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Old 03-09-2022, 11:22 AM   #1
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Browser that works with reddit?


I normally use Pale Moon, but that will not work with reddit. For that, I have to fall back on Firefox, but the scrollbar is impossible narrow. I fixed that by installing the custom scrollbars add-on, but the latest version 98 no longer respects that — it allows the colour to be changed but not the width. What's the best browser for reddit — I don't really want to install everything available and try getting a usable scrollbar on each one!
 
Old 03-09-2022, 12:02 PM   #2
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Old 03-09-2022, 02:15 PM   #3
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I normally use Pale Moon, but that will not work with reddit.
Why? I can load it's page. (Big heavy thing)
https://0x0.st/oZot.png

I never use it. Can't you post or something with palemoon?

Reddit for sure doesn't work much with scripts off.
 
Old 03-09-2022, 03:07 PM   #4
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For situations where avoiding Reddit is unavoidable, replacing www.reddit.com with old.reddit.com can make it less bloated.

Possibly makes it less incompatible too.

 
Old 03-09-2022, 06:26 PM   #5
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As usual, I've found my own solution. For the Firefox problem there are actually two possibilities. In about:config
1. set widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override to the desired width: not widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size, for some reason.
2. set widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.style to 4; that's actually the code for Windows 10 — not the code for GTK (2), which doesn't make Firefox obey GTK configuration.

Incidentally,
@ !!! The solutions are obsolete or obsolescent.
@ teckk How does that help?
@ boughtonp. The old reddit does indeed work with Pale Moon, although who knows for how long it will be available.
 
Old 03-10-2022, 01:38 AM   #6
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@ boughtonp. The old reddit does indeed work with Pale Moon, although who knows for how long it will be available.
Has been for a looong time, I don't see it ending. It's just a different (lighter) frontend for the same content.

That said, I prefer the new UI for some reason, and yes, it's very heavy.
Had problems with FF, I now use ungoogled Chromium + uBlock origin almost exclusively for reddit. Much more responsive and a few UI bugs present in FF are not present there.

Couldn't care less about scrollbars though.
 
  


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