Better browsing

better-browsing.md

Better browsing

Faster loads, fewer distractions, more productivity, more privacy.

Block ads

• https://ublockorigin.com/
  • A curated list of uBlock origin filters
  • Hide YT shorts
  • https://github.com/alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist
• Google analytics opt-out extension
• https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger
• https://troubled.engineer/posts/no-ads/
• https://github.com/corbindavenport/just-the-browser

Search engines

• https://duckduckgo.com/
• https://www.ecosia.org/
• http://frogfind.com/ (about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_v2_vTogS8)

Disable JS

• To turn off JS in FF, navigate to about:config and set javascript.enabled to false.
• To turn off JS in Chrome, run with chrome --disable-javascript or go to settings -> site settings -> set JavaScript to 'blocked'.

Disable images

• To turn off images in Chrome, run with chrome --disable-images or go to settings -> site settings -> set images to 'blocked'.

Disable CSS

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14046738/how-to-disable-css-in-browser-for-testing-purposes
• https://superuser.com/questions/732669/disable-css-in-chrome
• Grayscale the Web

Handle cookie consents

• Consent-O-Matic

Disable specific URLs across all browsers

• https://www.wikihow.com/Block-a-Website-on-Your-Computer
• Linux: /etc/hosts
• Windows: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in administrator mode, add 127.0.0.1 thesite.com
• Hosts files (on Windows, might need to exclude hosts from Windows Defender):
  • https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
  • https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/etc

Disable FF/Chrome history/cookies

• Helps combat compulsive/repetitive browsing
• Cookie disabler: https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies?tab=readme-ov-file

Reader mode

• Enable in Chrome with chrome://flags/#enable-reader-mode.

Userscripting

• Tampermonkey
• My userscripts

Chrome extensions

• Text Mode
• JustRead
• Music Mode for YouTube
• SponsorBlock

FF extensions

• Readability

Minimal browsers

• https://thegeekpage.com/12-text-only-browsers-for-browsing-in-slow-internet-connections/
• qutebrowser
• elinks
• lynx
  • about lynx
  • More lynx discussion
• browsh

Minimal sites

• https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-text-only-new-sites/
• https://textonly.website/
• http://68k.news/
• https://gdir.telae.net/ text based google directions
• https://based.cooking/
• https://john-doe.neocities.org/
• https://blog.wturrell.co.uk/text-only-news-websites/
• https://text.npr.org/
• https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-text-only-new-sites/
• https://sjmulder.nl/en/textonly.html
• https://lite.cnn.com/
• https://www.cbc.ca/lite/news?sort=editors-picks
• https://brutalist.report/
• https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/link-relalternate-typetext-plain/
• https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/
• https://wttr.in/

Small web

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47401879

Paywall bypassing

• https://12ft.io/
• https://incoggo.com/
• http://frogfind.com/read.php?a=https://example.com

Security/passwords

• password managers
• browser security handbook

Resources

• HowTo: Privacy & Security Conscious Browsing
• blacklight, a real-time website privacy inspector