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Give us your material and we can create slides, or we have a PowerPoint template you can download and use: https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx Send in questions, shares, etc SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:17:05 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Firefox Extensions: uMatrix https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/ 00:24:44 K W-G: Re: Tom presentation: how do you know what each does and whether it is important to your viewing or not? 00:27:49 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: YouTube Health http://health.youtube CMSS/NAM/WHO information sharing standards https://cmss.org/identifying-credible-sources/ Application form https://health.youtube/features-application/ 00:28:22 Bob Herres: Ty Tom! Very interesting I may have to move away from Chrome.. 00:31:48 Tom Trottier: uMatrix is available for Chrome- and Firefox- based browsers. 00:32:14 Tom Trottier: I only use Chrome for google based pages 00:32:32 Tom Trottier: Chrome sends back LOTS of info to Google 00:32:34 Lynda Buske: From my slides last week:YouTube channel has a minimum of 1,500 public watch hours on the channel in the last 12 months or 1.5 million valid public shorts views in the past 90 days 00:32:55 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Chrome sends back LO..." with ❤️ 00:33:11 Bob Herres: Reacted to "uMatrix is available..." with ❤️ 00:36:20 Timothy: Isn't NHS the British Health System? 00:36:53 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Tim Should be (at least in the UK) 00:37:23 Tom Trottier: Maybe just started... 00:38:07 Lynda Buske: Tom, been set up in CAnada for 2 years and longer in the US. 00:38:28 Tom Trottier: Dr, John Campbell has millions of views. He's a doctor of nursing. 00:39:20 Lynda Buske: Always look for MD after a name rather than Doctor in front of name. 00:39:26 Tom Trottier: It applies to all of the Internet.......... 00:40:00 Timothy: So no Dr. Phil. 00:40:41 Lynda Buske: He is a doctor of psychology (PhD) not an MD in psychiatry. 00:43:52 Bob Herres: How can I get some Bots to view My YouTube Channel? - just teasing 🙂 00:45:29 Tom Trottier: https:// www.reddit.com/r/youtubegaming/comments/15su83k/exposing_viewbots_when_fan behavior_raises/ https:// www.clickcease.com/blog/all-about-view-bots/ https://prodvigate.com/blog/why-youtube-is-reducing-views-and-how-to-avoid-this/ https://www.monetizemore.com/blog/viewbotting/ https://youtu.be/9MqNdvZ7wYA 00:47:59 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Syncing Google calendar across devices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p5WjG1Tx5s 00:50:00 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Copy link without site tracking https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop 00:52:26 Natalie: Does that mean it strips the "?click?" etc that is usually from e-mail suggested links to track where it came from? 00:52:45 Natalie: Has anyone tried this? 00:53:14 Natalie: I usually go the site, strip it myslef, then forward the stripped link. 00:54:25 Ma Vo: does it do the same for links that have "doubleclick" as part of the url? 00:54:29 Tom Trottier: "Firefox uses a list of known trackers provided by Disconnect. By default, Firefox blocks the following types of trackers and scripts: Social media trackers Cross-site tracking cookies (also isolates remaining cookies) Fingerprinters Cryptominers Tracking content: These trackers are hidden in ads, videos, and other in-page content. In Standard mode, tracking content is blocked only in Private Windows. To add this protection to all windows, visit your privacy preferences and select Strict or Custom as explained below." 00:56:48 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Manifest browser note taker https://www.manifest.app/ Additional info https://github.com/jonathontoon/manifest Known issues https://github.com/jonathontoon/manifest/issues/126 https://github.com/jonathontoon/manifest/issues/219 00:58:39 Bob Herres: Manifest is Awesome Cool and Very easy As Chris Says Link is: https://www.manifest.app/ 00:58:51 Tom Trottier: Also firefox customizes new windows & tabs 00:59:10 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Manifest browser not..." with ❤️ 01:05:52 Natalie: Just did a quick search about the Firefox copy link without tracking. Seems that as of several months ago, there were issues (inconsistent, didn't work with Google searches, etc.). Not sure if that still applies. 01:06:06 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Other note takers Stickies https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/ 01:06:55 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Other note takers St..." with ❤️ 01:08:49 Tom Trottier: Sorry, no new tab customization in Firefox 01:09:08 Tom Trottier: Choice of blank or Home 01:12:35 Natalie: For a quick picture search Google Lens is another option. 01:13:11 Tom Trottier: Google Lens can do some ID & provide links 01:14:16 E O'Driscoll: Seek is great. 01:14:17 Natalie: For bird songs/calls, the Merlin app (Cornell Lab) is great. Easy to use with a smartphone's audio recording. 01:15:13 E O'Driscoll: I have a question. 01:15:37 Gail Eagen (OPCUG Secretary): Thank you to all presenters and contributors. 01:15:37 Natalie: Thanks! 01:15:38 E O'Driscoll: I'll send the question in an email. 01:15:43 Bob Herres: Thank you Everyone! Lots of Great Content again Tonight! 01:15:43 Serge-Érik: Thanks! 01:15:57 E O'Driscoll: Thanks for an info-packed session tonight. 01:15:58 Allison: Thank you! 01:16:01 bea: that is a great app maybe I will be able to figure out what is a weed and what is a plant in my overrun garden 01:16:36 Carol Pearson: Thanks