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[Comfy.n]

On my outdated desktop browser (Waterfox Classic), I started getting this error, recently:

TypeError: window.structuredClone is not a function
Error at #library_id=mylib&panel=book_list&search=dummy&sor t=timestamp.desc:10986:30

Is that fixable? I suspect it's just that my browser is based on Firefox pre-quantum add-on apocalypse in 2017, therefore some modern sites won't load, but I thought I'd ask for confirmation.

[kovidgoyal]

Yes, its caused by outdated browser, calibre now uses window.structuredClone which was introduced only about two years ago. So your browser needs to be more recent than that.

[Comfy.n]

thanks!

[Quoth]

Sadly Waterfox is now pointless since support of Classic ended. A problem created by Mozilla.

You need Firefox with it's silly GUI which seems to copy Chrome somewhat. Chromium is a more private choice than Edge or Chrome.

[Comfy.n]

Yes, I like the ungoogled chromium versions too. I wish Vivaldi could be silenced just as the chromium ungoogled version, as it's my current chromium-based browser of choice, given it's almost fully customisable. Yet there are some core differences between the Chromium-based and the now Chromified Mozilla browsers that make me still prefer the modern Waterfox. Context menu behaviour, User.js, userchrome.css etc.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

On my outdated desktop browser (Waterfox Classic), I started getting this error, recently:

TypeError: window.structuredClone is not a function
Error at #library_id=mylib&panel=book_list&search=dummy&sor t=timestamp.desc:10986:30

Is that fixable? I suspect it's just that my browser is based on Firefox pre-quantum add-on apocalypse in 2017, therefore some modern sites won't load, but I thought I'd ask for confirmation.

I have two old iPads that I use for reading comics and for my son's books.

Since they can't be updated, Safari can't acess the Server either. So, the solution is to add the '/mobile' sufix. E.g.: http://192.168.0.200:8080/mobile

The interface is quite simpler: basically you can search for books and download them, but can't manage the library in any way.

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

I have two old iPads that I use for reading comics and for my son's books.

Since they can't be updated, Safari can't acess the Server either. So, the solution is to add the '/mobile' sufix. E.g.: http://192.168.0.200:8080/mobile

The interface is quite simpler: basically you can search for books and download them, but can't manage the library in any way.

hey mate! just saw your reply.

On another browser that I was planning to use as often as WF Classic, a Pale Moon fork (28.10.7a1.win64) that accepts my most used XUL-based pre quantum add-ons apocalypse extensions, I get a different message:

Error: Could not initialize database - You must allow calibre to use IndexedDB storage in your browser to read books

I use the content server locally mostly for quick FTS listings using http://127.0.0.1:8080/#fts_panel=search&fts_query=NEAR(%22{searchTerms}%22,30)&fts_use_stemming=n&isTrusted=true&library_ id=mylib&mode=book_list&panel=fts in the sadly irreplaceable Quick Search Bar by by Peter Fajdiga. It looks like this:



Was considering asking Kovid for support on this, but I gave up on it because I've come to realise that I will really need to adapt and "build" a modern browser that at least mimics all the capabilities I had with the XUL-friendly browser profile I have built and used pleasantly for decades.

The mobile interface could be a workaround for me however it doesn't offer FTS and also won't display images in author notes:



BTW, does anyone know of a browser that can run both XUL-based add-ons and Web Extensions, besides Waterfox Classic??

Calibre Search won't run on New Moon because it's a Web Extension. Neither Save Text to File 2.7.1, the best version, nor Tab Session Manager and others...

[JSWolf]

Firefox should do it.

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Firefox should do it.

Firefox pre-quantum can't run Web Extensions, AFAIK.
OTOH, I don't see how Firefox post-quantum can run XUL-based extensions?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Firefox pre-quantum can't run Web Extensions, AFAIK.
OTOH, I don't see how Firefox post-quantum can run XUL-based extensions?

I did forget the XUL was removed from Firefox. Basilisk and Pale Moon will also do though.