intrusive' ads? :)
no ads show on Firefox.
Semp
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no ads show on Firefox.
Semp
lol, i don't know what's going on with your system, but even using ie i don't see any pop up ads in youtube...
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I see no ads in Firefox but I do in pale moon.
semp
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I do not see any ads, but I have explicitly blocked youtube from running java scripts or parking its cookie on my system.
Been using this browser for a couple of weeks now. I like it better than Firefox. I also like the developers attitude and philosophy about it. Hope he holds on to it.
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Wanted to test it - but looks like it's only for windows.
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Yes, it is a Windows only project.
By the way, if you are using Palemoon and you had the Foxit PDF plugin installed for Firefox, you need to go to the Tools->Options menu, then select "Applications" and associate PDF's with Foxit, rather than the Mozilla Plugin for Foxit.
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Thanks, Skuzzy! My default browser now has changed. The only negative thing was that the Finnish language didn't come automatically, but fortunately someone had completed the translation. I hope they'd soon get localization to the same level as Firefox or Opera, or IE for that matter, making downloading and installing PaleMoon easy enough for those who lack even the basic skills in the English language.
What I like in PaleMoon is, that all the settings are in the good old familiar places unlike Chrome, which I find too streamlined. New is good, if it's done with respect to what was good in the past.
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Thanks, Skuzzy! My default browser now has changed. The only negative thing was that the Finnish language didn't come automatically, but fortunately someone had completed the translation. I hope they'd soon get localization to the same level as Firefox or Opera, or IE for that matter, making downloading and installing PaleMoon easy enough for those who lack even the basic skills in the English language.
What I like in PaleMoon is, that all the settings are in the good old familiar places unlike Chrome, which I find too streamlined. New is good, if it's done with respect to what was good in the past.
You have echoed my exact sentiments.
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Firefox turned into a massive ressource hog, so I switched to chrome out of desperation. I like the speed and the integration with google services that I use a lot.
I will check palemoon out of curiosity.
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I've been running it since Skuzzy posted. It seems quick and I had no issues with the site I frequent most :noid
:neener:
It's my default browser now. Thanks for the tip Skuzzy.
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I gave up. too many ads in youtube. I installed the adblock addon but still shows ads. trying clearing cache and nothing. funny thing with same add on I dont see any ads in youtube or anywhere else.
semp
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Semp, there has to be a setting that you are missing. I can go to You Tube or any other website and I do not get a single ad. Maybe a conflict or something.
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I think it is. but cant figure out what it is. gonna try to install it on a different partition and not transfer any settings.
semp
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You might consider simply changing your HOSTS file. The one available at MVPS will block all of the ad.doubleclick ads at youtube.
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You might consider simply changing your HOSTS file. The one available at MVPS will block all of the ad.doubleclick ads at youtube.
sorry for the stupid question but where would I get the hosts files from?
semp
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Everything you could want to know (almost):
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
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lol, i don't know what's going on with your system, but even using ie i don't see any pop up ads in youtube...
Ads are part of youtube. It's how they make money. Crap-tons of it, to boot. It's rare to find a video without one, though they are randomly seeded once in a while to play without them.
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Ads are part of youtube. It's how they make money. Crap-tons of it, to boot. It's rare to find a video without one, though they are randomly seeded once in a while to play without them.
Luckily nobody is forced to use crap sites like youtube or facebook. One can blame themselves if they use them.
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Indeed, although I find a video hosting service like Vimeo or Youtube to be INFINITELY more valuable than any social media site. I'll close out the ads in Youtube because it's worth it. I won't even bother with Facebook.
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Ads are part of youtube. It's how they make money. Crap-tons of it, to boot. It's rare to find a video without one, though they are randomly seeded once in a while to play without them.
ok reinstalled palemoon plus installed mvps hosts as challenge suggested. no more ads :cheers:.
thanks for the help guys :salute.
semp
edit: krusty it took me a couple of years to find out that youtube has ads. I have adfree installed since I started using firefox many years ago.
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Yes, once you have a good HOSTS file installed the ad.doubleclick ads show up as unreachable in your browser. So what you may have thought was a youtube suggestion then becomes a blank area with text advising you that your computer cannot load the site. That's one way youtube tracks you, but the HOSTS file also prevents cookies and other misbehaviors.
