Recipe For Distraction-Free Web Surfing

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    My Recipe for Distraction-Free Surfing

    I use Firefox ESR as a browser with these plugins:

    • uBlock Origin: blocks ads and annoyances everywhere
    • SponsorBlock: skip sponsoring on Youtube
    • Clickbait Remover: replace Youtube video thumbnails with less flashy ones
    • Youtube Shorts Block: remove all Youtube Shorts videos
    • Improve Youtube: remove comments, recommendations, … from Youtube.
    • Toggle Image Animation: turn off (looping) animations
    • Smart RSS: subscribe to RSS/Atom feeds instead of checking sites manually
    • Sidebery: manage countless tabs and bookmarks
    • Dark Reader: eye-friendly surfing at night, more comfortable reading
    • (Various other settings/plugins, which don't serve to minimise distractions, but improve speed, security, privacy, and special functions)

    My Dark Reader plugin is set to +10% Contrast and +50% Grayscale to un-flash the Internet, because flashy colours mean dopamine, dopamine means reinforcement, but flashy colours shouldn't influence my browsing habits, and flashy websites shouldn't make the real world seem dull.

    Edited 3 times, last by Julia (October 3, 2024 at 6:41 PM).

Finding Things At EpicureanFriends.com

What's the best strategy for finding things on EpicureanFriends.com? Here's a suggested search strategy:

  • First, familiarize yourself with the list of forums. The best way to find threads related to a particular topic is to look in the relevant forum. Over the years most people have tried to start threads according to forum topic, and we regularly move threads from our "general discussion" area over to forums with more descriptive titles.
  • Use the "Search" facility at the top right of every page. Note that the search box asks you what section of the forum you'd like to search. If you don't know, select "Everywhere." Also check the "Search Assistance" page.
  • Use the "Tag" facility, starting with the "Key Tags By Topic" in the right hand navigation pane, or using the "Search By Tag" page, or the "Tag Overview" page which contains a list of all tags alphabetically. We curate the available tags to keep them to a manageable number that is descriptive of frequently-searched topics.