====== Customize firefox user.js ======
* [[http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries|Mozillazine config entries explained]]
* [[http://mikaels.net/records/sitever3.2/loose/meta/user/|user.js autoconfiguration]]
file is located in your Firefox profile folder:
* In **Windows XP**, the profile folder is
''\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\.default''
* In **Windows Vista**, this folder is ''\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\.default''
//Note that Application Data and AppData are hidden folders by default, so they may not show up unless you force Explorer to show hidden objects. (Open the Control Panel, double-click Folder Options, select the View tab, select "Show hidden files and folders" and click OK.)//
* In **Mac OS X**, the profile folder is ''/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/.default/''
* and in **Linux** it's ''~/.mozilla/firefox/.default/''
===== userChrome.css =====
/********************************************************
tabs with rounded corners
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/72y8fa/how_to_modify_tab_style_in_firefox_57/
*********************************************************/
.tab-background {
border-radius: 3px 3px 0px 0px !important;
border-image: none !important;
}
.tab-line {
display: none;
}
/********************************************************
multiple rows of tabs
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/6wiu9k/is_there_a_webextension_for_multiple_rows_of_tabs/
*********************************************************/
#TabsToolbar .tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox,
#TabsToolbar .arrowscrollbox-scrollbox,
#TabsToolbar .scrollbox-innerbox {
display: block !important;
}
.scrollbutton-up,
.arrowscrollbox-overflow-start-indicator,
.scrollbutton-down,
.arrowscrollbox-overflow-end-indicator {
display: none !important;
}
.tabbrowser-tab {
min-height: var(--tab-min-height) !important;
vertical-align: bottom !important;
}
===== user.js =====
**these setting will speed up (optimize) Firefox:**
#
# http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries#Network
#
#Pipeline support was completely removed in Firefox 54.
#user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
# allow-experiments
#user_pref("network.allow-experiments", true);
user_pref("network.predictor.enabled",true);
# default is 10
user_pref("network.http.request.max-start-delay", 10);
# default is 96
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 256);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 32);
# It is, however, considered poor etiquette to make too many connections to a server and may lead to you being banned from that
# server. Anything above 10 is excessive.
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 4);
# Default is 8
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 8);
user_pref("network.http.keep-alive", true);
# keep-alive timeout. default is 300
user_pref("network.http.keep-alive.timeout", 90);
# Enable prefetching - might break your privacy
user_pref("network.prefetch-next", true);
# Enable DNS prefetch
user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", false);
#
user_pref("network.ftp.idleConnectionTimeout", 60);
# Just to make sure, disable windows shell: protocol
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.shell", false);
#
# DNS cache - set to default if you use local dns or /etc/hosts
# default 20
user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 512);
# default 60
user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 7200);
#
# Remove painting delay when loading pages. Default is 250
# http://kb.mozillazine.org/Nglayout.initialpaint.delay
# anything below 100 is not recommended.
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 125);
#
user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 10);
#
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true);
user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 2250000);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000);
user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191);
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);
# use GPU for rendering (with proper drivers!)
#user_pref("layers.acceleration.force-enabled", true);
# tell the browser to use native OpenGL for WebGL 3D hardware accelerated graphics
#user_pref("webgl.prefer-native-gl", true);
# always anti-alias WebGL conten
#user_pref("webgl.msaa-force", true);
#
user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar", 0);
# Cache
# Disable offline cache
user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false);
# Display a notification bar when websites offer data for offline use
user_pref("browser.offline-apps.notify", true);
#
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", true);
# default 256Mb
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 256000);
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.metadata_memory_limit", 51200);
# manual settings
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled", false);
# If you have enougn RAM use - RAM DISK
#user_pref("browser.cache.disk.parent_directory", "R:\\");
#
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", true);
# Specify the amount of memory cache:
# recommended max 200Mb
# -1 = determine dynamically (default), 0 = none, n = memory capacity in kilobytes
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65535);
# Cache SSL pages
# user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", true);
# How many sites to remember for back/forward function
# 8 is max
user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 8);
# how many days of browser url history to keep
user_pref("browser.history_expire_days", 45);
user_pref("browser.history_expire_days.mirror", 45);
#
user_pref("image.mem.min_discard_timeout_ms", 20000);
