Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-28 Thread Lee
Hi David, I think we're both going for > I like to publicise it when I'm reminded that its use might help > someone else fix any sort of problem. so I snipped a lot; hopefully without messing up who wrote what. On 4/27/19, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 25 Apr 2019 at 12:28:37 (-0400), Lee wrote:

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-27 Thread David Wright
On Thu 25 Apr 2019 at 12:28:37 (-0400), Lee wrote: > On 4/25/19, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 24 Apr 2019 at 14:29:00 (-0400), Lee wrote: > >> On 4/24/19, David Wright wrote: > >> > On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 10:38:41 (-0400), Lee wrote: > >> >> On 4/22/19, David Wright wrote: > >> >> > On Sun 21 A

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-25 Thread Lee
On 4/25/19, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 24 Apr 2019 at 14:29:00 (-0400), Lee wrote: >> On 4/24/19, David Wright wrote: >> > On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 10:38:41 (-0400), Lee wrote: >> >> On 4/22/19, David Wright wrote: >> >> > On Sun 21 Apr 2019 at 20:30:53 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: >> >> >>

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-24 Thread David Wright
On Wed 24 Apr 2019 at 14:29:00 (-0400), Lee wrote: > On 4/24/19, David Wright wrote: > > [I presume that replying only to me was a mistake.] > > Nope, responding to your "my /etc/hosts file has ~14000 lines" didn't > seem all that germane to the thread. & not that this is either, but > if you'd

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-24 Thread David Wright
On Wed 24 Apr 2019 at 16:20:21 (+), der.hans wrote: > Am 24. Apr, 2019 schwätzte David Wright so: > > On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 18:15:03 (+), der.hans wrote: [I agree with you replies, snipped] > > > I currently run different browser instances for different tasks I want to > > > isolate. > >

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-24 Thread Lee
On 4/24/19, David Wright wrote: > [I presume that replying only to me was a mistake.] Nope, responding to your "my /etc/hosts file has ~14000 lines" didn't seem all that germane to the thread. & not that this is either, but if you'd prefer to keep it on the list I don't mind. > On Tue 23 Apr 20

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-24 Thread der.hans
Am 24. Apr, 2019 schwätzte David Wright so: moin moin, On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 18:15:03 (+), der.hans wrote: Am 23. Apr, 2019 schwätzte David Wright so: On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 15:53:50 (-), Curt wrote: On 2019-04-23, der.hans wrote: I use different Firefox profiles for banking to imp

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-24 Thread David Wright
[I presume that replying only to me was a mistake.] On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 10:38:41 (-0400), Lee wrote: > On 4/22/19, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 21 Apr 2019 at 20:30:53 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > >> From: David Wright > >> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:13:11 -0500 > >> > Does the

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-24 Thread David Wright
On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 18:15:03 (+), der.hans wrote: > Am 23. Apr, 2019 schwätzte David Wright so: > > On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 15:53:50 (-), Curt wrote: > > > On 2019-04-23, der.hans wrote: > > > > > > > > I use different Firefox profiles for banking to improve isolation, so at > > > > least

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-23 Thread der.hans
Am 23. Apr, 2019 schwätzte David Wright so: moin moin, On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 15:53:50 (-), Curt wrote: On 2019-04-23, der.hans wrote: I use different Firefox profiles for banking to improve isolation, so at least they won't be attacked by a retailers tab. I'm experimenting with Firefox

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-23 Thread der.hans
Am 23. Apr, 2019 schwätzte Curt so: moin moin, On 2019-04-23, der.hans wrote: I use different Firefox profiles for banking to improve isolation, so at least they won't be attacked by a retailers tab. I'm experimenting with Firefox containers for the isolation. Looks interesting. I've just

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-23 Thread David Wright
On Tue 23 Apr 2019 at 15:53:50 (-), Curt wrote: > On 2019-04-23, der.hans wrote: > > > > I use different Firefox profiles for banking to improve isolation, so at > > least they won't be attacked by a retailers tab. > > > > I'm experimenting with Firefox containers for the isolation. What expe

Re: Browser usage; was "Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts."

2019-04-23 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 11:33:45AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 03:31:24 AM Curt wrote: > > It's possible to modify the User-Agent header string in Firefox and pose > > as a mobile browser (not necessarily an infallible maneuver). > > > > https://addon

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-23 Thread Curt
On 2019-04-23, der.hans wrote: > > I use different Firefox profiles for banking to improve isolation, so at > least they won't be attacked by a retailers tab. > > I'm experimenting with Firefox containers for the isolation. Looks interesting. I've just enabled it in 'about:config' privacy.user

Re: Browser usage; was "Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts."

