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Re:Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web by mormegil on Sunday November 17, 2019 @02:59PM (#21559728)
> 2) It is easier (last I checked) than with Firefox to leave some config tabs open so I can quickly turn on/off javascript, images, and/or cookies for those sites where I need them (by exception list or temporary exception, and easy to manage it without a mouse once the tab is open; separately, I do change the search engine also, and create search keywords), and

I wouldn't want to switch everything on/off manually. I use the uMatrix extension which allows you to enable disable cookies, images, Javascript, iframes, etc. for each domain separately, and configure the exceptions permanently or temporarily. I have JS disabled by default, and enable it only for trusted sites or temporarily. Even on the sites I trust, Google Analytics scripts, etc. are disabled.

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Re:Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web by lcall on Sunday November 17, 2019 @05:18PM (#21560388)
Thanks. I have been avoiding extensions & plugins in browsers because of how they increase the attack surface (including some that get new maintainers) with perhaps less code review. That may or may not have a significant risk level in a given case, hard for me to say. But do you know if there is a way to make exeption lists for this things in FF w/o any extensions? (built-in in chrome, so that one aspect is convenient)
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Re:Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web by thefuzz on Sunday November 17, 2019 @05:38PM (#21560491)
It's built in on chrome? Could you please share how?
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Re:Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web by lcall on Sunday November 17, 2019 @08:45PM (#21561304)
I open a new tab, and with Alt-E then S bring up the Settings, scroll to the end and click Advanced. Then click Content Settings, and there are areas in there for images, javascript, and cookies where one can set permanent exceptions as well as on/off settings. I don't see it for iframes. Am I misunderstanding anything?
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