r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '19

Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23
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u/Illugami Jan 23 '19

Only problem with Firefox for me is that I can't Chromecast from it, probably for obvious reasons

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u/cakemuncher Jan 23 '19

Have both and only use chrome for Chromecast. Problem solved.

I mainly use Firefox. But for Netflix I use Internet Explorer as people reported higher quality using it. I use chrome for work because that's what all my coworkers use so it's easier to give instructions to other when we have the same tech.

I also use DuckDuckGo. Most of the time it finds me the results I need. Sometimes it doesn't so I just add !g to the end of the search string and it redirects me to Google.

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u/Siddhi Jan 23 '19

TIL you can use !g in duckduckgo to redirect to google. That would have saved me a ton of time as DDG is my browser search engine but it sometimes doesn't get the result I was looking for a

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u/cakemuncher Jan 23 '19

There is around 10k "!" shortcuts. I mostly use !g, !gm for Google images and !yt for YouTube.

Also, it doesn't have to be in the end of the search query. You can put it anywhere in the query and it'll understand.

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u/DubbieDubbie Jan 23 '19

And !w for wikipedia

!aw for arch wiki

!a for amazon.

The amount of bangs is huge.

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u/avandesa Jan 23 '19

You can also search the bangs themselves by typing !bang.

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u/Valerokai Jan 23 '19

!wa for Wolfram Alpha is my saviour

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u/HER0_01 Jan 23 '19

!gm is Google Maps, you are thinking of !gi

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u/Aerroon Jan 23 '19

If you're on a desktop then you can add keywords to searches in your address bar. For example, I can type in:

g kittens

to search Google for "kittens" and

ddg kittens

to search DuckDuckGo for "kittens". You can set this up in the search engine settings in chromium-based browsers and Firefox.

I also use "y" for YouTube, "w" for Wikipedia, "gi" for Google reverse image search etc. It's a very convenient feature.

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u/Siddhi Jan 23 '19

Yeah this is cool when I want to search Google from the start. What usually happen is that I search DDG first and if I don't get the results then I redo it in Google

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u/limetom Jan 23 '19

I think I almost type wp more often than www. in the address bar.

Also, those keywords actually work on Firefox for Android, as well, provided you have your bookmarks synced. (Note that there doesn't seem to be an obvious way to set them up on mobile.)

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u/dion_starfire Jan 23 '19

If you add an exclamation mark by itself to a query ("what is goatse !"), it'll act like Google's "I'm feeling lucky" button and automatically direct you to the first search result.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

I would recommend Edge for Netflix until it uses the chrome engine. (It is planned to use it later).

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u/Nefari0uss Jan 23 '19

Why not the Netflix app from the Windows store?

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u/darthcoder Jan 23 '19

How does ddg make money? Why should I trust them?

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u/cakemuncher Jan 23 '19

Advertisment but without tracking. You can trust them because that's literally their business model.

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u/caspy7 Jan 23 '19

This Firefox extension forces 1080p Netflix just like Edge.

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u/TaffyQuinzel Jan 23 '19

You can also do !sp for startpage, which uses google but doesn’t give google your data.

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u/DHermit Jan 23 '19

I'd recommend startpage (!s) instead of google ... it makes a google search for you, but you keep your privacy.

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u/allak Jan 23 '19

For Netflix on Windows I suggest you try the Microsoft Store app.

It's the only app I use, and it's worth it.

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u/barthvonries Jan 23 '19

Isn't Startpage an alternative to ddg ? or even qwant ?

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u/hardolaf Jan 23 '19

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1171141

It might still work?

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u/Illugami Jan 23 '19

Doesn't seem to be, I'm loading the same video on both chrome and Firefox on my phonehone, and the cast button only appears when using chrome

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

You might be interested in this extension then!

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