ed2k link no longer work in Google Chrome AND aMule

[Night457]

Thank you for this information. Would this affect ALL chromium-based browsers (Vivaldi, Edge, Opera, Brave etc) or just those who choose to do what Chrome does?

[DreamScape]

Would this affect ALL chromium-based browsers (Vivaldi, Edge, Opera, Brave etc) or just those who choose to do what Chrome does?

To some degree it affects everything, because most plugins are made for Chrome even if they are installed on other browsers like Firefox.

Brave posted this statement
https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/

The short is that Brave implements ad blocking in the browser, not through a plugin. So it wont be impacted.

I haven't used Opera in many years, but I found this recent post
https://blogs.opera.com/news/2024/10/op ... -blocking/

[ghost]

I switched to Brave last weekend. As DS said: It comes along with its own ad blocker and it works perfectly.
I really like this browser. Besides, I don't wanna give my data to Google anymore.

BTW: There is hack for extending the lifetime of manifest2 in Google Chrome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEPjDBEy7o

[mimzy]

How was it fixed?

Turned out that Chrome 130 changed URL parsing and no longer accepts certain characters in URLs, especially '|', so as a workaround we now render ed2k links as "ed2k://%7Cfile%7C..." instead of "ed2k://|file|...".

This is ugly and when you post a link, you must use the traditional syntax "ed2k://|file|...", so copypasting links with %7C is not possible. AFAICS, it is not even possible to paste links with %7C into the eMule program using the Tools menu. But apparently this is the best solution for now.

Also im surprised so many flm users are using chrome and not Firefox which can be more privacy respecting

I'm not convinced that Firefox is significantly more privacy respecting. I just used Firefox to visit some web pages and it connected the following domains repeatedly:

aus5.mozilla.org
contile.services.mozilla.com
firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com
incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org
location.services.mozilla.com
normandy.cdn.mozilla.net
push.services.mozilla.com
services.addons.mozilla.org
shavar.services.mozilla.com

Maybe Firefox does respect the privacy, but they also use Google services anyway.

[goku33]

I'm not convinced that Firefox is significantly more privacy respecting. I just used Firefox to visit some web pages and it connected the following domains repeatedly:

aus5.mozilla.org
contile.services.mozilla.com
firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com
incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org
location.services.mozilla.com
normandy.cdn.mozilla.net
push.services.mozilla.com
services.addons.mozilla.org
shavar.services.mozilla.com

Maybe Firefox does respect the privacy, but they also use Google services anyway.

Oh I know. But unlike chrome we can disable those automatic connections simply with changes in about:config or just use a custom user.js file or even addons like PrivacySettings.

After all, tor Browser and Mullvad Browser both rely on Firefox as well. Mullvad Browser is basically tor browser without tor and takes it seriously to not make connections to tracking servers of Mozilla etc

[mimzy]

Oh I know. But unlike chrome we can disable those automatic connections simply with changes in about:config or just use a custom user.js file

I've done that, but it was a lot of work and I still couldn't disable everything.

After all, tor Browser and Mullvad Browser both rely on Firefox as well. Mullvad Browser is basically tor browser without tor and takes it seriously to not make connections to tracking servers of Mozilla etc

Of course Firefox can be modified to be more "privacy respecting", but Chromium is also open source.

[Night457]

it is not even possible to paste links with %7C into the eMule program using the Tools menu. But apparently this is the best solution for now.

I just now verified that for myself. I only rarely have copy-pasted ed2k links, yet I have recommended it when others were having problems. I hope that eventually we can resume this capability, somehow.

[mimzy]

I only rarely have copy-pasted ed2k links, yet I have recommended it when others were having problems. I hope that eventually we can resume this capability, somehow.

There is certain probability that the issue will be fixed in the next Chrome version. See related issue: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/373928202

If not, we can add a "Copy link" button that copies the link in correct format.

A workaround is to paste links into a text editor and replace "%7C" by "|".

[Night457]

See related issue:

Is there any way to try and read the comments there more than 4 lines at a time?
Thank you for the summary, I will trust what you say.

Your "Copy Link" button sounds like a possibility if Chrome does not clean up their mess.

A workaround is to paste links into a text editor and replace "%7C" by "|".

I am certainly NOT going to suggest that option to someone who is already struggling to try to get eMule to work for them.

[Nasuada]

Damn... I wonder me because all links who I copy and paste give me an error in aMule and now I read this topic here and follow the tip with changing %7C to | and yep, it works.
I hope there would be another solution availalable for the fix, because I need to copy & paste the links in Mac OS for aMule (simple click will not open aMule under Mac OS) and this solution is so anoying.

The only "good thing" who I recognized now... I can now select "Copy link" in Safari. This option was not available before. But the problem is the same.