diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 079c3f7..61f3efc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ # BetterFox /v.74 About:config tweaks to enhance Firefox. Updated every stable release for your user.js file. -Note: The user.js provided is intended for mid-range PCs (i.e. ~ 8GB RAM). If you have a budget PC or high-end machine, please adjust preferences found in FastFox to what is appropriate for your machine. Most of the preferences work with a simple copy+paste. - ## Three simple goals: 1) Minimalism: get what isn't needed out of the way @@ -10,17 +8,24 @@ About:config tweaks to enhance Firefox. Updated every stable release for your Security: upgrade security and privacy without causing website breakage -## Three simple files: +## Three simple configs: 1) FastFox: immensely increase Firefox's browsing speed. Give Chrome a run for its money! 2) PeskyFox: unclutter the new tab page. Remove Pocket and form autofill. Adjust download preferences. Prevent Firefox from randomly going offline and serving annoying webpage notifications. 3) SecureFox: remove Telemetry, Mozilla experiments, Google Safe Browsing, and search engine suggestions in URL bar. Auto-upgrade mixed content to HTTPS. Add various privacy enhancements — all without breaking webpages. You read that right. No breakage 😁 Credit: Hours spent reviewing, condensing, and testing ghacks user.js, about:config suggestions from websites and blogs, and keeping up with Mozilla updates. (Where there is similiarity to ghacks, credit goes to them.) + ## Who is this setup for? If you want a private, fast browsing experience and don't want to deal with breakage, this setup is for you. My objective is to make the defaults sufficient enough for the average privacy-minded user, but remain trouble-free enough that my grandmother could use it. (That puts a whole new twist on being a foxy grandma!) Edit: Sorry for the dad joke 😓 -A note to super privacy-concious users: I made Firefox as secure as I could to the point of breakage. (The only thing that could remotely cause breakage with my setup here is that third-party cookies are blocked by default.) So things like WebGL and DRM are still enabled, and you won't find settings like or mentioned here. BetterFox is designed to set-and-forget, not to troubleshoot and tinker. If your threat level calls for not just privacy but anonymity, please use the TOR browser. +A note to super privacy-concious users: I made Firefox as secure as I could to the point of breakage. So things like WebGL and DRM are still enabled, and you won't find settings like or mentioned here. BetterFox is designed to set-and-forget, not to troubleshoot and tinker. If your threat level calls for not just privacy but anonymity, please use the TOR browser. + +## Required Reading +NOTE: The user.js provided is intended for mid-range PCs (i.e. ~8GB RAM). This applies to only the first set of preferences, all of which are all found in FastFox. Even if you don't throughly read the other two branches (PeskyFox and SecureFox), and you're downloading and inserting BetterFox's user.js as-is, you need to read through FastFox. + +If you have a budget PC or high-end machine, please adjust preferences found in FastFox to what is appropriate for your machine. Most of the preferences work with a simple copy+paste. The rest of the prefs in the user.js (found in PeskyFox and SecureFox) can be applied universally on any machine. + ## Recommended Extensions uBlock Origin: lightweight content blocker