#internet browsing

[all-the-fish]

Oh, you know, just the usual internet browsing experience in the year of 2024

Some links and explanations since I figured it might be useful to some people, and writing down stuff is nice.

First of all, get Firefox. Yes, it has apps for Android/iOS too. It allows more extensions and customization (except the iOS version), it tracks less, the company has a less shitty attitude about things. Currently all the other alternatives are variations of Chromium, which means no matter how degoogled they supposedly are, Google has almost a monopoly on web browsing and that's not great. Basically they can introduce extremely user unfriendly updates and there's nothing forcing them to not do it, and nowhere for people to escape to. Current examples of their suggested updates are disabling/severly limiting adblocks in June 2024, and this great suggestion to force sites to verify "web environment integrity" ("oh you don't run a version of chromium we approve, such as the one that runs working adblocks? no web for you.").

uBlockOrigin - barely needs any explanation but yes, it works. You can whitelist whatever you want to support through displaying ads. You can also easily "adblock" site elements that annoy you. "Please log in" notice that won't go away? Important news tm sidebar that gives you sensory overload? Bye.

Dark Reader - a site you use has no dark mode? Now it has. Fairly customizable, also has some basic options for visually impaired people.

SponsorBlock for YouTube - highlights/skips (you choose) sponsored bits in the videos based on user submissions, and a few other things people often skip ("pls like and subscribe!"). A bit more controversial than normal adblock since the creators get some decent money from this, but also a lot of the big sponsors are kinda scummy and offer inferior product for superior price (or try to sell you a star jpg land ownership in Scotland to become a lord), so hearing an ad for that for the 20th time is kinda annoying. But also some creators make their sponsored segments hilarious.

Privacy Badger (and Ghostery I suppose) - I'm not actually sure how needed these are with uBlock and Firefox set to block any tracking it can, but that's basically what it does. Find someone more educated on this topic than me for more info.

Https Everywhere - I... can't actually find the extension anymore, also Firefox has this as an option in its settings now, so this is probably obsolete, whoops.

Facebook Container - also comes with Firefox by default I think. Keeps FB from snooping around outside of FB. It does that a lot, even if you don't have an account.

WebP / Avif image converter - have you ever saved an image and then discovered you can't view it, because it's WebP/Avif? You can now save it as a jpg.

YouTube Search Fixer - have you noticed that youtube search has been even worse than usual lately, with inserting all those unrelated videos into your search results? This fixes that. Also has an option to force shorts to play in the normal video window.

Consent-O-Matic - automatically rejects cookies/gdpr consent forms. While automated, you might still get a second or two of flashing popups being yeeted.

XKit Rewritten - current most up to date "variation "fork" of XKit I think? Has settings in extension settings instead of an extra tumblr button. As long as you get over the new dash layout current tumblr is kinda fine tbh, so this isn't as important as in the past, but still nice. I mostly use it to hide some visual bloat and mark posts on the dash I've already seen.

YouTube NonStop - do you want to punch youtube every time it pauses a video to check if you're still there? This saves your fists.

uBlacklist - blacklists sites from your search results. Obviously has a lot of different uses, but I use it to hide ai generated stuff from image search results. Here's a site list for that.

Redirect AMP to HTML - redirects links from their amp version to the normal version. Amp link is a version of a site made faster and more accessible for phones by Bing/Google. Good in theory, but lets search engines prefer some pages to others (that don't have an amp version), and afaik takes traffic from the original page too. Here's some more reading about why it's an issue, I don't think I can make a good tl;dr on this.

Also since I used this in the tags, here's some reading about enshittification and why the current mainstream internet/services kinda suck.

[eggzthingz]

websites that you can actually visit on a 3ds without wanting to bash your head into a wall

-archiveofourown.org

-3dspaint.com ofc

-my3ds.org

-3ds web stuff and games (couldnt find the url, just do a google search and it should be the second result)

-froxot.de

-pretty much any .html page

there are more websites you can technically visit these just run really smoothly in comparison

click here for websites you can visit on a ps vita

[suitservice]

Black Jack garage kit I saw on jpn mercari!! I've never seen this before :)!

[blackkatdraws2]

[Toon x Mobster] A tender moment.

[Animation timelapse here!]

[AUDIO USED:] Chet Baker - Almost Blue Sound Effects edited by me!

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[probablyasocialecologist]

The cache feature historically let you view a webpage as Google sees it, which is useful for a variety of different reasons beyond just being able to see a page that’s struggling to load. SEO professionals could use it to debug their sites or even keep tabs on competitors, and it can also be an enormously helpful news gathering tool, giving reporters the ability to see exactly what information a company has added (or removed) from a website, and a way to see details that people or companies might be trying to scrub from the web. Or, if a site is blocked in your region, Google’s cache can work as a great alternative to a VPN.

As the Google cache feature is being taken away, I'd recommend using the Wayback Machine, Cached Pages, or archive.today to find cached links of webpages, especially if you want to get past firewalls.

[lordnot]

You know something's wrong when a goblin starts accusing you of hoarder behavior.

when you are done with a tab you can close it. every browser in the world has a feature that lets you open recently closed tabs. also there is browsing history. need to visit a webpage often? may i introduce you to the bookmarks feature. there’s no reason to leave your tabs open. hoarder behavior.

[contac]

[zennore]

The wings glowed with a sinister crimson color, pushing down on the both of them, keeping the blonde pinned.

"They are powerful, aren't they?" The Mercy chuckled lowly. "Moira perfected them for me."

"You mean your Moira." Angela snapped back.

"No. Yours."

[antisocialxconstruct]

my boomer trait is apparently thinking those "type this or that with your eyes closed" posts are kind of silly because I learned touch typing in elementary school

[civetcider]

Heeey ladies, how's it going? oh what's that, You wanna see my motorcycle? Oh of course

Pretty badass huh? Wait why are you walking away

[crazysodomite]

my problem is that theres no reason for me to use linux bc 90% of what i do on the computer basically requires windows. i wish it wasn't that way and windows didn't have a monopoly

[l1ghtbulb]

Fireoiny with that tablet

I wonder what they're doing?

[roarinsaurus]

i think people have forgotten that nsfw means... not safe for work... like my boss would be like "WHAT are you looking at??" if they saw me with it. so it isn't just sexual intent? like any nudity and gore and shit?

[necroangelz]

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hii wsg !! i'm commonly known as angel but you may also call me moonlight or aradia, and this is my editblr blog! i've been on editblr since december 2023 and editing as a hobby for much longer.

my pronouns are sie/her, she/her, and muse/muses. i am a girlthing lesbian. i'm a minor and also from the philippines. i'm also a fictionkin, both spiritual and psychological. i'm very serious about my fictionkins, one of which is kangel! i'm kangel in the flesh and i will present myself as such.

i'm taken by my super duper lovely fiancee tori !! (18th of october <3 ). it just so happens that in this world she's fictional, but that's okay! our love knows no bounds and our relationship is the same as any other.

as a student with my own personal issues i'm prone to periods of inactivity. i also struggle socializing with others so i tend to keep to myself. i'm emotionally unavailable, i usually have low empathy, and i'm pretty sensitive, so keep all that in mind if you'd like!

[cactusdying]

ATTACH, INJECT, UNCOAT, REPLICATE IT'S WHAT I WAS MADE FOR ANYWAY SPREAD MY DEATH, RISE TO THE TOP! (BUT A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE WON'T HURT...)

bonus (feat tahira (they are besties)) also bonus lyrics that i cut out out of this post to not make it too long