From: rowlett@access.net   
      
   On 9/7/25 4:52 AM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 7/09/2025 12:12 am, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >> On 9/6/25 7:16 AM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> On 6/09/2025 9:27 pm, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >>>> On 9/6/25 4:29 AM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>> On 6/09/2025 12:19 am, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >>>>>> Note: My use of term "accessibility" may not be standard.   
   >>>>>>        Back in days of WinXP I helped a legally blind friend.   
   >>>>>>        I've used only Debian for last 15 years.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Current Environment   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I'm over 80 with vision and perception issues.   
   >>>>>> I run SeaMonkey 2.53.20 on Debian 12.8 .   
   >>>>>> Key Preference Settings   
   >>>>>>   Vision/perception issues   
   >>>>>>    JavaScript disabled   
   >>>>>>    Appearance->Colors  Chosen colors ignore specified    
   >>>>>> images/background   
   >>>>>>   System Security --   DISABLE cookies   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That handles the vast majority of my web browsing. There are a    
   >>>>>> couple of sites that I temporarily enable JavaScript.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> As a default Debian install makes Firefox available I've used it    
   >>>>>> to access the oddball sites. That's annoying as I date from    
   >>>>>> Netscape days - everything it does is annoyingly "WRONG" ;{   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I would like a tool [script???] that would allow me to simply    
   >>>>>> switch between my PREFERRED settings and what the outside world    
   >>>>>> assumes to be unchanging. [I don't wish to consider multiple    
   >>>>>> traditional profiles]   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Possible?   
   >>>>>> Comments?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> TIA   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> Richard, if you were to select, in SeaMonkey, TOOLS -> SWITCH    
   >>>>> PROFILE could you set yourself up a Profile that would suit these    
   >>>>> annoying situations??   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I presume "Yes" as they are "mainstream" and Firefox (with    
   >>>> presumably default settings) has no problems with them.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> My goal was focused on accommodating personal _idiosyncratic_    
   >>>> preferences on how I wish to use my system. My primary use would be   
   >>>> to consult one of these atypical sites while composing an email or    
   >>>> USENET post.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Also I tried the "switch profile" option before posting to see if it    
   >>>> was a personally acceptable option. I tried a profile labeled    
   >>>> "default" and got a warning message that SeaMonkey was "out of date"    
   >>>> followed by a long enough delay that I considered it a crash. I have    
   >>>> no idea how old that profile is and have not begun any    
   >>>> troubleshooting as I have known housekeeping issues to resolve    
   >>>> before updating o current Debian and SeaMonkey.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thank you.   
   >>>   
   >>> Don't know Debian but, I guess, it is similar to the MageiaLinux that    
   >>> I normally use.   
   >>>   
   >>> You are using SeaMonkey Ver 2.53.20 which is a little bit out of date    
   >>> as I'm posting with SM 2.53.21.   
   >>>   
   >>> As I understand it, when you install SeaMonkey, You/It created a    
   >>> 'Default' Profile so you would have real problems creating another    
   >>> 'Default' Profile. .... Try 'Test' or 'Secondary' or something.   
   >>>   
   >>> And, as you mention "Firefox (with presumably default settings) has    
   >>> no problems with them." be aware that the SeaMonkey Team of Developer    
   >>> ARE doing their best to give us what we want .... but the WWW is    
   >>> forever moving forward.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have Firefox with-in easy reach should I come across one of those    
   >>> difficult Web-Sites.   
   >>   
   >> Did some follow-up.   
   >>    1. Caja show the "default profile" was created at least a year ago.   
   >>       Who knows what version of SeaMonkey was in use.   
   >>    2. Created a new profile named "Sep25Defaults"   
   >>       Tried loading one of my problem sites.   
   >>       It "loaded". Presented me with a blank screen.   
   >>       Disabling JavaScript allowed much to be displayed.   
   >>       [Seen that before when viewing current weather - local TV   
   station]   
   >>       [Site is https://www.ky3.com]   
   >    
   > Have you tried looking at that site using another Browser .... say FF??   
      
   YES! I keep it's chart of hourly weather forecast open in my current    
   SeaMonkey session. AND I regularly open it in FF for current events    
   information.   
      
   That site usage pattern is one example of what motivated my question of    
   tweaking my preferences "on the fly" without the need to explicitly    
   switch between profiles.   
      
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