VimFx
python-adblock
VimFx | python-adblock | |
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4 | 8 | |
1,400 | 53 | |
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6.7 | 2.4 | |
24 days ago | about 1 year ago | |
CoffeeScript | Rust | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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VimFx
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Vimium – The Hacker's Browser
I used to be a loving VimFX [0] user. It had intelligent link hints (essentially, links it thinks you are likely to want, e.g. because they're big, get single-key shortcuts). The scrolling was actually native, as in equivalent to hitting the arrow keys. I don't think any of the other Vim emulator plugins ever replicated that. Vimium doesn't, Tridactyl doesn't, and Vim Vixen was horribly broken.
Apparently VimFX still runs via some hacks on modern Firefox versions? The last release was even in 2022. Maybe I should give it a try again.
[0] https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
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your favorite browser with VI key bindings ?
Yeah, agree, very frustrating. I didn’t want to leave Firefox, so started looking for an alternative. I stumbled upon https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx. It solves the issue.
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Vimium C – Extension to navigate website by keyboard shortcuts
> But instead we get “Colorways”
Yeah, the browser situation sucks and it's getting worse by the day.
> I remember being upset for months when they killed XUL.
You know what, still a week does not pass without me mourning the death XUL...
I'm currently use Waterfox quite a bit. VimFX is still somewhat maintained[1] and works with Waterfox Current!
It should be added that this browser is owned by an adtech company called System1. But my only alternative at this point is surfing in a straitjacket (without VimFX) or use Waterfox. Haven't really found any apparent wrongdoings by System1 yet, but I guess it's a question of time...
[1] https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
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Nyxt browser: mouseless copy/paste
I recently installed Tridactyl¹ as a Firefox extension². It has a ton of features but I only wanted to replace the functionality of two non-WebExtension add-ons:
* VimFx³ provided handy keyboard short-cuts for working within the browser
* ItsAllText⁴ which allowed me to use GVim to edit and save the contents of a text box
While going through its builtin tutorial, I found that it also supports keyboard-based selection of text. While it’s still documented as not yet being stable, I’ve found that it works well. I’ve yet to incorporate the rest of Tridactyl’s extra functionality into my workflow but what they’ve achieved with the WebExtensions API is very impressive. Also, and importantly, the built-in tutorial and documentation are excellent.
While working from home, I’m currently using Windows 10 so I’ve ran into one issue⁵, “Encoding of non-Latin-1 characters entered in external editor gets messed up with Unicode-based external editors on Windows” (and it looks like that should be fixed soon).
1. https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl
2. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tridactyl-vim...
3. https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
4. https://github.com/docwhat/itsalltext/
5. https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/876
python-adblock
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adblock with python adblock library on Windows
Since version 2.0.0, if the Python adblock library is available, it will be used to integrate Brave’s Rust adblocker library for improved adblocking, based on ABP-like filter lists (such as EasyList)
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installing python-adblock slows down qutebrowser startup
Ah, yup, I can reproduce with that, thanks! I opened an issue here: Loading adblock cache takes 2-4s with huge cache file · Issue #62 · ArniDagur/python-adblock
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Ad Block engine In Rust !
From adblock on PyPI (the Python package index):
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Vimium C – Extension to navigate website by keyboard shortcuts
FYI Qutebrowser is has a pretty good ad-blocker since 2.0
> Since version 2.0.0, if the Python adblock library is available, it will be used to integrate Brave’s Rust adblocker library for improved adblocking, based on ABP-like filter lists (such as EasyList). If that library is unavailable or on older versions of qutebrowser, a simpler built-in ad blocker is used instead. It takes /etc/hosts-like lists and thus is only able to block entire hosts.
You just need optional dependancy https://pypi.org/project/adblock/
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qutebrowser v2.0.0 released (with better adblocker)!
How would I make adblock "available" on Windows? I found the python scripts here, but I have no clue where qutebrowser would be looking for these?
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Adding Vimium to Chrome was a game-changer, it added a lot of shortcuts that helped me improve my productivity. Do ya'll enable Vim commands with every app you use or is it just me?
There are various solutions to this - see point 21 in the FAQ
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Drop Windows 32-bit support?
Purely a maintenance thing - faster windows releases and not having to take care of 32-bit support for the adblock library.
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Minimal browser with effective adblocking?
You will need the (optional) adblock Python library. Once you have that installed, with the default content.blocking.method = auto setting, it'll be enabled automatically. You can also set the setting to adblock explicitly, then you'll get a warning if the library wasn't found.
What are some alternatives?
Surfingkeys - Map your keys for web surfing, expand your browser with javascript and keyboard.
qutebrowser - A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.
vimium - The hacker's browser.
SponsorBlock - Skip YouTube video sponsors (browser extension)
vimari - Safari port of vimium
hosts - 🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
Vieb - Vim Inspired Electron Browser - Vim bindings for the web by design
nyxt - Nyxt - the hacker's browser.
youtube-dl - Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites
native_messenger - Native messenger for Tridactyl, a vim-like web-extension.
setuptools - Official project repository for the Setuptools build system