Vimium for controlling the browser by keyboard. Very useful even if you're normally not a vim user. The link highlighting/navigation mode alone is worth it even if you don't use the hjkl movements. Much more efficient than using the moues in most cases.
That seems a bit unnecessary. I'm a keyboard user and try to avoid the mouse and I don't really see anything that isn't already a keyboard command in the browser with the exception of half-page scrolling and maybe cycle focus to the next frame.
Is it tightly bound to how vim works so it translates easily for those users? I can definitely see a purpose there.
That seems a bit unnecessary. I'm a keyboard user and try to avoid the mouse and I don't really see anything that isn't already a keyboard command in the browser with the exception of half-page scrolling and maybe cycle focus to the next frame.
Is it tightly bound to how vim works so it translates easily for those users? I can definitely see a purpose there.
Can you highlight all the links and form inputs in the stock browser? I know you can cycle through links by spamming tab, but that's really inconvenient since you have to go through them linearly. For reference, the mode looks like this:
Can you highlight all the links and form inputs in the stock browser? I know you can cycle through links by spamming tab, but that's really inconvenient since you have to go through them linearly. For reference, the mode looks like this:
By default it clicks, so it just rates the post as "like" (you might have gotten a phantom notification about that). But there is a way to bind a separate key so that the action is to focus or hover instead, and show the rating menu. I used:
Code:
map c LinkHints.activateMode action=hover
map C LinkHints.activateMode action=focus
By default it clicks, so it just rates the post as "like" (you might have gotten a phantom notification about that). But there is a way to bind a separate key so that the action is to focus or hover instead, and show the rating menu. I used:
Code:
map c LinkHints.activateMode action=hover
map C LinkHints.activateMode action=focus
Now, I know that most of these Driver Scanner/Updater software are complete shit, don't offer anything much and charge you for shit that you can get anyway free.
That's why I want to find this one small brand software that did its job, didn't ask you to pay for any shit, and didn't spam you with bloatware/adware.
This might not be the specific one you're thinking of, but Snappy Driver Installer Origin (ugh, that fucking name) is open-source, portable (doesn't require installation, can run from a USB flash drive or whatever else, etc.), can work offline (makes it handy to update drivers on an air gapped PC), etc. It has no ads, adware, spam and doesn't beg for money. It also has a comically ugly UI:
[Edit: turns out you can pick a different theme and it'll look much more sane]
I recommend installing it via scoop (another utility that every self-respecting Windows user (lol) should have on every system they use), as I don't recall whether Sourceforge is still shoveling adware into the installers the site builds/distributes for open source projects and scoop knows how to avoid all that bullshit.
For common devices from major vendors willing to play ball with Microsoft, driver updates get added to Windows Update regularly. For motherboard drivers and the like, a lot of manufacturers don't bother with it. Sometimes you don't really want to update a device driver unless you're problems with it, since it could actually cause problems if the new driver is buggy. So you don't really want Windows Update mucking with them anyway.
Syncthing is really good for synchronizing folders between devices. I use it for keeping my home folder synced between my laptop and desktop and backup server, and also to sync my phone camera folder onto the other machines. I used it a few years ago and it was pretty janky and unreliable, but I gave it another try a few months ago and it has worked flawlessly since then. It defaults to sending stuff over local networks only, but it can also send stuff across the internet if you turn that setting on (and the transmission is obviously encrypted). Really top notch software. And it's FOSS.
Syncthing is awesome. I use to to backup my laptop to my NAS. Did they ever fix the android battery draining? Last time I tried it on my phone it killed the battery...
Syncthing is awesome. I use to to backup my laptop to my NAS. Did they ever fix the android battery draining? Last time I tried it on my phone it killed the battery...
funny enough if you look into it, QuickTime player on the Mac has a bunch of features you may not know about. File conversion/compression and Screen recording (4k 60fps, specific window/monitor) is pretty cool.
Who here has a good alternative to recommend for P2P VPN software like Hamachi? I'm not a fan of LogMeIn forcing users to have an account now just to use it, and I also wouldn't mind something that can also be used in the command line fairly quickly.
Anyone know of a browser that doesn't hog memory like a motherfucker? I listen to a lot of videos in the background on my phone while I'm working, but my phone's on the fritz. I mainly use Brave, but even that one still eats away at my RAM. I know about Palemoon, but I've heard some bad things about the dev team so I'm a bit hesitant. Any suggestions?
You'd be surprised, my employer's laptops all tend to miss drivers via windows update when we do reloads.
