ninja, 1 year ago

deleted_by_author

strypey, 1 year ago

@ninja
> So in Fennec, put this: https://monocles.de/search?q=%s

That works, thanks. I've set Mojeek as the default for now, but good to know I can easily switch to Monocles as needed without typing in the address bar :)

@monocles

strypey, 1 year ago

@monocles
Just solved my own problem :)

"If you don't know which search string to use for a particular search engine, you can access its website in a new tab, do any search and use the resulting URL as a reference."

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-my-default-search-engines-firefox-android?as=u&utm_source=inproduct#w_add-a-search-engine

Might be good to have specific instructions on that wiki page for FireFox-based browsers, both desktop and mobile.

@fdroidorg

strypey, 1 year ago

@monocles
> Just solved my own problem :)

Oops, no I didn't. Doing a search from monocles.de produced this in the address bar:

https://monocles.de/search

@fdroidorg

strypey, 1 year ago

@monocles

Getting persistent failure to display results for the last few hours. Error message:

"Sorry, no results found!

Some engines are not working as expected!

Debug info

Node : None

• qwant (unexpected crash)"

monocles, 1 year ago

@strypey
Looks like the instance is flooded. We work on it. Please use monocles.eu instead.

strypey, 1 year ago

@monocles
> Looks like the instance is flooded

I hope my posts today didn't lead to it getting slashdotted, the timing was suspicious considering I've never had a problem with that instance before 🥴

> Please use https://monocles.eu instead

I've changed my Fennec settings to do that. Will start testing your browser tomorrow.

monocles, 1 year ago

@strypey Maybe it was just coincidence. Yes, it usually worked for a long time

monocles, 1 year ago

@strypey @fdroidorg
You could just use monocles browser on Android.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.monocles.browser/

Also monocles browser has absolutely no trackers which Fennec does have:
"Fennec F-Droid is based on the latest Firefox release (codenamed Fenix).
It has proprietary bits and telemetry removed, but still connects to
various Mozilla and Google services that can track users"
https://f-droid.org/de/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/

strypey, 1 year ago

@monocles
> You could just use monocles browser on Android

I had no idea, thanks for the tip :) Also thanks for getting a better browser into F-Droid. The options there were very limited when I first looked for a browser there.

@fdroidorg