Articles tagged firefox

• 18.4.2021 firefox

  Firefox: hide pop-ups (or any web page element)

  Are you using noscript or a similar addon, possibly uMatrix, that blocks javascript, cookies and third party requests?If so (and probably even if you don’t) then you have …
• 25.2.2021 firefox, security

  Firefox: user.js to tighten security

  I finally manned up to tackle the ghacks (now arkenfox on github) user.js for Firefox. I felt that if I want to continue using Firefox I really have to …
• 25.2.2021 firefox

  Firefox: Where is the old, sortable about:config?

  Update 2024: This does not appear to be working anymore, at least neither on Librewolf nor on Tor-Browser.At some point Firefox developers “simplified” the Advanced Configuration Editor a.k …
• 15.10.2020 firefox

  Firefox: Migrating a Profile

  I decided to use Firefox ESR (currently 78) instead of the faster moving Firefox release favoured by Archlinux (currently 81).Upon first starting Firefox ESR, it does not accept the …
• 17.2.2020 firefox, eyecandy

  userChrome Customisations don't seem to be Working anymore on Firefox >=69

  This cost me several hours of my life, so I’m putting it here never to be forgotten:To improve performance, Firefox 69 and later will disable loading of userChrome …
• 29.4.2019 firefox, security

  uMatrix

  I have since changed to µBlock Origin, which provides similar functionality in expert mode.It seems I had to make the switch away from seamonkey. Firefox for now, but I …
• 29.1.2016 firefox, eyecandy

  Custom Folder Icon for Bookmark Toolbar in Firefox, Iceweasel, PaleMoon...

  What if your Mozilla-browser’s favourite theme lacks nice folder icons? You don’t have to rewrite the theme, it’s enough to create or edit your profile-folder/chrome/userChrome …