Firefox Profilemaker

#1

Post by KubikPixel » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 2:37 PM UTC

Re: Firefox Profilemaker

#2

Post by sharmin123 » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 2:39 PM UTC

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Re: Firefox Profilemaker

#3

Post by Someone1234 » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 7:05 PM UTC

I like it design wise, but like a lot of these "de-clutter" tools it defaults to disabling security features without warning and will break some sites while making most sites slower. Plus it ironically installs a bunch of browser addons.

So if you hit next, next, next you'll lose: Google Safebrowsing (security), malware scan (security), DNS over HTTPS (security and sometimes functionality), Automatic Browser Updates, access to content that requires Widevine, all third-party cookies-based authentication, anything that relies on referers, anything that relies on IndexDB, anything that relies on extended session info, anything that uses WebGL or WebRTC or WebAudio, et al.

As I said, I like the design, but the current defaults get 0/10 from me. Simply awful. If use the default profile here your browsing experience will be objectively worse and less secure.

Re: Firefox Profilemaker

#4

Post by nerdponx » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 7:10 PM UTC

So does this let me actually use the "multiple profiles" Firefox feature? I was always so confused by Firefox having "profiles" but apparently no interface for using or switching among them.

Re: Firefox Profilemaker

#5

Post by TonyTrapp » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 7:13 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #3

I like it design wise, but like a lot of these "de-clutter" tools it defaults to disabling security features without warning and will break some sites while making most sites slower. Plus it ironically installs a bunch of browser addons. So if you hit next, next, next you'll lose: Google Safebrowsing (security), malware scan (security), DNS over HTTPS (security and sometimes functionality), Automatic Browser Updates,…

And on the other hand one of the biggest annoyances of the web - autoplaying videos - is enabled by default! Clearly shows that you cannot please everyone with your defaults, no matter how hard you try.

Re: Firefox Profilemaker

#6

Post by momenti » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 7:20 PM UTC

You can also enforce most of these settings in all profiles with a policy: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates

Re: Firefox Profilemaker

#7

Post by atoav » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 7:25 PM UTC

TonyTrapp wrote: post #5

Someone1234 wrote: post #3

I like it design wise, but like a lot of these "de-clutter" tools it defaults to disabling security features without warning and will break some sites while making most sites slower. Plus it ironically installs a bunch of browser addons. So if you hit next, next, next you'll lose: Google Safebrowsing (security), malware scan (security), DNS over HTTPS (security and sometimes functionality), Automatic Browser Updates,…

And on the other hand one of the biggest annoyances of the web - autoplaying videos - is enabled by default! Clearly shows that you cannot please everyone with your defaults, no matter how hard you try.

Afaik the way autoplay works is that if it is on, it does only autoplay videos without sound. This can be useful for looping video backgrounds, memes and such. If they want audio too, autoplay does not work (not even if you try to manually trigger it via js).

In my eyes (browser-configurable) autoplay without sound is an acceptable use case. Autoplay with sound is not.

Re: Firefox Profilemaker

#8

Post by VTimofeenko » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 7:31 PM UTC

Very interesting, I have been looking for a tool like this for a while. Probably it would be possible to combine this with something like home manager to manage the Firefox config along the rest of user settings from a single place.

Re: Firefox Profilemaker

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Post by newhotelowner » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 7:34 PM UTC

nerdponx wrote: post #4

So does this let me actually use the "multiple profiles" Firefox feature? I was always so confused by Firefox having "profiles" but apparently no interface for using or switching among them.

I use multiple profiles for NSFW stuff.

I just go to about:profiles, and click on Launch profile in new browser.

I can use incognito mode, but this way I don't have to login, and keeps browsing history.

Re: Firefox Profilemaker

#10

Post by user764743 » Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 7:36 PM UTC

This is great although some of the add-ons they suggest are either redundant or no longer supported like uMatrix. Since it's also now an option in Firefox settings you no longer need HTTPS Everywhere and Privacy Badger is useless if you have Ublock Origin. Also if you use Resist Fingerprinting, Canvas Blocker will just mess with your ability to blend in the crowd, effectively making your browser more unique than it should be.