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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • I don’t think so, I had to go in and do the song and dance with changing a config file. Reposting this comment here for posterity.

    1. Delete .kobo/KoboReader.sqlite (if you are already signed in).
    2. Restart Kobo
    3. DO NOT tap “Set up over wi-fi”. Press the other one and connect it to a computer.
    4. Go to .kobo/Kobo/Koboreader.config (or something like that)
    5. Open the config file and under [ApplicationPreferences], write on a new line: SideloadedMode=true.
    6. If you did not do steps 1 and 2, delete .kobo/KoboReader.sqlite.
    7. Eject and restart ereader.
    8. Yay! You just bypassed registration!








  • Funny, I actually started out with them disabled but I re-enabled them in the past year since I’m terrible at mistyping.

    I wish there were a way for only the app to know which sites you’ve visited previously so it could do a better job of helping my typos without exposing that data to websites you visit.

    Edit: oh I also wish you could have the address bar on the bottom :/


  • I forgot to mention a fringe benefit of Firefox Focus: I feel like it forces me to do a better job of not just opening a webpage and telling myself I’ll read it later (I never do). Since the session is ephemeral and the webpage will be gone if I don’t read it right away, I actually get down to reading the articles more often.

    This may also be a side effect of Lemmy, though, since there’s less content here than on reddit.


  • I like Firefox Focus.

    Every time you close the app (swipe up on the app switcher) or use the trash button it cleans every bit of cached or stored data including cookies, so every time you open it you have a fresh browsing session and it’s harder to be followed around the web.

    Obviously inconvenient for banking or the like, so I also have Firefox (regular) installed which stores my login sessions.