Betterfox/README.md

BetterFox /v.74

A set of preferences to enhance Firefox. Updated every stable release. Go through the lists and add desired preferences to your user.js. Most of the preferences work with a simple copy+paste, or you can use the user.js provided.

Three simple goals:

1. Minimalism: get what isn't needed out of the way
2. Efficiency: configuring your browser should be simple
3. Security: upgrade end user security and privacy without causing website breakage

Three simple files:

1. FastFox: immensely increase Firefox's browsing speed.
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, geolocation, and search engine suggestions in URL bar. Auto-upgrades HTTP content to HTTPS and adds 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. (There is code taken directly from ghacks, and credit goes to them.)

Who is this setup for?

If you want a private, secure, 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 DRM are still enabled, and you won't find settings like <privacy.firstparty.isolate> or <network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy> mentioned here. BetterFox is designed to set-and-forget, not to troubledshoot and tinker. If your threat level calls not just privacy but anonymity, then please use the TOR browser.

Recommended Extensions

uBlock Origin: lightweight content blocker
Add the custom list dbl.oisd.nl for the best in-browser protection. It's most comprehensive, unified domain blocklist available, actively maintained to prevent false positives and to keep the web usable! Use it alongside your usual lists. Read More [DNS format | ABP format]

Bitwarden: encrypted password manager.

ClearURLs: clean tracking parameters from URLs, Google searches, etc.

Tap to Tab: double-click (double tap) on a link to open it in a new tab. Designed with tablets and laptop trackpads in mind.