solie.org doesn't let me do much on the site. It only seems to
support newer browsers.
And.. the site seems to imply that watching the content is only
available direct on that site. Isn't there a way to download
the material?
I use Firefox with the latest version, whatever it is.
I've used Firefox since the days of Netscape in the '90s.
I've tried all the others but it seem to be the best.
I think of it as Ford vs. Chevy vs Dodge people. They all do the
same thing but one person prefers one over the other.
solie.org doesn't let me do much on the site. It only seems to
support newer browsers.
I think of it as Ford vs. Chevy vs Dodge people. They
all do the same thing but one person prefers one over
the other.
I've found Video Download Helper the best one around for
general use. You Tube video and audio downloader for You
Tube. Firefox offers multiple video/audio d/l programs
as add on's.
The bad thing is, if you have to reinstall it, had two factor authentication enabled, and don't have the right authentication app,
if you can't receive the code, you're locked out, and have to create
a new email and account.
I use Chrome now, as it didn't lock up on Facebook as Firefox and
Opera have done (and I really didn't care for Microsoft Edge). Yet,
Chrome won't let you download from some sites (paranoia??).
The car analogy is good up to a point. With cars, quality can
play a bit factor over time as the car deteriorates. Software
doesn't really deteriorate. With software "efficiency and
function" stay the same and do not change.
I used VDH for a while. I stopped using it for some reason
(probably because I think it triggered pop-ups or stopped
working properly when I had my script-killer, adblocker and
privacy badger tools enabled).
Daryl wrote --
The bad thing is, if you have to reinstall it, had two factor authentication enabled, and don't have the right authentication app,
if you can't receive the code, you're locked out, and have to create
a new email and account.
I've never had that problem.
I've had to re-install a few times (PC shop wiped the HD when repairing), new PC/laptop, etc.
I doubt there will ever be a perfect browser for everyone.
I just hope we never come to the point when there is a
one-size-fits-all browser.
The worst for me was when I got permanently locked out of
my Apple ID. I had enabled 2FA on that account where I
had all of my purchased apps, movies & TV shows built up
over several years. Long story short, and through a
series of unfortunate events, I didn't have access to an
iOS device signed into my Apple ID, nor did I have my
backup code saved (as I thought I had).
I called Apple up expecting to be able to prove my
identity and get access back to my account, but nope.
Their only solution was to make a new Apple ID with a new
email address.
Moral of the story: Periodically audit your accounts to
make sure your backup methods still work.
I've had to re-install a few times (PC shop wiped the HD when repairing), new PC/laptop, etc.
When I do have to re-install for some reason I make a back up of my bookmarks just in case.
I doubt there will ever be a perfect browser for everyone.
I just hope we never come to the point when there is a
one-size-fits-all browser.
I've used them all at one time or another and find FF fits my needs.
What I hate on some sites are pop-ups telling me to turn turn off my adblocker programs. Nope, just click the box to go away and I'm good.
:)
Before I used adblocker programs the screen would be so full of
pop-ups I couldn't read anything, do anything, etc.
Moral of the story: Periodically audit your accounts to
make sure your backup methods still work.
Or.. come up with a way to reconstruct your passwords so that
you don't have to remember them. ;)
We're getting close to that it seems. Now that Microsoft has switched
to using the Chromium engine, we're down to three browser engines that
I'm aware of:
Webkit: Safari (Mac, iPhone & iPad)
Blink: Chromium (Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, Opera, etc)
Gecko: Firefox
Or.. come up with a way to reconstruct your passwords so that
you don't have to remember them. ;)
Or.. come up with a way to reconstruct your passwords so that
you don't have to remember them. ;)
That was the problem, I knew the password, but I couldn't
provide the 2FA code they were looking for (which would
have been sent to an iOS device signed into my Apple ID)
or a backup code (which was supposed to be saved in my
password manager). Since I didn't have either of those
things, Apple couldn't/wouldn't help me.
That was the problem, I knew the password, but I couldn't provide the
2FA code they were looking for (which would have been sent to an iOS device signed into my Apple ID) or a backup code (which was supposed to
be saved in my password manager). Since I didn't have either of those things, Apple couldn't/wouldn't help me.
... The Coarse Golfer: One who has to shout 'Fore' when he puts.
The worst for me was when I got permanently locked out of my Apple ID.
one-size-fits-all browser.
We're getting close to that it seems.
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/09/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
FoxNews, and so many other sites do that. The thing is, what if an ad
gets malware embedded in it, and my system gets infected?? Who do I blame??
I use a password manager to create, manager, and remember them.
Yup, I do the same thing. I don't know 99% of my passwords, they all randomly generated garbleygook and the ones I do have to know (ones I can't use a password manager to enter) are all "passphrases" with some extra padding.
FoxNews, and so many other sites do that. The thing is, what if an ad
gets malware embedded in it, and my system gets infected?? Who do I blame??
Nobody I guess.
I use Norton (paid version) and it seems to do a good job of not letting suspicious things get past.
It's too bad I can't also use high ascii characters...that'd give an additional bunch of stuff to use. A former user on the BBS had a 25 character password, with numbers, letters, symbols, and high ascii characters. But, he had to set that up in a logon macro, as it took forever to type it in.
August,
Or.. come up with a way to reconstruct your passwords so that
you don't have to remember them. ;)
I use a password manager to create, manager, and remember them.
Daryl
Yeah, some of these passwords are painful if you ever have to enter them manually.
Yeah, some of these passwords are painful if you ever have to enter
them manually. I used to have a 64 character wifi password as most
times I could paste the password in and get my password manager to fill
in the field, but every now & then you get a device (game console
usually) where you have to enter it in. The worst was the Wii because
you had to point the damn controller at the screen one by one and enter all 64 characters.
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