Wish I knew myself a way to work around server-forced httpS, because now I'm getting on other sites (not youtube, guess it was yahoo) constantly annoying browser warnings about "mixed content" with "unsecure" parts in it, on completely harmless content pages. So finally I had to switch off those warnings completely, grmpf.
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newbial
please, if you can help, keep it simple because I am a complete newbie.
I am using K-Meleon 1.6.0 (because I have tons of extensions).
Uhm, if you have tons of extensions and using an old version, how does that make you a newbie? Rather sounds like you've been using KM for years <confused>
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newbial
Well the actual problem is that I am having an impossible time downloading YT videos. Specifically:
(1) With the regular HTTP instead of HTTPS this "extnension"/"addon"/"macro" (or whatever it is called), which I had installed using the KM Extensions Manager, would 'slide down' appearing at the very top of the particular YouTube page I was on and would give me various options to download the video in different formats like flv, MP4 Hi Res, MP4 Low Res, mp3, 3gp. (I'm sorry I don't know the name of the "extnension"/"addon"/"macro").
(2) About a month or so ago the HTTPS has been appearing as the default connecting protocol to YouTube. Back then I would simply (a)empty cache, (b)delete cookies and (c)delete flash cookies (by going to the main toolbar in K-Meleon 1.6.0 and clicking Tools-->>Privacy-->>Clear Data) and then reconnecting to YouTube and the HTTPS would no longer appear and so the "sliding macro/addon" would appear, giving me options to download the video, in the way I mentioned in (1) above. (Sometimes, I would even just delete the S in HTTPS, leaving just the HTTP, and hitting the <Enter> key on my keyboard and this would also work).
(3) Now, however, there is no way of getting rid of the HTTPS and therefore no way of the "sliding "extnension"/"addon"/"macro" to appear.
By the way I'm still on KM1.6 too, due to win98, but am using the latest and improved version KM1.6beta2.6
For downloading I still use the special hexed flash9 plugin, which works great since years, except that it doesn't offer that luxury of choosing formats. But on the other hand it spares me the struggles of having to hunt for script updates every couple of months when the server scripts have changed again
So whichever script your macro uses, it probably needs an update, and in most cases that can be found in its original source on the web. To identify which specific macro you use, I'd do a text search for "youtube" in your KM/macros folders. Then look inside the found kmm-file with a text editor (notepad++ or similar) and look for links in it. Either a local downloaded script or a to a web-script. That should give you hints where to look for updates.
But there is another prob: The javascript engine in your KM1.6 is rather old, so more and more newer scripts don't work in it anymore.
If your machine isn't stone-age, I'd consider installing KM74 or KM75up1. You can install the new version parallel into a *separate* folder with another name. But first do a complete backup of your old installation folder (c:/programs) plus all the profile folders in your c:/users account.