#
# Move Firefox out of working memory to swap memory on minimize. Windows ONLY!
#user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", true);
#
# Allow certain sites to acces local files
##user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.checkloaduri.enabled", "allAccess");
##user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.sites", "pardus.at");
##user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks");
#
# Location address functions
user_pref("layout.word_select.eat_space_to_next_word", false);
user_pref("layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll", false);
# do show URI in front of address
user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false);
user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false);
user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", false);
# TABS
user_pref("browser.search.openintab", true);
# open bookmarks in new tab
user_pref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs", true);
user_pref("browser.tabs.closeButtons", 0);
user_pref("browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace", false);
user_pref("browser.tabs.tabMinWidth", 80);
user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false);
user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnOpen", false);
# do not close Firefox with last tab
user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);
# open new tab next to active one
user_pref("browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent", true);
# to get clean/blank new tab with no "clutter"
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled", false);
# Open new windows in tab
user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3);
# Open links from external programs in new tabs in an existing window
user_pref("browser.link.open_external", 3);
# Do not set the DDE-related subkeys in the registry. OBSOLETE
# Instead, use browser-supplied UI to set tab behavior (which, in turn, usually sets browser.link.open_external).
#user_pref("advanced.system.supportDDEExec", false);
# disable target="_blank" (open in same window) OBSOLETE
#user_pref("browser.block.target_new_window", true);
#http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.sendRefererHeader
#user_pref("network.http.sendRefererHeader", 1);
# make all frames resizeable
user_pref("layout.frames.force_resizability", true);
## PLUGINS
##user_pref("plugins.click_to_play", true);
# disable addon countdown
user_pref("security.dialog_enable_delay", 1);
# scan for additional plugins on local computer
# can be disabled for security
user_pref("plugin.scan.plid.all", true);
# Show full path for plugin file on about:plugins page
# the full path was removed for security purposes, please keep that in mind
# Note: showing full paths can be a security risk. only use when debugging.
user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", false);
user_pref("extensions.disabledObsolete", true);
# Make Firefox 4.0beta work with "incompatible" plugins
# (for release version of Firefox use "extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0")
#user_pref("extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0b", false);
# Make Firefox work with incompatible plugins
#user_pref("extensions.checkcompatibility", false);
## SECURITY
## http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries#Security.
user_pref("security.ask_for_password", 0);
# disable warning about insecure elements on page
user_pref("security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled", false);
## Ask for password every "password_lifetime" minutes
#user_pref("security.ask_for_password", 2);
#user_pref("security.password_lifetime", 60);
user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
# geolocation
user_pref("geo.enabled", true);
# battery API
user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false);
# vibrate enabled
user_pref("dom.vibrator.enabled", false);
## SSL
#Use OCSP to validate only certificates that specify an OCSP service URL
user_pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 1);
user_pref("security.default_personal_cert", "Ask Every Time");
#Disable SSL2 and weak SSL3/TLS encryptions
user_pref("security.enable_ssl2", false);
# user_pref("security.enable_ssl2", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_fips_des_sha", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_des_sha", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_1024_rc4_56_sha", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_1024_des_cbc_sha", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_40_md5", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc2_40_md5", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_null_sha", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_null_sha", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_ecdsa_null_sha", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdh_rsa_null_sha", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_des_sha", false);
# user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_dss_des_sha", false);
user_pref("security.tls.version.max", 4);
user_pref("security.tls.version.min", 1);
user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_fips_des_ede3_sha", false);
user_pref("security.warn_viewing_mixed.show_once", true);
## JAVASCRIPT
# Enable javascript advanced button
user_pref("pref.advanced.javascript.disable_button.advanced", false);
# disable javascript annoyances
user_pref("browser.jsannoyances.disabled", true);
user_pref("dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true);
user_pref("dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true);
user_pref("dom.vibrator.enabled", false);
#
user_pref("browser.display.show_image_placeholders", true);
