The Preface
Recently I found out that Waterfox is actually still based on Firefox 56 and has complete support for the older Firefox extension format. This got me ecstatic because the WebExtensions version of the Tile View extension leaves A Lot to be desired, including lack of JavaScript execution. I'd been using the WE version to keep two copies of the same documentation side by side so I could view different sections of the same document but I also wanted to use it to keep all the chats I use on screen at once and now, in Waterfox with the old Tile View extension, this is possible again!
Now in regards to Twitter, aside from Tweetdeck, I always keep a normal web Twitter tab open because the Direct Messages column in Tweetdeck Sucks Ass. This does mean that I often miss notifications because of course they don't make the tab blink... This is another case where Tile View has come to the rescue, allowing me to have sort of a web Twitter pseudo column.
The Problem
I'm a user of Better TweetDeck, an extension that allows you to make various modifications to the TweetDeck UI. Problem is that its settings page uses modern JavaScript things that Waterfox doesn't understand and so you're met with a blank page.
The Solution
In Modern Firefox or Chrome or some other browser, open the BTD settings, go to Import / Export in the Meta section, click Download settings and save that file to a place where you can easily access it.
You want to open this .json file in a text editor, copy all text and convert it to Base64 (don't worry about the toggles, the defaults are fine).
Go to the blank BTD Settings page in your browser, open the developer tools (CTRL+SHIFT+I) and in the console type:
Now refresh TweetDeck and your previous settings should be there! Unfortunately, if you want to tweak things you'll have to keep doing this workaround, but it's better than nothing.
I really need to revise the forum structure because there should be a better place for guides/Tech Tips to go than General Discussion...
Recently I found out that Waterfox is actually still based on Firefox 56 and has complete support for the older Firefox extension format. This got me ecstatic because the WebExtensions version of the Tile View extension leaves A Lot to be desired, including lack of JavaScript execution. I'd been using the WE version to keep two copies of the same documentation side by side so I could view different sections of the same document but I also wanted to use it to keep all the chats I use on screen at once and now, in Waterfox with the old Tile View extension, this is possible again!
Now in regards to Twitter, aside from Tweetdeck, I always keep a normal web Twitter tab open because the Direct Messages column in Tweetdeck Sucks Ass. This does mean that I often miss notifications because of course they don't make the tab blink... This is another case where Tile View has come to the rescue, allowing me to have sort of a web Twitter pseudo column.
The Problem
I'm a user of Better TweetDeck, an extension that allows you to make various modifications to the TweetDeck UI. Problem is that its settings page uses modern JavaScript things that Waterfox doesn't understand and so you're met with a blank page.
The Solution
In Modern Firefox or Chrome or some other browser, open the BTD settings, go to Import / Export in the Meta section, click Download settings and save that file to a place where you can easily access it.
You want to open this .json file in a text editor, copy all text and convert it to Base64 (don't worry about the toggles, the defaults are fine).
Go to the blank BTD Settings page in your browser, open the developer tools (CTRL+SHIFT+I) and in the console type:
window.browser.storage.sync.set(JSON.parse(atob('put the base64 encoded settings json here between the quotes')));Now refresh TweetDeck and your previous settings should be there! Unfortunately, if you want to tweak things you'll have to keep doing this workaround, but it's better than nothing.
I really need to revise the forum structure because there should be a better place for guides/Tech Tips to go than General Discussion...
