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Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Re: Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Post by dgellow »

rc_kas wrote: post #37

I keep meaning to make a guide "how to make firefox not suck" but I never get around to it. It's a great browser, but I always forget the default settings are super stupid. Myself and power users all have it customized to the hilt. It takes some serious work to get a new new FireFox install working nicely.

A coworker (hi Robert!) created his own version of Firefox that doesn’t suck, with sane defaults and keyboard centric: https://github.com/glide-browser/glide

Pretty impressive project, and it’s really nice to use, I would recommend to give it a try

Re: Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Post by addandsubtract »

bxparks wrote: post #52
rc_kas wrote: post #37

I keep meaning to make a guide "how to make firefox not suck" but I never get around to it. It's a great browser, but I always forget the default settings are super stupid. Myself and power users all have it customized to the hilt. It takes some serious work to get a new new FireFox install working nicely.

No kidding. I had to create a Google Doc document to remember all the little things that I have to clobber in Firefox to make it behave reasonably. Here is an excerpt of how I clobber the defaults: - Enable pixel-perfect smooth scrolling (Linux): MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 (why do we still have to do this??) - Enable: Ctrl-Tab cycles through recent used order - Disable: "Show an image preview when you hover on a tab" - Disabl…

What does the Facebook container do that can't be done by the Multi-Account Container? I just have a Facebook/Google/AWS/etc. container set up there.

Re: Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Post by kotaKat »

yeukhon wrote: post #65
eukara wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

The moment you read “crypto mining in the browser while you browse” should be an immediate red flag that you should run away. Absolutely no need to respect him even when he was the creator of JS. So what.

“but it’s opt in, bro, you dont have to use it” — every Brave stan

Re: Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Post by Terr_ »

addandsubtract wrote: post #72
bxparks wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No kidding. I had to create a Google Doc document to remember all the little things that I have to clobber in Firefox to make it behave reasonably. Here is an excerpt of how I clobber the defaults: - Enable pixel-perfect smooth scrolling (Linux): MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 (why do we still have to do this??) - Enable: Ctrl-Tab cycles through recent used order - Disable: "Show an image preview when you hover on a tab" - Disabl…

What does the Facebook container do that can't be done by the Multi-Account Container? I just have a Facebook/Google/AWS/etc. container set up there.

For starters, it has a habit of ruining navigation closing the page you were on when you clicked the Facebook-ish link. :p

Re: Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Post by kgwxd »

mathnode wrote: post #4

Of all the unnecessary AI integrations; firefox is the one I am least concerned or annoyed about. I will however be disabling anything AI related they introduce.

The presence of the code itself is a threat. There's no good reason it shouldn't be an extension, beholden to all the same "security" restrictions other extensions are.

Re: Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Post by alpaca128 »

Mxrtxn wrote: post #67
bxparks wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No kidding. I had to create a Google Doc document to remember all the little things that I have to clobber in Firefox to make it behave reasonably. Here is an excerpt of how I clobber the defaults: - Enable pixel-perfect smooth scrolling (Linux): MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 (why do we still have to do this??) - Enable: Ctrl-Tab cycles through recent used order - Disable: "Show an image preview when you hover on a tab" - Disabl…

This is why I use nixos so I can easily deploy a configured firefox quickly

I just copy-paste the firefox profile folder. No need to reconfigure anything and the session is also preserved.

Re: Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Post by lencastre »

addandsubtract wrote: post #72
bxparks wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No kidding. I had to create a Google Doc document to remember all the little things that I have to clobber in Firefox to make it behave reasonably. Here is an excerpt of how I clobber the defaults: - Enable pixel-perfect smooth scrolling (Linux): MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 (why do we still have to do this??) - Enable: Ctrl-Tab cycles through recent used order - Disable: "Show an image preview when you hover on a tab" - Disabl…

What does the Facebook container do that can't be done by the Multi-Account Container? I just have a Facebook/Google/AWS/etc. container set up there.

multi container is top top, one for email, one for banking, one for shopping, one for socials

Re: Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Post by lencastre »

shawn_w wrote: post #49
rc_kas wrote: post #37

I keep meaning to make a guide "how to make firefox not suck" but I never get around to it. It's a great browser, but I always forget the default settings are super stupid. Myself and power users all have it customized to the hilt. It takes some serious work to get a new new FireFox install working nicely.

The only things I do with a new copy of Firefox is install uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger and it works quite nicely. (Oh, and an extension that redirects reddit links to old reddit, and RES)

privacy badger is still alive??

Re: Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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Post by shawn_w »

lencastre wrote: post #79
shawn_w wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only things I do with a new copy of Firefox is install uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger and it works quite nicely. (Oh, and an extension that redirects reddit links to old reddit, and RES)

privacy badger is still alive??

Um, yes? Last update in December. Did someone prematurely call it dead?
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