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Right, so there is such a thing as going too far… this should at least be a configurable option so that folks who want web sites to adapt to their system light/dark mode settings can have that.

There’s a line between protecting people and being paternalistic. And I can’t believe I’m the one having to say this but privacy isn’t the only concern when designing (e.g., in this case you might be overriding someone’s accessibility preferences).

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Screenshot of LibreWolf Website appearance settings: “Some websites adapt their color scheme based on your preferences. Choose which color scheme you’d like to use for those sites. This feature is disabled because ResistFingerprinting is enabled. This means LibreWolf will force web content to display in a light theme.”
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gravitos ​
gravitos ​
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ah shit, i just wanted to migrate to librewolf, but it is going to be literally painful to use due to my dead LVDS connector that makes all white surfaces flicker and harm my eyes. thanks for the heads-up, staying on poorly optimized Chromium that gives at least some fucks about my health
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Jigme Datse
Jigme Datse
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I *suspect* that people would not use it, if it ended up breaking things for them. From a *very quick* read of what you are talking about, there's not much reason to consider it beyond privacy concerns. And... I'm not *entirely* sure if it introduces other concerns such as unpatched security holes.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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This issue summarises the issue and suggests a good solution (to have an option to override just the color-scheme setting without disabling fingerprint resistance in general).

gitlab.com/librewolf-community…

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Dark theme / prefers-color-scheme for some websites css (#170) · Issues · LibreWolf / Browser / Linux · GitLab

So problem goes: As @Kresimir235 pointed out to me, if you have dark...
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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It looks like there was a new option merged for overriding this but I can’t see it / adding it does nothing in the version I have (latest from Flatpak).

Also, this is not the right attitude any dev should have: “let the noisy uneducated great dirty unwashed plebs and luddite complainers about RFP have on/off toggles for parts of RFP“

If you find yourself thinking about the people who use your tools like this, just quit. Don’t make anything, it’s better for everyone.

github.com/arkenfox/user.js/is…


reminder: wiki page · Issue #1218 · arkenfox/user.js

1.3.1 FPI/dFPI 1.3.2 RFP And link to them in the implementation page. This is to help the user decide if they want these two things - i.e threat model, what it protects, what to expect in terms of ...
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Cassidy James Blaede
Cassidy James Blaede
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I thought you were exaggerating amd thought, “Okay Aral it might be that sentiment but let’s not put words in their mouth,” and then I read that exact line in the comment. 😳
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Volpit
Volpit
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similar to what I was saying yesterday 🙈
fosstodon.org/@Volpit/10841485…

Volpit :firefox: :copyleft: (@Volpit@fosstodon.org)

@aral@mastodon.ar.al well I use it and we, geek people, must acknowledge that LW is *way* too focused on security. Nothing like a daily usable browser for non tech people (or people that don't have time to tweak a setting every time a site breaks)
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Mike Rockwell
Mike Rockwell
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the warning above the option should simply state that it’s current setting is because of the fingerprint resisting setting and that adjusting the option will have an impact on your privacy when browsing the web.
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Palanix
Palanix
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Just set the theme manually? It justs blocks websites from accessing your theme preference.
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