Firefox
Firefox is a web browser, in Debians world also known as Iceweasel
Installation
Firefox/Iceweasel can be installed from the repository:
aptitude install firefox-esr
Configuration
The configuration of Firefox/Iceweasel can be accessed by browsing to about:config
. The following configuration reflect my preferences:
- Just store the latest 20 closed tabs in history: Set
browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo
to30
. - Set the delay before the save-button becomes active to only 1ms: Set
security.dialog_enable_delay
to1
. - Configure default file name for print to PDF: Set
print.print_to_filename
to eg./tmp/mozilla.pdf
. - Do not play standalone media (such as
.mp4
files) directly in the browser: Setmedia.play-stand-alone
tofalse
. - Mute media (autoplay etc): Set
media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground
totrue
media.autoplay.enabled
tofalse
dom.audiochannel.mutedByDefault
totrue
plugins.click_to_play
totrue
AddOns
Here is a list of Firefox extensions that I find useful:
- Awesome RSS brings you an RSS icon to the URL bar if the page provides a feed.
- Cookiebro provides a cookie whitelist.
- Empty Cache Button helps you to clean the cache.
- Download Star to download all items in a webpage that match a pattern.
- FoxyProxy Standard manages proxys including URL patterns.
- Ghostery to block ads, stop trackers and speed up websites.
- Open Tab Count shows you the number of open tabs.
- Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated.
- Neat URL gets rid of URL parameter trash.
- Referer Control to block/rewrite referrers.
- uMatrix sohpisticated filter to block/allow requests to remote content.
- User-Agent Switcher lets you spoof the user agent.
- YOURLS shortener shorten URLs with your own YOURLS instance.
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