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 to 30 .
• Set the delay before the save-button becomes active to only 1ms: Set security.dialog_enable_delay to 1.
• 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: Set media.play-stand-alone to false.
• Mute media (autoplay etc): Set
  • media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground to true
  • media.autoplay.enabled to false
  • dom.audiochannel.mutedByDefault to true
  • plugins.click_to_play to true

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.