I just switched to Seamonkey. It blocks images but not video. I'm happy with image-video-block for Firefox but Seamonkey rejects it. I looked in their community help; it's not built-in. I searched all the add-ons, find nothing.

Turn off javascript. Or use a script blocker with a whitelist.

I use NoScript in SeaMonkey, plus hosts file. There are several things SeaMonkey can't do. I use either Falkon, Palemoon or Chromium for most of those, Firefox-ESR for any the rest can't do.

Do you do this? I didn't see how to turn off javascript. The script blocker I have doesn't seem to have a white list.

Hmmmm... sounds complicated.

It used to be at Settings, Advanced, Scripts. But that was years ago.

Yes, but I don't use Seamonkey. It will be somewhere in the browsers setings.

There are many open source web browsers for linux. Try them all out until you find one that works the way you want. Or has plugins that you like. Or, make your own. That's not a joke. Use one of the web browser "engines" available to us.

If you browse the web without scripts, images, background images, plugins, java, enabled, it makes for a much more enjoyable experience. There are cases where you must turn scripts on, if you want something to work.

That's were a blocker with a whitelist comes in handy. Only allow scripts for the site you choose.

LQ looks like this with just the source framed the way the author intended. No scripts, images, background, java, adds,...

https://0x0.st/HJjN.png

Not anymore, not anywhere.

If it is now, it's a secret.

Why have LQ? The answer to every question can be write or build your own.


I browse with lynx unless it won't work because a site I want to use requires otherwise (captchas, scripts, etc.) - I know what it looks like.

In Firefox image-video-block and noscript allow me to block all this stuff, but Firefox communicates with Google constantly, which worried me.

I don't use any of these, been using my own for several years, but here is a list for you to look at.

https://librewolf.net/
https://brave.com/
https://www.waterfox.net/en-US/
https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
https://thorium.rocks/mercury
https://pulsebrowser.app/
https://minbrowser.org/
https://www.slimjet.com/
http://www.palemoon.org/
https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity
https://www.google.com/chrome/
https://getcatalyst.eu.org/

Linux certainly isn't web browser poor. And then, if nothing works the way you wish, you'll need to build your own. That would be the only other option.

Directions for SeaMonkey 2.53.17.1 (build 20230920142920) so about 1 month old, pretty current.

Open Scripts dialog:
Edit > Preferences > Advanced > (unroll) > Scripts

Uncheck "Enable JavaScript for [ ] Browser"

Thanks. I missed it. It wasn't where your previous message pointed me. And I still want to block videos separately from scripts.