user_pref("browser.display.force_inline_alttext", true);
# Block popup windows not created as a result of a mouse click
#user_pref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true);
#user_pref("dom.disable_open_click_delay", 1000);
#user_pref("privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins", 2);
# incremental garbage collection
user_pref("javascript.options.mem.gc_incremental_slice_ms", 20);
user_pref("javascript.options.mem.gc_incremental", true);
user_pref("javascript.options.showInConsole", false);
# Shows an error page instead of an error popup dialog
#if you load multiple pages at the same the dialog box actually holds up the browser
# using this will allow the other pages/elements to load for the rest of the pages
user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true);
# Reveal more tab/window options:
user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs", true);
# disable WebRTC
user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false);
# Status of ths smooth scrolling option (scrolling on a web page moves page content pixelwise rather than line-by-line)
user_pref("general.smoothScroll", false);
user_pref("toolkit.scrollbox.smoothScroll", false);
// Allows for faster mouse scrolling
user_pref("mousewheel.withnokey.numlines", 5);
#Determines whether to allow external protocol handlers to catch links with these protocols
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.shell", false);
# For readability on screen, font size should not be too small
user_pref("font.minimum-size.x-western", 11);
user_pref("font.minimum-size.x-central-euro", 11);
user_pref("font.minimum-size.x-unicode", 11);
user_pref("font.minimum-size.x-user-def", 11);
# allow site to set fonts
#user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 1);
#
##user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled", true);
##user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.cleartype.always_use_for_content", true);
user_pref("intl.charsetmenu.browser.cache.size", 6);
user_pref("intl.charsetmenu.browser.cache", "ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-2, UTF-8,us-ascii, windows-1251, windows-1250");
#user_pref("intl.accept_languages"), "sl,en,en-us";
# Disable inline spellchecking for text entry controls in HTML
user_pref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 0);
# Changes to preferences should (if possible) become active immediately
user_pref("browser.preferences.instantApply", true);
# The application should automatically check for updated versions of itself, but should prompt before downloading
user_pref("update_notifications.enabled", true);
user_pref("app.update.enabled", true);
user_pref("app.update.auto", true);
user_pref("app.update.mode", 2);
#
user_pref("browser.download.manager.flashCount", -1);
user_pref("browser.download.useToolkitUI", true);
#
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_session_once", true);
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_session", true);
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand", false);
# default 10
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo", 24);
# defult 10
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo", 12);
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.enabled", true);
# Resume the previous browser session
user_pref("browser.startup.page", 3);
# no blinking text
user_pref("browser.blink_allowed", false);
# Enable Internet keywords and disable domain guessing
user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false);
# use default search engine if URL not found
user_pref("keyword.enabled", true);
# disable Safe Browsing (and google cookie tracking)
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
# If set to false a third-party provider will not be consulted to determine whether a site is phishy.
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups", false);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.debug", false);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
user_pref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
user_pref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
# do not warn when using about:conf
user_pref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", false);
# do not display alert about legal rights
user_pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);
# This setting allows the browser to collect and send ANONYMOUS usage information back to Mozilla.
user_pref("dom.enable_performance", true);
# enable firefox healthreport
#user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", true);
#user_pref("print.postscript.paper_size", "a4");
# we have working IPv6!
#user_pref("network.http.fast-fallback-to-IPv4", false);
#
user_pref("browser.display.force_inline_alttext", true);
user_pref("browser.cache.compression_level", 0);
user_pref("browser.tabs.animate", false);
user_pref("browser.panorama.animate_zoom", false);
user_pref("browser.fullscreen.animate", false);
user_pref("browser.download.animateNotifications", false);
user_pref("alerts.disableSlidingEffect", false);
#network.tcp.sendbuffer default 131072
#user_pref("network.tcp.sendbuffer", 261072);
# do not "ping sites"
user_pref("browser.send_pings", false);
#
user_pref("general.useragent.extra.tnt", "http://tnt.aufbix.org/");
#
#user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; Win64; x64; rv:15.2; +http://tnt.aufbix.org) Gecko/2012 Firefox/15.1.1 PaleMoon/15.1.1-x64");
#
If you are low on RAM use these settings:
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo", 0);
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo", 0);
user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 0);