Fuck the current ones my cheap ass CIO (wouldn't even buy Plenum Ethernet cables) buys now, when you reload windows (because he fucking bought laptops with Home edition on them) the generic touch pad driver doesn't even work (at least WU will grab that driver).
Who here has a good alternative to recommend for P2P VPN software like Hamachi? I'm not a fan of LogMeIn forcing users to have an account now just to use it, and I also wouldn't mind something that can also be used in the command line fairly quickly.
Anyone know of a browser that doesn't hog memory like a motherfucker? I listen to a lot of videos in the background on my phone while I'm working, but my phone's on the fritz. I mainly use Brave, but even that one still eats away at my RAM. I know about Palemoon, but I've heard some bad things about the dev team so I'm a bit hesitant. Any suggestions?
Not a browser suggestion, but I'd basically go the route of continuing to use brave while attempting to offload the tabs somewhere else for long term storage.
On PC I'd say look into the browsers extensions that let you save/suspend tab groups. Recently I've started using Flowbar on one computer but I would only recommend it with a giant asterisk since the bookmark management is slow and the whole extension requires signing in to Google. (For valid reason, it syncs some data across computers). I've seen on the reviews, people who try flowbar also started with OneTab, so maybe look at that.
I've seen a browser - Stack - that auto suspends tabs and allows you to autistically sort your tabs in "3D". I would not recommend it because you can use multiple brave profiles to add another level of division of needed, and Stack makes you subscribe to their ad blocker. No thank you, I'll keep an eye on the area due to the possible return of the vertical tabs, but it's not worth that much.
On mobile, if a lot of the memory goes to those video tabs getting queued up, I'd stick them all in a NewPipe Playlist and play them in the background instead of letting them live in your browser.
On both PC and Mobile, I'd consider a read-it-later app for wordy pages so you can close down a few more tabs without worrying about the contents vanishing. I'm currently using a self hosted instance of Wallabag, but sometimes it has issues getting pages that are behind a captcha. I assume the managed instance or the more expensive competitos have solved this problem, but I'm too lazy and cheap to investigate. (When it doesn't capture the article, it still does fine bookmarking the link).
Also good for both PC and Mobile: an RSS reader. If certain tabs are just there for you to keep an eye out for updates, the RSS reader is a good way to aggregate them. I pay for Inoreader because I like the Translate Articles and Image Proxy features, but there is legitimate advice about hosting RSS readers yourself for privacy reasons. I'd at least put it on a remote server so it's accessible both to your computer and phone, and so it actually relocates some work off of your computer. KF thread. If you get an RSS reader, don't auto sync on your phone. It will drain your battery and your data.
Very iffy, Swipebucket. I'd call it more of a consideration than a recommendation, but higher tier than the Stack browser above. It is like a read it later app in that it allows things to be captured so tabs can be closed, but it captures some things better than others and it's not all archival quality. Swipebucket can be great depending on why most of your tabs are still open, but really it's either suitable for your purposes or it isn't. And even if it is, it's pretty risky due to the service basically being in early access. Currently it's more functional on PC than mobile.
I'm not really sure what to make of it, I like what I see but it's not what I need. $60 is a lot for a tool that is not useful to me yet, but that $60 covers 10 accounts for life so if development actually follows the roadmap then that's actually pretty cheap. Inviting someone to swipebucket would be less suicidal than inviting them to KF at least. I guess if I often bought early access/preorder/kickstarter games I'd be fine with this, but I personally need a little more certainty to my purchases.
Doesn't seem to be available on Linux, so that's out of the question for me I'm afraid. However, it seems like CLI options do exist, such as n2n and freelan, which might be worth looking into.
Doesn't seem to be available on Linux, so that's out of the question for me I'm afraid. However, it seems like CLI options do exist, such as n2n and freelan, which might be worth looking into.
Not a browser suggestion, but I'd basically go the route of continuing to use brave while attempting to offload the tabs somewhere else for long term storage.
Killing Brave on mobile keeps the tabs, they're just not loaded when starting it again. That's an option and it can be used when browsers behave badly on PC as well.
Killing Brave on mobile keeps the tabs, they're just not loaded when starting it again. That's an option and it can be used when browsers behave badly on PC as well.
I let my tab problem get so out of hand on PC that I needed more drastic measures to literally reduce the tab count. I'm talking so many windows I don't know which window has what I want, and so many tabs per window that the tabs don't even appear up top anymore (I'm far past the point of the favicons not fitting). I'd basically end up loading tabs I didn't need just trying to find things again.
Completely fair point on mobile though, since they show tabs as little cards I am guaranteed to be able to read at least a certain amount of the title so I know enough to avoid loading things I'm not actually looking for.
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