You might want to look into it Krusty.
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Is it possible to import my history etc? Can't seen to find it. It is super fast though, I agree Firefox used to be great...not so much anymore.
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spikes when you install palemoon there's a tool to import everything from firefox.
http://www.palemoon.org/migrationtool.shtml
semp
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I'll take a look at it. Thanks for the suggestions.
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spikes when you install palemoon there's a tool to import everything from firefox.
http://www.palemoon.org/migrationtool.shtml
semp
Ah perfect, that didn't show up the first time it started...weird. Thanks.
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spikes when you install palemoon there's a tool to import everything from firefox.
http://www.palemoon.org/migrationtool.shtml
semp
I get a "permission denied" mssg every time I try to use this tool. Yes Ive tried running as Admin.
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I get a "permission denied" mssg every time I try to use this tool. Yes Ive tried running as Admin.
you logged in as administrator on your computer?
semp
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you logged in as administrator on your computer?
semp
Yes.
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Yes.
make sure both are programs are closed. it looks like some process might still be running in background. so restart then use the tool to transfer if it doesnt work then do it manually.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
in pale moon profile is located in users/username/app data/local/moonchild productions/pale moon/profiles.
mozilla is in the same place except use mozilla firefox instead of moonchild productions.
semp
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Thanks Guns. The problem was I had IE running in the background and didnt know. Operation was then successful. :salute
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I've been using PaleMoon for about 2 hours now. So far so good. It appears to be fast and seems much smoother than IE.
I randomly chose 20 youtube videos and not one ad to be had, whereas before there was an ad on almost every video.
I've installed the ad blocker plus too.
Thanks for the FYI on this software Skuzzy. :aok
Coogan
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I use Chrome is it bad? :(
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I use Chrome is it bad? :(
My biggest gripe with Chrome, is that the latest update doesn't allow you to access the taskbar with the window up. You have to go into the Task Manager and kill the Process "explorer", then it works. Close the window? Do it all over again.
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It seems fast to me still. So i guess i will stick with it.
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I use Chrome is it bad? :(
If you do not mind Google tracking everything you do with your computer, and how you use the Internet, and being able to hand over anything you say or do over the authorities without your knowledge, and making money on information you freely give them, then Chrome is fine.
Hmmm,...people making money off of your efforts, while you do not get paid for it. I wish I could have pulled off that business model.
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Screw Google, screw the authorities. Use this when going into ultra stealth mode. https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
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Screw Google, screw the authorities. Use this when going into ultra stealth mode. https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
You seem to have missed the news. The government has tapped into TOR since the beginning. It was easy through a vulnerability in Firefox.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/08/attackers-wield-firefox-exploit-to-uncloak-anonymous-tor-users/
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You seem to have missed the news. The government has tapped into TOR since the beginning. It was easy through a vulnerability in Firefox.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/08/attackers-wield-firefox-exploit-to-uncloak-anonymous-tor-users/
Well that blows. Oh I see, you have to update to 17.0.8 to beat this. I dont even use the browser, I just dont believe in Big Brother having access to every GD thing in your life.
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Well that blows. Oh I see, you have to update to 17.0.8 to beat this. I dont even use the browser, I just dont believe in Big Brother having access to every GD thing in your life.
Well, log off the internet, pay in all cash, and build yourself a cabin in the woods. Even then, good luck. :D
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Well I took the plunge and I really have to say .. its not bad and I am impressed with the speed of the net again...LOL
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Hmmm,...people making money off of your efforts, while you do not get paid for it. I wish I could have pulled off that business model.
AcesHigh Film makers :neener:
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Well I took the plunge and I really have to say .. its not bad and I am impressed with the speed of the net again...LOL
Well I have to agree as I've took the plunge myself and I love the speed that I enjoyed with earlier versions of FireFox! Everything that I had on FF works just fine with PaleMoon but faster.
All the Best...
Jay
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For those using Pale Moon, this looks like a pretty big update...
Pale Moon Update (http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml)
Coogan
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after the last update I got the large player in youtube. not sure if this was a palemoon thing but now it's about 1/3 bigger than before.
semp