Broken Browser Support Fix

[Sin_Shadow_Fox]

Sorry about the repost but it seems someone misinterpreted something in my last post. Hopefully this one stays up.

Well some time ago a Discourse forum stopped working right. I came here to see if I could find a solution or fix but ran into the same problem.

So I contacted Discourse support . . . three times. Eventually I was told that the devs were incapable of fixing the issue.

Recently I decided to see if I couldn’t troubleshoot the problem myself and . . . with just five lines of code I fixed it.

This was how easy it was to solve this, btw:

// ==UserScript==
// @​name         Discourse Meta - Unsupported Browser Bypass
// @​namespace    discourse-meta-bypass
// @​version      1.0
// @description  Fixes Discourse broken browser issue
// @​author       Sin Shadow Fox
// @​match        *://meta.discourse.org/*
// @​grant        unsafeWindow
// @​run-at       document-start
// @license      MIT
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
'use strict';
Object.defineProperty(unsafeWindow, 'unsupportedBrowser', {
get() { return false; },
set() {},
configurable: true
});
})();

[darkpixlz (Pyx)]

Hi, as the email says, Firefox 115 is an older and unsupported version for Discourse. I wouldn’t really recommend using any 3 year old browser regardless of what you want to do with it.. but that warning is kinda in place for a reason. I’m not too sure how well Discourse would work there, but please update your browser if possible instead of trying to get around the wall.

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should

[Sin_Shadow_Fox]

Unfortunately i don’t really have any say in the matter. That’s up to Mozilla. I’m just trying to get Discourse to work because a lot of sites use it and a broken forum serves no one.

P.S. your PFP is adorable

[darkpixlz (Pyx)]

@Sin_Shadow_Fox

Unfortunately i don’t really have any say in the matter. That’s up to Mozilla

Is there a specific reason you are trying to use ESR 115? If not then I would just go download latest.. if you are on an older system with windows 7 or something else, then I would recommend going and downloading Supermium or the Gecko equivalent (which I know exists, I’m just blanking on the name)

@Sin_Shadow_Fox

P.S. your PFP is adorable

thank you! :3

[Sin_Shadow_Fox]

Well, it’s not that I’m TRYING to use ESR 115. That’s just what Mozilla says is up to date. Also, yes, I’m on Win7. Specifically home premium but I’m working to find a Win7 Ultimate WAU key to move up a little. But what’s Supermium/Gecko? Is that something like VxKex?

[darkpixlz (Pyx)]

@Sin_Shadow_Fox

But what’s Supermium/Gecko? Is that something like VxKex?

Gecko is the underlying engine of Firefox (like V8 for Chrome), I meant R3dfox.

They are basically just new versions of Chrome (Supermium) and Firefox (R3dfox) respectively, designed to run on legacy systems, like how Supermium can go back to Windows 98 I believe (). If you can’t or don’t want to update to a newer version (because windows 7 is sick), then I would recommend downloading one of those rather than trying to hang onto old Firefox.

[HAWK]

@Sin_Shadow_Fox

Eventually I was told that the devs were incapable of fixing the issue.

As I clarified for you earlier in your PM, we are capable of fixing it but we are choosing not to because the browser version is unsupported.

[Sin_Shadow_Fox]

Oh! I’ve heard of R3dfox! I’ve actually been considering moving to it for about a year now but I’ve been a bit sketched out by it for the same reason i get sketched out by Linux distros. Still waiting to see how it turns out before i make any final decisions.

Also, 98?! Holy shit! lol. That was my first OS. The idea of anything today running on that is wild.

As for Windows, Microsoft simply hasn’t made anything better IMO so i haven’t upgraded yet.

[darkpixlz (Pyx)]

@Sin_Shadow_Fox

As for Windows, Microsoft simply hasn’t made anything better IMO so i haven’t upgraded yet.

I would definitely recommend you find a Linux distro and swap to that in that case because of how old Windows 7 is at this point along with the fact we’re going on 7 years of no support soon I believe. There’s plenty of distros to choose from and you’re sure to find something that fits what you’re looking for!!

[Sin_Shadow_Fox]

While Win7 may be old, it’s still as good as most modern OSs. Haven’t had a problem with it in like . . . 14 years? The really funny part is it got MORE stable after Microsoft stopped supporting it, lol. As for Linux Distros, i haven’t found something that matches what I’m looking for. Cachy/Zorin are close but not quite there and “the big three” are far too user unfriendly for me.

[darkpixlz (Pyx)]

@Sin_Shadow_Fox

The really funny part is it got MORE stable after Microsoft stopped supporting it

Amazing things happen when you don’t use AI to slop code your whole operating system :3

@Sin_Shadow_Fox

i haven’t found something that matches what I’m looking for

Distrochooser is a great resource for finding one that works for you!! It isn’t a definitive resource because you can always swap desktop environments but it’s a good place to get started for a beginner.

Distrochooser