Brave-browser: Add "Don't ask me again" pref to 404 Wayback machine infobar

Created on 3 Mar 2020 · 7Comments · Source: brave/brave-browser

Description

For those users who don't want to see the 404 Wayback machine notification, provide a way to disable the notification without having to go to brave://settings/braveHelpTips.

Setting "Don't ask me again" should toggle 'Show Wayback Machine prompt on 404 pages' setting.

Steps to Reproduce

Visit https://www.brave.com/bo
Notice 404 infobar prompt.
Need to provide a way to not show prompt again in context.

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Source

rebron

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Most helpful comment

@yippie that page is trying to redirect to https://mdcoverage.secure.force.com/docs/metadata-coverage/48 which network shows a 404 received. Brave has no way to tell if the content actually loaded, only what HTTP status code was returned. This feature can be turned off on brave://settings/braveHelpTips

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Just turn it off there and you'll never see it again 😄

bsclifton on 8 Apr 2020

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All 7 comments

Please yes... this Wayback Machine integration is super annoying.

PierBover on 13 Mar 2020

Even worse, it seems to show up when a single resource used by the page 404s

Go to https://mdcoverage.secure.force.com/docs/metadata-coverage

notice the page loads completely and correctly but you STILL GET THE BANNER.

yippie on 8 Apr 2020

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@yippie Via devtools console, it looks like something did 404 https://mdcoverage.secure.force.com/docs/metadata-coverage/48
We'll look into not showing the prompt if the main resource is loading properly.

rebron on 8 Apr 2020

Screen Shot 2020-04-08 at 9 37 44 AM
Just turn it off there and you'll never see it again 😄

bsclifton on 8 Apr 2020

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Oh thank you! turned it off because the Wayback has proven completely worthless for me. I have never encountered a situation where it would actually work. I have only ever gotten it in two ways:

A resource, but not the main page, threw a 404 <- this was super annoying
I was trying to access an authenticated page after my session expired. Wayback would obviously not help there.

yippie on 9 Apr 2020

@yippie you're welcome 😄

cc: @rebron for feedback!

bsclifton on 10 Apr 2020

https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/g3y1iw/wayback_machine_in_private_mode_with_tor/fnvorf9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

Another example of users having a hard time finding the setting that disables this feature.