Betterfox: User.js to harden Firefox and optimize privacy, security, and speed

Re:Betterfox: User.js to harden Firefox and optimize privacy... by Capricorn2481 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @03:22PM (#36777879)

What about Arkenfox?

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Re:Betterfox: User.js to harden Firefox and optimize privacy... by Liquix on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @03:27PM (#36777955)

Arkenfox can be both heavy-handed (disables search from URL bar, restore tabs from previous session, etc) and hard to digest (1200 lines). By comparison, Betterfox is 250 lines and looks to be more "sane" out of the box.

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Re:Betterfox: User.js to harden Firefox and optimize privacy... by DerekBickerton on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @03:46PM (#36778189)

> disables search from URL bar

Set keyword searches to true:

    user_pref("keyword.enabled", true);

That way it uses your default search engine when searching from the address bar.

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Re:Betterfox: User.js to harden Firefox and optimize privacy... by yokoffing on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @09:45AM (#36786235)

There are substantial differences in Betterfox compared to Arkenfox. Betterfox causes less breakage and is appropriate for everyday use cases.

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