When I click on a link to a PDF, Firefox does one of three things:
a)Display the PDF in-browser, without saving it to a permanent location on my computer.
b)Open a dialogue window asking me where I want to save the PDF.
c)Download and save it in my "Downloads" folder without asking me, and then display it in-browser.
It seems to pick one of these three behaviors at random. I can't discern any pattern.
The thing is, I never ever ever ever ever want it to do (c). If I'm saving a single file on my computer I always want to select the folder manually.
In about:preferences, I scroll down to "Applications," and see I have set PDFs to "always ask." But it doesn't always ask! I've also tried changing the setting to "Open in Firefox", and I get the same result: sometimes it opens in Firefox without saving, sometimes it saves it to my downloads and then opens in Firefox, and sometimes it asks.
What's going on? Why does it switch seemingly at random between these three behaviors regardless of my setting? How do I get it to stop saving things to my Downloads folder without asking?
EDIT: Oh whoops, I forgot to put my system information.
Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.1
Firefox Flatpak (currently 126, but it's been happening the same way for a long time).
@183231bcb I thought I had a solution for you, because I recently made it work the way I want, but it turns out in my case I just set it to “Save file” and it works consistently, but that’s not what you want. :/ You also might try going into about:config and setting pdfjs.disable to true, but I haven’t checked whether this actually works.
Can anymany tell me how I'm "supposed" to use end-to-end encryption with XMPP?
As far as I can tell there are three totally different ways to do E2EE:
a)OTR : "[https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0364.html](Not intended to be a current standard), or technical specification, as better (albeit, newer and less well tested) methods of end-to-end encryption exist for XMPP. "
b)OpenPGP: There are at least two different XEPs about it. XEP-0027 is obsolete, while XEP-0373 is "experimental" but hasn't been updated in almost three years.
c)OMEMO: "Experimental" and hasn't been updated in over two years.
Is there a way to do E2EE in XMPP which is neither deprecated nor experimental? What's the "Current stable" way to do it?
I've a question about modern "homebrew" games made for old consoles:
Why is the original Gameboy such a popular target? Itch lists a whopping 6406 games tagged as targeting Gameboy. The second-most popular old console is the NES, with only 1848 games on Itch: less than a third as many as the Gameboy. The Gameboy Advance sits at only 450 games on Itch.
The itch tag "Game Boy" includes games for other platforms styled like Game Boy games. (For example, the current #1 item for that tag by popularity will not run on a game boy)
While the tag "Game Boy ROM" should only have games that can actually run on a Game Boy.
Same for "NES" vs "NES-ROM"
Qualifier: not all people likely know to use the ROM version of tags for when applicable.
I made a failed itch proposal to have a "console" filter some years ago. Still want it :)
@183231bcb Aside from the GBStudio mentions… Gameboy had the hindsight of the NES playing into its design. Things as common as the status bar in an NES game are implemented in ways that feel like a hack, but have a straightforward solution on GB. There are a number other similar niceties like that.
@183231bcb I will note my account isn't that safe non-computer-techies (I have a tendency to talk over people's heads), but I do seem to be ace/aro myself.
Good news: I managed to recover my data and reinstalled Mint. Now just waiting for my package installer script to finish so I can go back to reading webcomics. Oh, and maybe fix the issue with my game controller that started this whole mess?
Okay fedifriends, please give me advice on buying a game controller.
Some background: I currently play indie games with native Linux support. But I grew up with consoles, and I still think that I'd be more comfortable with a controller for some kinds of games than with a keyboard In particular, I'd like to play precision platformers with a controller. I also think a controller would be good for homebrew made for old consoles.
I have a strong preference for wired peripherals over wireless, and a strong preference for peripherals that don't require their own batteries.
When I sit down to game, I generally want to be able to start playing right away without much set-up. If a game won't launch, I might spend a few minutes adjusting drivers or settings, or I might immediately give up on that game and pick a different game.
Hence, I'd prefer if possible to find a controller that works "out of the box" with a large number of games. I don't want to spend a lot of time configuring button mappings.
So with that in mind, what controller would y'all recommend I buy?
@183231bcb Dualshock 3. Readily available, can be had very cheap used in good condition, can be used both wirelessly and with wires, works out of the box. It's the controller that I use.
STOP DOING CHARACTER LIMITS!
Years of imposing artificially low character limits on social media yet NO REAL WORLD use found.
Want to write a short post? We had a tool for that, it was called "write less text than the maximum allowable length!"
We went from 100,000 character limits on forum posts in dial-up days to 500 character limits on Mastodon or 3000 on Misskey.
Look at some of the character-limited posts that character-limiters want us to take seriously:
OTOOAIBOOAOMTGMKCIITMOM <--A giant acronym that's incomprehensible to anyone outside of the in group, just to save characters.
An image containing a giant wall of text with no alt-text using 100 times as much data as the text on its own would use just to circumvent a character limit and exclude creatures who need accessibility.
3)Here's my very short post: a thread (1/2395872935)
These are REAL character-limited posts dreamed up by REAL social media users!
"Oh, I love short character limits: it means I don't have to spend time reading long posts. Instead I'll spent 20 times as long reading long posts split into threads and continually have to find my place!"
--Statements dreamed up by the willfully ignorant.
@Amelia and her headmate can't even agree on what character limit to use: is it 3,000 or 5,000? They have completely played us.