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    Comment #48557989

    You can user userChrome.css [1][2][3] You can start with this page[4] for an examples of simple, but elegant styling. And /r/FirefoxCSS can demonstrate all kinds of crazy options u…

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    Comment #48532543

    uBlock Origin filter to block the anime girl from loading: ! Title: Hide Anubis Image */.within.website/x/cmd/anubis/static/img/*.webp$image (c) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i…

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    Comment #48362818

    - Independent set of extensions (independently configured) for each profile. - Independent set of settings/about:config parameters. You can't turn off, say, WebRTC completely for s…

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    Comment #48348825

    If that works for you - that's fine. I'd argue, that for some, CLI path is actually cleaner. You see, the way described above creates entirely separate points of entry, and you don…

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    Comment #48346934

    > Firefox added profile switching recently. I think this was as recent as 25 years ago? Recently they added some new UI. There was and still is (I think) classic Profile Manager UI…

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    Comment #48346918

    You can use Firefox with different profiles and configure it to launch particular profile directly, without launching default profile and using about:profiles. Firefox with a non-d…

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    Comment #47911735

    There's also Violentmonkey [1][2] (which is said to be more lightweight) and Tampermonkey. Tampermonkey has analytics enabled, and is closed source. Here's a comprehensive summary …

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    Comment #47614718

    You can use Firefox with different profiles and configure it to launch particular profile directly, without launching default profile and using about:profiles. Firefox with a non-d…

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    Comment #46668669

    Night Filter app is great Night Filter is an easy-to-use screen filter app for your Android device. Adjust brightness and colour, set up schedules, and reduce eye strain for comfor…

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    Comment #46114908

    prefs.js is modified by browser itself. And it contains lots of stuff by default already. You can store your custom preferences in user.js file - Firefox will copy those to prefs.j…

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    Comment #45987286

    Also, I see options: geo.provider.use_corelocation: true/false # presumably for tracking on MacOS geo.provider.use_geoclue: true/false # presumably for tracking Linux users with Ge…

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    Comment #45891403

    Also profiles can be configured and used with CLI, no need for UI (old or new). ./firefox -CreateProfile "profile-name /home/user/.mozilla/firefox/profile-path/" ./firefox -profile…

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    Comment #45842081

    Keep it mind, though, if you don't specify path, the profile directory name would be: random_string + '.' + "profile-name" That could prove inconvenient for navigation. If you want…

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    Comment #45840873

    You don't need to switch. Just open whatever profile you want directly. No need to go to about:profiles. Use a separate shortcut with a -profile option added.

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    Comment #45840639

    Have you tried user.js? You store browser preferences in it and firefox copies said preferences to prefs.js on startup (overwriting on conflict).

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    Comment #45840439

    Forget about UI, just use CLI ./firefox -CreateProfile "profile-name /home/user/.mozilla/firefox/profile-path/" ./firefox -profile "/home/user/.mozilla/firefox/profile-path/" Creat…

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    Comment #45839782

    You don't need GUI to create profiles. ./firefox -CreateProfile "profile-name /home/user/.mozilla/firefox/profile-path/"