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May 28th, 2012, 12:37 AM
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Midori
Ocky had started a thread a while ago here: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showt...ghlight=midori. But I'd like to have one that deals specifically with Midori on Linux.
It's currently on 0.4.6 but the Ubuntu Software Center has 0.4.3 which I installed. I'm trying it out again after quite a while and the improvements are significant (0.4.3). It opens most things without issue except askubuntu.com which it does open but then after a little hin und her goes crazy with CPU usage hitting 100% and staying there just like Epiphany did. Google Drive doesn't like it either and calls it unsupported. There's a GUI to change the user agent but I won't bother since I'm keeping Chrome for all things Google. AdBlock Plus type filter syntax is supported with two filters installed by default. Custom style sheets can also be used. Overall, I feel it's more customizable than Epiphany and quite a few distros deal with support in their forums. The devs also seems far more accessible. (If anyone hears an explosion, that's me trying to build 0.4.6 without parental supervision.)
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May 28th, 2012, 12:58 AM
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Re: Midori
Eh. Seems like all of those "other" sub 2% market share browser all suffer from one or two massive flaws. I'm barely tempted to move to Firefox despite it's massive improvements, something like Midori just isn't appealing.
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May 28th, 2012, 01:46 AM
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Re: Midori
Moderately "rough around the edges" and moderately flawed software helps (or forces) me to learn stuff
 and reminds me that I'm using free software
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May 28th, 2012, 01:48 AM
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Re: Midori
Chromium and Firefox are just as free though.
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May 28th, 2012, 01:58 AM
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BTW, I gave up on trying to build Midori. First it seemed I needed valac. That done, it then said I needed something like msgfmt which wasn't available via a simple apt-get. Maybe I'd have to download it from some place or the other. Too much trouble. There's a site called ubuntu-tweaks.com that packages a lot of newer versions of things. I'll take a look there.
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May 28th, 2012, 02:00 AM
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Well if you're interested in learning I understand, of course. I just can't see any reason to use it full time.
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May 28th, 2012, 02:06 AM
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Oops! I found the ppa: https://launchpad.net/~midori/+archive/ppa
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May 28th, 2012, 02:14 AM
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May 28th, 2012, 01:54 PM
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Re: Midori
Spent quite some time following what appears to be outdated instructions regarding ad blocking. Anyway, finally figured things out. The relevant file is this: ~/.config/midori/extensions/libadblock.so/custom.list
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May 31st, 2012, 01:05 PM
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The solution proposed is to turn off box-shadows. Let's see.
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May 31st, 2012, 11:10 PM
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Re: Midori
Giving up for now. I still see CPU usage getting out of hand and I can't relate it to any specific event. It's a pity because Midori is snappy, and has some features, minor ones, which I wish Chrome had. First, dark pages don't flash white while loading. Caret browsing is available. Pages with "next" at the bottom can be flipped by pressing the space bar.
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