This thread is about firefox. If you want to talk about Trisquel and IceCactus browser instead, go here: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/icecat-3170
Iceweasel in debian stable and testing repositories is version 31esr. In later ff versions, and in iceweasel v38esr (debian unstable +...
Zero "risk" from ignoring _recommended_ packages. Worst case outcome I can think of is: forgoing "*plugins-extras" recommended packages when...
What?!? Where did you read that, and why do you believe it to be true? I've worried that handover (sellout) would happen, but AFAICT it's the TOR...
Earlier in this thread (hope I'm posting to the correct thread) someone mentioned interest in exporting / importing prefs. I just noticed this...
Seems wrong (FUD) to describe policeman as "abandoned". This page indicates the most recent code commit was 16 days ago:...
I'm not using the current version of firefox. Even in this older version, _multiple_ prefs exist related to SPDY. network.http.spdy.enabled...
According to the what the dev posted to the bugzilla ticket, websockets cannot be disabled on the main thread, period, and that's evident in the...
QUIC is already deprecated. SPDY3 (er, 3.1) is the current flavor of the day....
Just prior to the australis release, I compared ("diff"ed) iceweasel vs firefox sourcecode. I found ZERO remarkable functional differences....
Two sites where you'll find several suitable opensource (linux and/or cross-platform) programs: sourceforge.net softpedia.com Also, several...
Each pref would need to be documented, so that anyone adopting use of the file can make an informed decision which to keep, which to outcomment......
"Returnil System Safe 2011" is a different product, different from "Returnil Virtual System Pro 2011" ...and the latter is still supported?...
Separately, monitoring changes to the pref values would be enlightening. Not quite a perfect monitor, but it's a good start:...
For me, xxclone "saved the day" after shutdown of a Ubuntu Live CD "left a dirty bit/flag set" (or somesuch), thereby ruining my WinXP software...
TWB, my tests were long-running. Some of the callouts in which fallback urlstrings are employed (if user-set value is blank) are event driven,...
Stefan, I thank you for your decision to opensource CyberDragon. I haven't yet tested the newer (past 2) versions. The prior versions certainly...
In case I didn't mention this in a prior post, substituting blank or empty string values in place of the default url strings is a BAD...
If I recall correctly, "yer own project" is closed-source, and webkit-based. For me, that absolutely makes it a non-starter. LOC (lines of code)...
Thanks for easing my worries. I have not read that Sandboxie now provides forensic details. Last I read, users were resigned to using 3rd party...
JC, the file is "user.js". It resides in your ff profile directory and contains a record of any preferences having user-set (non-default) values...
Yep, Semplice boots fine from USB. TinyCore boots fine from USB... as do several dozen other distros. (more like "over a hundred" distros, if we...
It's a live distro. Following install to hard drive, virtual-guest-utils would be useful. Running live, booted from a pendrive, user is expected...
Thanks for the correction. I misspoke about which pref has recently been removed. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1091016 "The...
Check out the "firefox lockdown" thread here in the wilders forums. I'm still using a pre-australis version of firefox (and TorBrowser v3.65,...
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