On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 04:55:53AM -0700, Michael Verrenkamp wrote:
Why not strip out the entire need for a browser on Youtube and use Minitube or Youtube-dl, both are privacy respecting Free Software.
because youtube isn't important enough to me to bother. when i watch youtube, it's because i've come across a link to an interesting or amusing video, or someone has emailed the link to me. sometimes i'll watch part of a "let's play" video if i've been stuck for ages in a particular part of a game. for casual/indifferent use like that, pointing and drooling with a browser works better. i sometimes use iview-cli to watch some ABC TV shows that i've missed because I want to watch it on my big TV and not in a browser...and without the occasional lags and delays of streaming. now that i've discovered get-iplayer for BBC programs, i'll probably use that occassionally too. but youtube isn't worth the bother. it's unimportant enough that the annoyances of streaming are acceptable.
Unless you want to wallow in that cesspit of the youtubes comment section. :D
as appealing as that sounds, i think i'll give it a miss. cultural barbarian that i am. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #163: no "any" key on keyboard