firefox

Browser security in 2022 is still not perfect.

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My Waterfox Classic installation is becoming increasingly broken because of not updating it in a very long time, and since I’m pretty much forced to upgrade I decided to take some time to analyze what the new version is doing since everything that’s happened with it has made me a bit uncomfortable. I thought I’d … Read more

The best Firefox addons for 2022. These are most useful on the modern Internet.

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There are a lot of useful Firefox addons that an Internet user can make use of in 2022. These are my favourites. Sponsorblock. This addon will automatically skip the sponsored segments in Youtube videos, this is a godsend when you watch a Cinemassacre video and there is a Nord VPN sponsored segment in it. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/. … Read more

A good tip to speed up the Firefox UI easily on Ubuntu 20.04.

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The Firefox UI on Ubuntu 20.04 was very slow for some reason. But this trick was a good way to help speed it back up. Go into about:config and then set the value below to true and then restart the browser. gfx.webrender.force-disabledgfx.webrender.force-disabled This seems to have sped it up greatly. I am not sure why … Read more

How to have less padding in the menu area of Firefox 92.

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This userChrome.css sample will reduce the padding betwixt menu sections in the Firefox 92 User Interface. userChrome.css1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 /* Do not remove the @namespace line — it’s required for correct functioning */ /*@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");*/   @media (-moz-proton) { /* Tighten up drop-down/context/popup menu spacing */ … Read more

How to have a much wider scrollbars in Firefox on Debian.

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The scrollbars on Firefox are very narrow and annoying, but this may be fixed. This is how to get wider scrollbars in Firefox when using Linux. The best way is to edit the about:config and then look for this entry. widget.non-native-theme.gtk.scrollbar.thumb-sizewidget.non-native-theme.gtk.scrollbar.thumb-size Change this to 1.50 and this makes the scrollbar much wider. Also this setting. … Read more

How to download a video blob easily from a website.

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Downloading a video blob from a website can be very frustrating. This is easier with the Download Helper extension for Firefox. This can make this task very easy. When you are on a website that hasthe video you want, click the Download Helper icon and find the format and resolution you wish to download. Then … Read more

How to have a completely blank new-tab screen in Firefox and remove the annoying messages.

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The new tab screen in Firefox has annoying messages popping up at the bottom and this may not be to everyone’s taste. But this can be changed very easily. Just create a user.js in your Firefox profile directory and put this in it. This will give you a completely blank new tab screen. user.js1 2 … Read more

How to fix the annoying narrow Firefox scrollbar on Ubuntu.

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The Firefox scrollbar is very narrow on Ubuntu. This is very annoying. But since I am using the MATE desktop and GTK 3.0, I can fix this easily. Add this line to the ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini file, and this will force Firefox to use the scrollbar defined by the theme instead. gtk-primary-button-warps-slider=falsegtk-primary-button-warps-slider=false The file should look like … Read more

Firefox addons still not working again. They have really screwed up.

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The developers of Firefox have really screwed up right now. The certificate that they used to certify addons has expired and now the addons do not work. This is a monumental screw up by Mozilla. They cannot even manage simple certificates without it expiring because someone was too lazy to fix it in a hurry. … Read more

How to fix Firefox addons that have been disabled by incompetent Mozilla developers.

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Use this setting in about:config to fix this issue for now. xpinstall.signatures.required   xpinstall.whitelist.requiredxpinstall.signatures.required xpinstall.whitelist.required That’s it. Now go and reinstall / reconfigure those addons. And for anyone on Firefox who hasn’t hit the issue yet, still do it, because you will eventually. Also, leave that drokking setting as false forever, because Mozilla is hiring … Read more