[dev] [surf] content filter interest check

[Quentin Rameau]

Hello Jonathan,

Launch delays might be a problem as WebKit seems to want to compile the filtering binary from a json rules file upon each and every launch. But I believe that is an optimization issue which I can address later. (Short term, I'll do what I can and you can opt out. Perhaps, medium-term, mimic emacs-server. Long term, maybe help develop an API that abstracts the renderer from the interface -- I suspect one imperative of "suck less" is "pipe more".)

Have you looked at wyebadblock?

Your feedback is truly welcome, even if entirely negative. Questions are encouraged; accessibility concerns will be given particular attention.

Well, it's nice to read about your interest in surf. I don't know about
your skill level and motivation endurance, maybe start by doing
something not too complex to get aquainted with webkitgtk and its DOM
API, something that you won't take a year to do and can use quickly.

One thing that comes in mind is a webextention for having keyboard
“hints” on webpage (so that you can access links through a combination
of alnums instead of having to clickety-click everything).

In any case, good luck!

[Benjamin Chausse]

Hi there John,

Is anyone interested in using surf with WebKit content filtering?
If so, I'd like to see your must-have features and can't-have excesses. But a mere yea or nay would also be informative, if perhaps more suitable for direct contact.

Your idea sounds great, and my opinion it, would be a great addition to surf! I have tried many times to make surf my de-facto web browser but realized over time that it lacked three things to achieve this:
=> Good content filtering
=> Good password management (autofill is a must)

With those three combined, surf would be (again, in my opinion) the best of the best.

When it comes to feature sets, I might be considered to be extreme but I just love Adnauseam (adnauseam.io) which is an agressive take on content filtering. From what I can tell though, this community cares about privacy and any way tracking and/or fingerprinting can be avoided is a welcome change.

Anyway, have a great one!
-Benjamin Chausse

[Quentin Rameau]

Post by Benjamin Chausse
Hi there John,

Hello Benjamin,

Post by Benjamin Chausse

Is anyone interested in using surf with WebKit content filtering?
If so, I'd like to see your must-have features and can't-have excesses. But a mere yea or nay would also be informative, if perhaps more suitable for direct contact.

=> Good content filtering

As I said, it already has through wyebadblock

Post by Benjamin Chausse
=> Good password management (autofill is a must)

Good password management is your brain.
I see autofill almost as much secure as having no password or the same
one everywhere.
Maybe somebody will write an external patch for it though.

Post by Benjamin Chausse
With those three combined, surf would be (again, in my opinion) the best of the best.

What's the third one?

[Sebastian LaVine]

Post by Quentin Rameau

Post by Benjamin Chausse
=> Good password management (autofill is a must)

Good password management is your brain.
I see autofill almost as much secure as having no password or the same
one everywhere.

Good password management is pass[0] plus passmenu[1]!

[0]: https://www.passwordstore.org/
[1]: https://git.zx2c4.com/password-store/tree/contrib/dmenu