thanks for the initial on topic good replies.
so it is my browser indeed.
what i omitted to add in initial post was;
i did try other browsers too (like different ones) and for whatever reason (privacy setting, blocking?) they did same.
the game didn't matter since it happens with most/all, (or ones that use "webp" images) but as palestine points out, it's the age of the browser.
yeah, i hold out and despise new tech garbage. oh yeah, funny how every browser about 3 years back went the "no single cookies for you" route. just inspecting a single cookie now in most (all?) browsers is a chore and requires extra "skill". they are "batched" together in some b/s "egg" instead of normal single ones, like for past 20 years or so.. yes, i like to see single cookies. they also all removed a lot of the settings or things that made them good. for example one good tool (addon) i use, and no doubt many here do too, is noscript. well, before, always, until browsers made some major b/s change, you know, to "protect" the end user (rolleyes) and noscript (as one example) lost ALL sound, um, options. you could add a sound file (wav) to some noscript actions. i had a very nice one for the block url one. no, it did not get annoying and was, hey ho, optional. i loved that. anytime i went to a new site, beep boop fart (yes, it was a short -and funny- fart sound) i would instantly know the site had to be "approved" by me since it was cross using other domains. i found that an absolutely paramount feature - to have sound queues in noscript. and okay, they changed the way some things worked. and..? they mozilla/whomever can not add a new way to use sound? gtfo..
since i brought it up and this site has some "beautiful minds" (yes, movie pun) -- is there a non "hack" method to add sound back to a current firefox/noscript combo? like before? so anytime noscript blocks something (new) it makes a sound?
aside from this, i am now (yes, just now, and only because "being forced") slowly migrating to win10 use. since i am doing some major changes, yes, i will use a current browser, so started looking. i say started, because on win7 i still (for most but not all things) use older versions. (nah, skip the "safety" concern. i'm ok.)
i used to be a firefox man for a long time, but then years back (around noscript sound fiasco) decided to "freeze" still "sexy" firefox for "secure" sites and normal use. (ie gog, steam, major corporation sites) and use current b/s trash cucked (yes, cucked) browsers for othe rsites if/when needing to visit those. and of course the add-ons still work/update (yes, really) (and i have the older xpi files saved too, so they can not stop me...) and i use other o/s protection, as always. malwarebytes, za (yes, yes), windows defender (yes, two. in that case it is ok and approved, etc) router settings, etc..
what is the best (best, lol) browser a man like me should start using now, in the win10 era. (yes, at the end of it's life i just start using it. and i hate it so much still...) i looked at brave, and it is not as good as it is made out to be. seems another "conspiracy" browsers have adopted (again, for the end user's protection) is to not allow cross use sessions. meaning for "power" users like me, who multiboot on same pc, if you boot from one to another and open the same (portable too - but have not tested all browsers/features, though already understand won't change since the engine, chrome, used in most browsers, do that by default and none forked their way out of it) browser using the same saved credentials, you lose logins. this is deliberate and documented and a "feature". f that. i need/want to cross use ONE (preferably portable version too) browser across several boots. it seems none, allow that now, yet older ones do. you have no idea, how "cool, good, fast,perfect" is to be able to use the same browser across boots and have same tabs open if you re-open browser on different boot, and have everything the same as always.
but whatever, i could fill a tome with my ways...
which browser should i "invest" learning or re-learning time going forward that best suits my needs? and you can already get an idea of that, from above... ;-)
- i would like to have noscript (other add-ons too, but esp noscript) be able to use audio queues again, but without any major and potentially dangerous "hacks" (crazy i am, stupid not)
- allow cross-use session/credential saving without losing your damn logins
- preferably allow (another removed feature all browsers had, no doubt related to castration of above) a pasword manager password. (regardless how secure/un it may be) it is just so there is a password for the initial use of starting/using the password manager itself. (i know current firefox still does, so ther's that)
- obviously officially support the major add-ons (noscript, adblocker, ublock, etc)
- allow true power user features even if using "about:config"-type methods
Post edited October 07, 2023 by GOGer