Menu ▾ ▴

Firefox Tweaks

Anonymous

FireFox Tweaks

  • Click on this symbol |||\ to add the Bookmark star symbol and click to view the toolbar bookmark.
  • Cleanse Firefox automatically upon quitting
  • -> Firefox Preferences -> tab Privacy & Security
  • Change the setting to: Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
  • Now tick the following setting: Clear history when Firefox closes
  • Then, click the button Settings..."Clear history when Firefox closes" and tick everything, except for Site Preferences. Click OK.
  • Item Cookies and Site Data: Change the "Accept cookies (...)" setting to: Keep until: Firefox is closed
  • Item Address Bar: remove the tick for: Browsing history
  • Item Tracking protection: leave those settings at their defaults, because otherwise some websites might function less well.
  • Close the Preferences tab and you're done with optimizing the settings for privacy.

Limit the storage

  • Type in the URL bar of Firefox: about:config press enter
  • Now you're being presented with a warning. Ignore it and click on the blue button "I accept the risk!".
  • Type into search bar: cache
  • Double-click on browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled which is currently set to the boolean value true, so that it changes into false.
  • Then double-click on browser.cache.disk.capacity and change the value into 102400.
  • This sets the cache to a maximum of 100 MB.

Disable spam by Web Push notifications

  • Type in the URL bar of Firefox: about:config press enter.
  • Now you're being presented with a warning. Ignore it and click on the blue button "I accept the risk!".
  • Type as search term: webnotif
  • Double-click on dom.webnotifications.enabled from its boolean value true, to false.

Graphics issues: disable hardware acceleration in Firefox

  • Experiencing graphics problems in Firefox: delay when typing text, problems with displaying video's etc, try:
  • -> Preferences -> Tab General: remove the tick for: Use recommended performance settings and then remove it for: Use hardware acceleration when available
  • Close Firefox and launch it again.

Optimize the Places database

  • Helps speed up Firefox by optimising by vacuuming this database.
  • Type the following in the URL bar of Firefox: about:support Press Enter.
  • Near the bottom of the page the section called Places Database. Click on the button called "Verify Integrity".
  • Repeat monthly, for optimum speed.

Clean slate

  • Troubleshooting purposes or want clean Default FireFox.
  • Launch a terminal window.
  • To disable your current Firefox profile by renaming it. Enter this command: mv -v ~/.mozilla ~/.mozillabackup
  • Check if default Firefox profile is present in your user folder. Enter this command: cp -v -r /etc/skel/.mozilla ~/.mozilla
  • Close Firefox and launch it again. It should have a clean slate now.

Test

  • Once satisfied restore your old profile like this:
  • Delete newly created profile folder. Enter this command: rm -v -r ~/.mozilla
  • Restore the old profile: Enter this command: mv -v ~/.mozillabackup ~/.mozilla
  • Close Firefox and launch it again. A fully restored browser.