Flarum: some links become unusable

grahamperrin

Test:

~~Workaround: use angle bracket enclosures. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#appendix-C~~

https://github.com/flarum/framework/issues?q=sort%3Aupdated-desc%20reddit no match.

I can't find a match at https://discuss.flarum.org/ … if there is a match, maybe I'm seeking the wrong expressions.

Update: not reproducible in a different browser.

I can work around by adding an exception for https://forums.ghostbsd.org to strict Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox, but this is not ideal.

I reported the forum, to Mozilla, as broken with ETP. I forgot to mention strict, I assume that they'll soon figure that out for themselves.

grahamperrin

grahamperrin … I reported the forum, to Mozilla, as broken with ETP. I forgot to mention strict, …

1964559 - Strict ETP breaks Reddit links in Flarum at forums.ghostbsd.org

– can be followed by any logged-in user who has an interest.

vimanuelt

I attempted to reproduce the issue in Vivaldi but was unsuccessful. The provided URL appears malformed, possibly truncated or missing query parameters, which could impact testing.

grahamperrin

vimanuelt … Vivaldi … The provided URL appears malformed, possibly truncated or missing query parameters, which could impact testing.

For what URL did Vivaldi detect malformation?

vimanuelt

grahamperrin

https://www.reddit.com/r/GhostBSD/comments/1k7480o/ghostbsd_from_usability_to_struggle_and_renewal/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_body

grahamperrin

vimanuelt thanks.

Try the URL that I used for the opening post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GhostBSD/comments/1k7480o/ghostbsd_from_usability_to_struggle_and_renewal/

vimanuelt

grahamperrin
Using https://www.reddit.com/r/GhostBSD/comments/1k7480o/ghostbsd_from_usability_to_struggle_and_renewal/ works fine as well.

grahamperrin

vimanuelt … works fine …

Can Vivaldi use anything like Firefox strict ETP? (A feature of Mozilla Core.)

vimanuelt

grahamperrin
Vivaldi does not use it. My understanding is Firefox's strict ETP is specific to Firefox.

grahamperrin

Not broken with strict ETP in Waterfox on FreeBSD-CURRENT.

Broken with strict ETP in Librewolf, and the strictness can not be reduced to standard.

grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd ~> pkg iinfo www/firefox www/librewolf www/waterfox
firefox-137.0_1,2
librewolf-136.0.4
waterfox-6.5.6,1
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd ~> uname -mvKU
FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT main-n277013-152e61976155 GENERIC-NODEBUG amd64 1500040 1500040
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd ~>

vimanuelt

The answer is not to use Flarum as the golden source of truth. Let us use ReadTheDocs instead.

Well-curated documentation on ReadTheDocs provides a far superior foundation for accurate information than community forums. It enables search engines and language models to deliver high-quality answers, dramatically improving the signal-to-noise ratio compared to the informal, often inconsistent content found in forum discussions.

grahamperrin

Let's focus strictly on Mozilla bug 1964559.

vimanuelt

I recommend that the GhostBSD Flarum forum remain private and that it not be used to host long-term, reference-style content. Forums are best suited to discussion, not documentation. Structured and enduring information should be maintained on the GhostBSD ReadTheDocs site, which serves as the authoritative source. This is a modest but meaningful adjustment. As far as I am aware, Gecko-based browsers do not encounter issues with ReadTheDocs, making it a practical workaround as well.