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Larkspur
Hi Siria,
Okay, you learn something new every day!
I'd never used the Privacy Bar. With it enabled I can now toggle JavaScript on and off without having to close out the browser and reopen it.
-- "Of course all buttons can be hidden except those you want to really keep (probably Toggle JS, Toggle Java, Clear Cache, switch UA, Toggle images)"
Question: I went into Preferences and unchecked the Privacy box in K-Meleon Plugins. That removes "Cache," "Passwords," and "Clear All" from the Privacy Bar. But I'd like to remove/hide "Cookies" "User Agent" and "Java" as well. How do I keep only the ones I want?
-- "But if you prefer to use javascript anyway - have you tried with the new KM74/KM1.8.0-beta versions?
I haven't tried anything above K-Meleon 1.6.0 Beta 2.6 because I'm assuming 1.6.0 Beta is the most stable version currently available.
I found that I could not run K-Meleon 1.6.0 Beta 2.6 and 1.6.0 Beta 2 concurrently. Is that true for
KM1.8.0-beta as well? If I could make all the extensions work from the same central directory I wouldn't mind having multiple versions of K-M on my drive. But it gets messy when each version stores it's extenstions/plugins and what-all in separate directories. I've forced them to use the same folder for cache and bookmarks, but otherwise everything else ends up in each version's separate directories.
I've never tried switching User Agent. Internet Explorer is irrecoverably broken on my machine and will need a clean install of Windows before it ever works again, and because I'm on dialup, I've been forced to stick with an older version of Firefox (4.0). So I doubt messing with User Agent will help me any.
But I still can't figure out why those green down arrows don't work for me. According to my research, when you hover over them, the links to Google's cached pages are supposed to become visible...
They don't work for me in Firefox either, but I'm assuming that's because of the outdated version I'm using.
But thanks for putting me on to the Privacy Bar. That helps my problem a lot.
Larkspur
P.S.: The above post was composed in answer to Siria's first reply. Just arrived to find the newer replies. Will come back to respond to them later...
!.) You can toggle Java Script without the bar when You use the hotkey F7.
F8 toogles popup.
2) The bar can be edited via Edit / Configuration / Toolbars (toolbars.cfg).
Cave! Do so only after You did a backup of the file. If You make a mistake when You edit the file it can prevent the browser from starting again.
The file toolbars.cfg is located in the folder of the used skin.
Comments out the button toggle Cookies
# Cookies{
# macros(pref_ToggleCookies)
# Block Cookies
# privhot.bmp[2]
# privcold.bmp[2]
# }
Comments out the button Java /Applets
# Java{
# macros(pref_ToggleJava)
# Block Java Applets
# privhot.bmp[4]
# privcold.bmp[4]
# }
Comments out the button User Agent
# User Agent{
# ID_APP_ABOUT|&User Agent
# Check Browser Identity. Right-click to choose different User Agent.
# privhot.bmp[16]
# privcold.bmp[16]
# }
Actually I made different changes. I only wanted to prevent that visitors like my grandson can perform damage to my settings. While he can use needed items he cannot delete things that I want to keep.
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My privacy bar
# Animation{
# macros(pref_ToggleAnimation)
# Block Image Animation
# privhot.bmp[0]
# privcold.bmp[0]
# }
# Colors{
# macros(pref_ToggleColors)
# Block Page Colors
# privhot.bmp[1]
# privcold.bmp[1]
# }
Cookies{
macros(pref_ToggleCookies)
Block Cookies
privhot.bmp[2]
privcold.bmp[2]
}
# Images{
# macros(pref_ToggleImages)
# Block Images. Press F9 to toggle.
# privhot.bmp[3]
# privcold.bmp[3]
# }
# Java{
# macros(pref_ToggleJava)
# Block Java Applets
# privhot.bmp[4]
# privcold.bmp[4]
# }
JavaScript{
macros(pref_ToggleJavaScript)
Block JavaScript. Press F7 to toggle.
privhot.bmp[5]
privcold.bmp[5]
}
Popups{
macros(pref_TogglePopups)
Block Popups. Press F8 to toggle.
privhot.bmp[6]
privcold.bmp[6]
}
# Referer{
# macros(pref_ToggleReferer)
# Block HTTP Referer
# privhot.bmp[7]
# privcold.bmp[7]
# }
%endif
%ifplugin privacy
Clear Cache{
privacy(ClearCache)
Clear Cache
privhot.bmp[8]
privcold.bmp[8]
}
# Clear Cookies{
# privacy(ClearCookies)
# Clear Cookies
# privhot.bmp[9]
# privcold.bmp[9]
# }
# Clear History{
# privacy(ClearHistory)
# Clear History
# privhot.bmp[10]
# privcold.bmp[10]
# }
# Clear Passwords{
# privacy(ClearSignon)
# Clear Passwords
# privhot.bmp[11]
# privcold.bmp[11]
# }
# Clear URLBar{
# privacy(ClearMRU)
# Clear URL Bar History
# privhot.bmp[12]
# privcold.bmp[12]
# }
%endif
# %ifplugin macros & privacy
# Clear All{
# macros(kPrivacy_ClearAll)
# Clear All
# privhot.bmp[13]
# privcold.bmp[13]
# }
# %endif
%ifplugin macros
Kill Flash{
macros(JS_killFlash)
Kill Flash Objects
privhot.bmp[14]
privcold.bmp[14]
}
# Kill Applets{
# macros(JS_killApplets)
# Kill Java Applets
# privhot.bmp[15]
# privcold.bmp[15]
# }
User Agent{
ID_APP_ABOUT|&User Agent
Check Browser Identity. Right-click to choose different User Agent.
privhot.bmp[16]
privcold.bmp[16]
}
3.) You sure can use different versions of K-Meleon at the same time.
But for this each K-Meleon must run with a different profile.
Add the command line parameter -new to the desktop link via windows properties.
E:\.k-meleon1.6beta2.en-US\k-meleon.exe
-new
This starts the most recent 1.6 beta of Dorian on my PC even when other versions are running already. I use all K-Meleons with a portable setup. Each has its own profile in its install folder. You need to grant user writing rights to the K-Meleon profiles folder.
siria makes the different versions ask which profile to use on startup and has global profiles in Windows USER APP folder. AFAIK all recent versions since 1.5.x can use each others Profiles.
A list of the commands can be found locally under
resource:///defaults//commands.html
or via Edit / Configuration / Commands
4.) You need to change user agent to Firefox 3+ or equivalent SeaMonkey for some pages. Else You get an error. These pages have a stupid browser switch that does not recognized K-Meleon as user of Gecko Rendering Engine and Java Script.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2014 03:13PM by guenter.