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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)

In my endeavours towards relying on Google less I've learned that in #Firefox you can add any search box from any site as a bookmark with a keyword associated with it.

E.g. I've added Dictionary.com with the keyword !dic, Cambridge Dictionary with !cam and Meriam-Webster with !mer so instead of typing "something definition" into my browser's bar and then clicking on a search result I can type e.g. "!dic something" and get to the result right away. #FirefoxTips

#firefox #firefoxtips
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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)

Additional note: It doesn't always seem to manage to figure out the right URL format, e.g. for Meriam-Webster it added it as
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary?=%s

but their actual URL format is:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something

so I had to manually correct it to:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%s

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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)

Today I learned two things:

  • Apple puts their bootloader's firmware on SSDs that are soldered to the motherboard
  • Windows 11 defaults to saving files to OneDrive

and these are some of the most user-hostile things I've ever heard :blobfoxsnugterrified:​

*holds onto :linux:​ tightly*

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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)
I should have installed Youtube-shorts block sooner, now my subscriptions inbox is so nice and uncluttered :blobfoxfloof_w:​

Youtube-shorts block – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Youtube-shorts block for Firefox. Play the Youtube shorts video as if it were a normal video. and hide "shorts"tab and videos (optional).
addons.mozilla.org
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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)

Just occurred to me that I haven't used a Chromium based browser on any of my devices for about a year now :blobfox3c:​
(two years if we exclude my phone)

:firefox:​ :blobfoxheart:​

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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)

*very slow and deep sigh*

"Supported languages vary by browser. You can translate with a microphone in Chrome and there’s limited support in Safari and Edge."

First of all: Firefox is not even worth mentioning, apparently. Second of all: why would a browser not support voice input if you're processing it on the back-end anyway??

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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)
Sometimes I'm surprised by websites that load "suspiciously" fast but then quickly remember that it's the speed websites should be loading at if they weren't full of unneccessary JS :blobfoxmelt:​
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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)

My favourite piece of proprietary software is probably Total Commander for Android. It's a powerful no-nonsense file manager. Regex file search? No problem. Connecting to a Samba share? There's a plugin for that! Nextcloud via WebDAV! Also a plugin!

But if there's an open source file manager for Android that checks all these boxes I'd be interested to know :blobfox3c:​

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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)
TrackerControl from F-Droid is a really nice system-wide tracker blocker for Android that makes you ask questions like "Why does my alarm clock need telemetry?" :blobfoxthinkgoogly: (I like that one alarm app specifically for its power user features so thankfully I can just deny network access to the whole app with one toggle in here)
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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)
they're multiplying AAAAAAA :drgn_scream_angry:
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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)
I don't say this very often but
HOLY SHIT :blobfoxgooglyholdingitsheadinitshands:
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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)
This is your regularly scheduled reminder that Windows Defender is a good enough antivirus and you probably won't gain much by installing something more shady
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Odoben
Odoben • mastodon (AP)
I love my Firefox extensions :blobfoxheart:
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Pippin friendica
I've added my fediverse node's search URL to Firefox's search bar, so now I can just drag and drop a link to a post (either a link from a page or directly from the address bar) into the search box, click the Friendica icon, and be taken straight to the post in my own instance ready to like/share/etc.
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