2019-04-23 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 03:31:24 AM Curt wrote: > It's possible to modify the User-Agent header string in Firefox and pose > as a mobile browser (not necessarily an infallible maneuver). > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/ Do you or anyone else have an example header

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-23 Thread der.hans
Am 22. Apr, 2019 schwätzte Greg Wooledge so: On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 08:30:53PM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: Drifting off the subject, but the banking I use invokes javascript. I would have thought that unnecessary. Should be possible to accomplish the results with processing on the server

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-23 Thread Curt
On 2019-04-22, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > >> I guess we can assume safely that you're closing your browser sessions >> "normally." > > I close each tab with a click on the x symbol. As FF has been known to handle SIGTERM ungracefully (which may account for its periodic delusions of crash in your

Re: Browser usage; was "Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts."

2019-04-23 Thread Curt
On 2019-04-22, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > A mobile site can be accessible to firefox on a desktop and can be > more efficient than the desktop site. Eg. > https://www.envisionfinancial.ca/m/ > vs. > https://www.envisionfinancial.ca/Personal/ > > Can debian imitate a mobile system to a server?

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-23 Thread tomas
On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 01:43:46PM -0500, David Wright wrote: [...] > The other way round: I bank as me, and browse as user "flash", hence Aha. To add one data point: I chose a bank which doesn't require me to browse to do electronic banking. Glad I did -- I just do my transfers and fetch accoun

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2019-04-22 Thread peter
From: David Wright Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:43:46 -0500 > Yes. Banks, like everyone else, seem to feel the need to indulge their > graphics fantasies on their websites. I guess it's pandering to the > smart phone generation. Speaking of which, I guess we're lucky to > still have Internet

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-22 Thread David Wright
On Sun 21 Apr 2019 at 20:30:53 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: David Wright > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:13:11 -0500 > > I run two instances of FF, one as me (for banking etc) and one as > > another user (for browsing). > > Interesting. Thanks. For banking & etc. you have a ded

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-22 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 08:30:53PM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Drifting off the subject, but the banking I use invokes javascript. I > would have thought that unnecessary. Should be possible to accomplish > the results with processing on the server and HTML5 on the client. > Technology blo

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-21 Thread peter
From: David Wright Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:13:11 -0500 > I run two instances of FF, one as me (for banking etc) and one as > another user (for browsing). Interesting. Thanks. For banking & etc. you have a dedicated user id and login? Drifting off the subject, but the banking I use i

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-21 Thread peter
From: Curt Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:08:49 - (UTC) > I've read that setting "Clear history when Firefox closes" is one way to > obviate the problem (you might not want to lose your history, though). Losing the history wouldn't be so bad but I don't see how firefox would have a chance

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-21 Thread David Wright
On Sun 21 Apr 2019 at 07:11:36 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: Cindy Sue Causey > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:41:45 -0400 > > * Is that the only live tab for each new session, ... > > Sorry to say, I don't understand the question. I don't understand "live tab". > Firefox should j

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-21 Thread Curt
On 2019-04-21, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: Cindy Sue Causey > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:41:45 -0400 >> * Is that the only live tab for each new session, ... > > Sorry to say, I don't understand the question. I don't understand "live tab". > Firefox should just open the static local

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts.

2019-04-21 Thread peter
From: Cindy Sue Causey Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:41:45 -0400 > * Is that the only live tab for each new session, ... Sorry to say, I don't understand the question. I don't understand "live tab". Firefox should just open the static local page. Shouldn't take more than a second or two ev

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts

2019-04-20 Thread mick crane
On 2019-04-19 15:36, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: Hello again, The configuration mentioned in the subject line is set to "Show your home page". Here the home page is file:///home/peter/html, a local page. Nevertheless startup sometimes displays "Sorry. We're having trouble getting your pages

Re: firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts

2019-04-19 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 4/19/19, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hello again, > > The configuration mentioned in the subject line is set to "Show your > home page". Here the home page is file:///home/peter/html, a > local page. Nevertheless startup sometimes displays "Sorry. We're > having trouble getting your pages

firefox > Preferences > When Firefox starts

2019-04-19 Thread peter
Hello again, The configuration mentioned in the subject line is set to "Show your home page". Here the home page is file:///home/peter/html, a local page. Nevertheless startup sometimes displays "Sorry. We're having trouble getting your pages back." Ideas? Thanks,