Re: [PLUG] Brave browser behavior changed

2023-04-24 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 24 Apr 2023, John Jason Jordan wrote: I can't answer your question directly, but my recent experience may give you some ideas. John, I switched from Firefox to Brave some time last year. On my Slackware64-14.2 I've had no issues at all with Brave. It's only the newer version from SBo

Re: [PLUG] Brave browser behavior changed

2023-04-24 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:56:24 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >I'm building and installing many packages on the ThinkPad T430. >Yesterday, after several hours the browser would not download a file >until I reloaded the web page. I've not seen this happen on any >browser or host. > >It's a bit

Re: [PLUG] Brave browser behavior changed [UPDATE]

2023-04-24 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 24 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: I'm building and installing many packages on the ThinkPad T430. Yesterday, after several hours the browser would not download a file until I reloaded the web page. I've not seen this happen on any browser or host. It's a bit annoying, not a critical

[PLUG] Brave browser behavior changed

2023-04-24 Thread Rich Shepard
I'm building and installing many packages on the ThinkPad T430. Yesterday, after several hours the browser would not download a file until I reloaded the web page. I've not seen this happen on any browser or host. It's a bit annoying, not a critical issue, and I'm curious why it may have started

Re: [PLUG] Brave browser: clear cache

2022-10-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 18 Oct 2022, Michael Ewan wrote: In Brave 1.44 under Settings --> Privacy and Security --> Clear Browsing Data, there are several checkboxes for what you want to delete, history, cache, cookies, etc. Thanks, Michael. Time for an upgrade. Rich

Re: [PLUG] Brave browser: clear cache

2022-10-18 Thread Michael Ewan
In Brave 1.44 under Settings --> Privacy and Security --> Clear Browsing Data, there are several checkboxes for what you want to delete, history, cache, cookies, etc. On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 10:00 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 18 Oct 2022, Jason Barnett wrote: > > > Settings --> Privacy

Re: [PLUG] Brave browser: clear cache

2022-10-18 Thread John Bartley
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 07:22:06 -0700 (PDT) > From: Rich Shepard > To: plug@pdxlinux.org > Subject: [PLUG] Brave browser: clear cache > > I want to clear the cache in the Brave browser. Web pages tell me to go to > Settings -> Advanced settings -> Privacy and Se

Re: [PLUG] Brave browser: clear cache

2022-10-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 18 Oct 2022, Dick Steffens wrote: It's under "Clear browsing data" under Privacy and security in Settings on Dick, I thought browsing data was the same as history and not the same as cached pages. Thanks, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Brave browser: clear cache

2022-10-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 18 Oct 2022, Jason Barnett wrote: Settings --> Privacy and Security --> Clear Browsing Data Jason, That's what I did but didn't know if that cleared stored pages or only the history. Rich

Re: [PLUG] Brave browser: clear cache

2022-10-18 Thread Ali Corbin
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 7:22 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > I want to clear the cache in the Brave browser. Web pages tell me to go to > Settings -> Advanced settings -> Privacy and Security ... > > But, there's no Privacy and Security link available in > brave-browser-1.39.122 > installed here. > >

[PLUG] Brave browser: clear cache

2022-10-18 Thread Rich Shepard
I want to clear the cache in the Brave browser. Web pages tell me to go to Settings -> Advanced settings -> Privacy and Security ... But, there's no Privacy and Security link available in brave-browser-1.39.122 installed here. Suggestions? Rich

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-15 Thread Dick Steffens
On 2/15/22 09:13, Michael Ewan wrote: I use it both at home and at work (to avoid tracking plugins). I like that it has ad blocking out of the box, and most desirable security features on by default. I've started using it this afternoon, and so far I like it. I'm getting used to some

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 15 Feb 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: When I click on a web site's checkbox in the history to activate deleting it from the history the browser deletes all history. Is there a way to delete specific pages in the history leaving others available? Got this one sorted out. Rich

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-15 Thread Rich Shepard
I'm exploring the Brave web browser and see that it holds the history in a tab rather than a separate narrow window on the left. I've not found a setting that can change that. Does one exist? When I click on a web site's checkbox in the history to activate deleting it from the history the

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-15 Thread Michael Ewan
I use it both at home and at work (to avoid tracking plugins). I like that it has ad blocking out of the box, and most desirable security features on by default. On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 2:49 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > Is anybody using the Brave browser? > > Good? Bad? Indifferent? > > -- >

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-14 Thread Dick Steffens
On 2/14/22 16:16, Bill Barry wrote: On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 5:16 PM Dick Steffens wrote: On 2/14/22 15:07, King Beowulf wrote: On 2/14/22 14:49, Dick Steffens wrote: Is anybody using the Brave browser? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Brave browser is a bit of an odd derivative of chromium. It is

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-14 Thread Dick Steffens
On 2/14/22 15:55, Rich Shepard wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2022, Dick Steffens wrote: Thanks. I'm trying things other than Firefox to see of Firefox has anything to do with my system sluggishness. Dick, Have you watched top for a while? You might consider reading the 'nice' man page and setting

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-14 Thread Bill Barry
On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 5:16 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > > On 2/14/22 15:07, King Beowulf wrote: > > On 2/14/22 14:49, Dick Steffens wrote: > >> Is anybody using the Brave browser? > >> > >> Good? Bad? Indifferent? > >> > > Brave browser is a bit of an odd derivative of chromium. It is focused > >

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-14 Thread Jason Barnett
I like it. I've been using it exclusively for the last 3 years and have not had any show stoppers with it. The advertising angle of it is basically, it will block ads but also allows you to earn "bat" crypto (by watching brave ads) which can then be donated to websites that you choose. Basically,

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 14 Feb 2022, Dick Steffens wrote: Thanks. I'm trying things other than Firefox to see of Firefox has anything to do with my system sluggishness. Dick, Have you watched top for a while? You might consider reading the 'nice' man page and setting firefox (or whatever seems to be bogging

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-14 Thread Dick Steffens
On 2/14/22 15:07, King Beowulf wrote: On 2/14/22 14:49, Dick Steffens wrote: Is anybody using the Brave browser? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Brave browser is a bit of an odd derivative of chromium.  It is focused on privacy, but also has set up an advertising network that pays users to view

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-14 Thread King Beowulf
On 2/14/22 14:49, Dick Steffens wrote: > Is anybody using the Brave browser? > > Good? Bad? Indifferent? > Brave browser is a bit of an odd derivative of chromium.  It is focused on privacy, but also has set up an advertising network that pays users to view optional adds via BAT (cryptocurrency)

Re: [PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-14 Thread Randy Bush
good can not use all the time because it does not support ffox's https://git.rg.net/randy/randy/src/master/firefox-proxy.md randy

[PLUG] Brave Browser?

2022-02-14 Thread Dick Steffens
Is anybody using the Brave browser? Good? Bad? Indifferent? -- Regards, Dick Steffens