This does create the feeling I am not wanted around here

[bobbicat]

I am tempted to add more, so being me I will...

Generally in the real world it is the responsibility of those providing web content to attempt to ensure that the content is visible on a range of browsers, rather than vis versa.

Falkon is a KDE browser available for most operating systems. This forum also has connections with KDE and Kubuntu so I thought maybe it would be relevant to post here.

This is the only site that has ever shut Falkon out for me.

I apologise if it was a mistake to post. I won't say any more about the matter.

[Bings]

I also get this message with Falkon. The browser isn't updated very often, once a year if lucky. I don't know how good an idea it is to be using it as your main, as nice as it is.

[bobbicat]

That chrome engine version is only from 2019-09-10 so not really that old.

However, if you're using a browser that causes this and by your own statement "...there is a rigmarole that is supposed to clear this up..." I'm inclined to think the responsibility is on your end to use a functioning browser or make the necessary adjust to Falkon so you may use it here. Or more simply, change browsers.

I moved this ticket to the appropriate subforum.

Thanks for moving this thread, oshunluvr. Again, apologies, I realised too late that I'd started in the wrong part of the forum.

Falkon [originally QupZilla] is a KDE software I have been using for some time. I am very pleased with its function, speed and it is my browser of choice. It is very unlikely that I will give up using it.

[bobbicat]

Falkon 3.10 is the most up to date version at Debian and is the version on my PC as far as I can see.
Checking, it is also the most recent version on its own dedicated website.
As I mentioned above my version [3.1.0 the most recent one] came from the Kubuntu repositories.

I have no reason to suspect that the forum is attempting to block me. I am suggesting though that it does create a negative 'keep out' impression.

[oshunluvr]

That chrome engine version is only from 2019-09-10 so not really that old.

However, if you're using a browser that causes this and by your own statement "...there is a rigmarole that is supposed to clear this up..." I'm inclined to think the responsibility is on your end to use a functioning browser or make the necessary adjust to Falkon so you may use it here. Or more simply, change browsers.

I moved this ticket to the appropriate subforum.

[bobbicat]

Is you browser out of date? If so, then KFN does have a legit reason for blocking IT (not you)!

Hi, jglen490, thanks for your swift reply.
The software on my PC is from the Kubuntu repository. My repository copy is up to date. I regularly run

[FONT=monospace]sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade[/FONT]

in the terminal.

I don't know if the Kubuntu repository files are up to date,
I never gave it any thought as their handling of versions is not within my control.
I rather assume that the repository would be up to date. I'm no expert I'm afraid.

[jglen490]

Is you browser out of date? If so, then KFN does have a legit reason for blocking IT (not you)!

[bobbicat]

This is the message I receive on first attempting to enter kubuntu forums:

STOP! READ THIS BEFORE CONTINUING! STOP!
This website runs a protection script to keep spammers, bots, and other unwanted connections away ... and the protection script found a problem with your connection.The reason(s) your connection was interrupted are:
Please upgrade your browser, as yours is severely out of date (EOLB-1/C).
If you can fix the issue yourself (such as using a different browser, connecting through a different Internet provider, etc) please do so. Otherwise, PLEASE ALLOW AT LEAST 24 HOURS so the site administrator has a chance to look into the problem.

The site administrator provides an e-mail link to start a trouble ticket about this block. Please do not change the subject line, nor the first few lines of the body text.
Click HERE to start a trouble ticket.

If the link above does not work, please email us at b l o c k e d @ k u b u n t u f o r u m s . n e t and include Ticket #1770970 within your email.

The following connection details have been logged to help the site administrator resolve this issue:
Record #: 1770970
Time: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:39:20 +0000
Host / ISP: 109.178.6.51.dyn.plus.net
Geohost: 51.6.178.109.EU.GB.6871.plusne (51.6.0.0/15)
IP Address: 51.6.178.109
Post:
Query:
Stripped Query:
Referer:
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Falkon/3.1.0 Chrome/77.0.3865.129 Safari/537.36 [ZBB4.1 en EU GB 6871 0]
Reconstructed URL: https:// www.kubuntuforums.net /forum.php

Generated by ZB-Block 0.7.1, based on code originally written by Zaphod

[bobbicat]

I use Falkon browser. I have been blocked from entry into kubuntu forums for quite some time [at least a year] by its spybot function.
I know there is a rigmarole that is supposed to clear this up, but my nature does not incline me to jump thorough those hoops.
However, I have recently discovered that if I enter Private Browsing mode in Falkon I am able to join the forums with no problem.
Are the devs aware of this behaviour, feature, bug. Is it intentional?
I do find the requirements on the 'WARNING' page intimidating and unfriendly, by the way.
I have used Kubuntu for a great number of years but feel that a newcomer confronted with this would feel rejected and unwelcome.
They could quite possibly simply walk away.
I do understand how spam and bots can create havoc but by, in effect, making a 'WARNING' page necessary as introduction, they have, in one sense, won.

As I mentioned, I can gain entry to the forums so, for me, all is well, but there must be others who walk away in frustration.
I rant here only because of my concern for Kubuntu and for these forums.

To whoever it might concern, I wish you all the best.

*after writing this post I have noticed there is a 'Kubuntu Forums Feedback' section I guess I should have posted there, I offer my apologies*