NickwithaCWhat obscure about:config settings would you recommend changing?
TiffyBelle
/home/pineappleloverIf you’re lazy, librewolf is hardened firefox (sometimes it can break sites though)
Have used this for a long time, one stop solution
I think you forgot to link something lol
IndépendantisteOn laptops, I really recommend everyone sets
apz.overscroll.enabled to true. It adds the MacOS overscroll effect when you fling a page. It does not add any functionnality but it just makes everything so much smoother in my opinion
gonI didn’t change this but it’s already True?
I think it could maybe be enabled by default in Windows now? Not sure as I haven’t used windows in quite some time and when I did I had it enabled manually so maybe it’s default now
For me:
browser.ctrlTab.recentlyUsedOrder: False browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent: True dom.popup_maximum: 100 browser.download.improvements_to_download_panel: False
cs127good stuff!
I always do the last one with browser.download.start_downloads_in_tmp_dir to True
AtemuI have my default Download dir set to /tmp anyways, which practically also makes the browser do that I believe.
browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent: True
I use this too. Great feature for tab hoarding keyboard warriors like me. Use Alt/Cmd + 9 to jump to the last tab.
dom.popup_maximum: 100
What does that do?
browser.download.improvements_to_download_panel: False
Why?
pocket.enabled to false
First thing I do every clean install
ScottThanks, I need to remember to do this tomorrow.
Just ha dto entirely do a fresh install like 6 hours ago.
Hey buddy did u remember
Just did it now, thanks for reminding me! 😊
–Phase–I looked up “pocket.enabled” in about:config, but there wasn’t an entry by that exact name. There was “extensions.pocket.enabled” though. Is that the same?
What does it do?
emptyotherDisables the builtin Pocket extension.
Thanks! Just did this.
I have a slow connection, so privacy.partition.network_state = false was a game changer. It prevents firefox to re-download an image (or video, or whatever) when you open it in a new tab (State Partitioning in Mozilla docs).
Warning: on of the goals of State Partitioning is to prevent cross-site tracking, so this option will make that easier. In my case it’s worth it and I mitigate that by other means, but you should be aware of it.
Hal-5700Xbrowser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled -> false
extensions.pocket.enabled -> false
identity.fxaccounts.enabled -> false
What do
browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled and media.peerconnection.enabled do?
media.peerconnection.enabled it disable WebRTC.
browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled it removes the tab manager. The down facing arrow next to the minimize button at the top right.
media.peerconnection.enabled it disable WebRTC.
Why would you want that? Doesn’t that block you from using basically any online call?
I don’t do online calls.
And why would you want that disabled besides not requiring it?
WebRTC leaks your IP allowing third-party websites to exploit the WebRTC in your browser to detect your real IP address and use it to identify you.
You still can use desktop apps to do that.
Why would you want that? Doesn’t that block you from using basically any online call?
Personally I have a separate Ungoogled Chromium installation for online calls, since some of those call/conferencing services kick up a fuss when launched inside Firefox ☹️
garamWhy not set to 5 for media.autoplay.blocking_policy ?
You have to click the play button to play the video. If you set it to 2.
- Mention 5 obscure about:config params to change without explaining them
- Refuse to elaborate
The firefox account is actually neat. It syncs bookmarks, history and passwords between desktop, phone, laptop or wherever you use firefox.
It might still be useful to turn it off in some scenarios. For example you might not want firefox bothering you with the account on work PC where it might be against company policy to use the cloud sync.
Sure, but I only use it on my personal devices…
Yeah, I was just pointing out that the setting might be still useful for some FF users.
I manually backup my bookmarks. Firefox is set to delete history when I close it. For passwords I use KeePassXC.
crowseyehello brother
o_d [he/him]media.autoplay.blocking_policy -> 2
This one breaks twitch for me. It doesn’t let me unmute.
Then enable auto play on twitch only. You can enable site by site and disable globally.
Neikontoolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets ⇾ True
to load CSS themes that make Firefox, your Firefox
Here a theme’s collection firefoxcss-store.github.io
memphisSetting
full-screen-api.warning.timeout to 0 removes the notification at the top of the screen that tells you how to exit fullscreen mode.
darcybrowser.self_destruct_shortcut -> disabled
gets me everytime
UntouchedWagonsWhat does this do?
now when you press Ctrl+D it does not self destruct the computer
is there maybe a plugin that can remove all the moz shit mentioned here? i dont want to go through all comments. trimmedurls, pocket and actionbar…hate it.
heavybootsI like resistFingerprinting = true but it may be a bit much for some people. You lose some keyboard hotkey capabilities in RES and all your windows always open at a certain size upon relaunch/new window.
Not obscure but
general.smoothScroll.msdPhysics.enabled=true is a must have IMO.
Sounds fancy. What does that do?
You have to actually toggle to see it but IMO it massively improves how scrolling feels.
There are a few more scrolling-related options out there on the net if there's a particular "feel" you want to go for. https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/blob/main/Smoothfox.js provides a couple you can try out, and most of these custom scrolling options use msdPhysics as a baseline.
That’s amazing! Thanks a lot this is really useful
DaveI just switched from Chrome today and I was wondering how to improve the scrolling (it felt heavy and slow). This setting seems to have worked wonders! Thanks!
Very nice! Thanks for this!
dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled - block sites from preventing you using copy+paste e.g. in email and password fields.
I’ve only recently started using this one, so ask me again in a couple of months if it solves the issue :] or if it has unwanted side-effects - I know at least it doesn’t prevent websites interacting with the clipboard entirely e.g. with a button to click to copy text to the clipboard
I always like to start over with a clean slate. The one that’s been with me for about 15 years now is browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab set to false.