[mythtv-users] Mythweb's Recorded Programs page takes a long time to render in Firefox

[Mitch Capper]

To avoid having to remember even a simple password you can use certificate
auth and your browser will auto-send the cert.
~Mitch

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 3:06 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
wrote:

> On 08/27/2015 06:02 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>
>> On 27/08/15 19:11, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/27/2015 01:43 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 27/08/15 18:16, Doug Lytle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
>>>>>>>> does anyone know how to configure Firefox to at least start
>>>>>>>> rendering
>>>>>>>> earlier than it does?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> Here is what I do:
>>>>>
>>>>> Click on the Key & Wrench icon
>>>>> Click on TV in the left hand menu
>>>>> Set 'Page recorded programs' pull down menu to you preferences. I set
>>>>> mine to 50
>>>>>
>>>>> Press Save
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately that only lasts until you exit Firefox. I suspect it
>>>> disappears
>>>> along with any other 'private browsing' settings.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's stored in your MythWeb session.  Your MythWeb session is maintained
>>> by a
>>> persistent (non-session) cookie on your browser. However, if you're
>>> accessing an
>>> authenticated MythWeb, your MythWeb session is maintained by your
>>> logged-in
>>> username.  Therefore, just ensure you've configured MythWeb to require
>>> authentication (something which, IMHO, should always be done, anyway)
>>> and that
>>> said authentication is working properly, and your session configuration
>>> (including number of programs to display on the Recorded Programs page)
>>> will be
>>> maintained, even if you browse in private mode (I'm assuming you'd only
>>> do that
>>> on someone else's computer, since I don't think you have to worry about
>>> your
>>> wife noticing that you've browsed the MythWeb site... ;) or across
>>> multiple
>>> devices.
>>>
>>> Why on Earth would I want to bother logging in to Mythweb? It's a
>> webserver on a DVR, not my bank.
>>
>> I do take security seriously, before you ask, and I don't allow anyone
>> port 80 access (or indeed, port anything access) from outside the LAN. I
>> just don't see the point of setting up users for Mythweb when there's
>> enough passwords having to be entered for everything else.
>>
>
> Well, in that case, it's easy enough to set it up with authentication and
> then use a simple password, like mythweb, which you set your browsers (on
> all your devices) to remember for you. But if you'd prefer to lose your
> settings every time you clear cookies or switch browsers, that's fine, too.
>
> That said, anyone who gets access to your MythWeb (which currently means
> anyone who has access to your network, including guests), can do some
> pretty bad things, either accidentally or intentionally--things like
> deleting shows or changing/breaking settings or even running scripts as the
> user running mythbackend on any backend host.
>
> Mike
>
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