Firefox... taming the beast part 2 !!

Whackbag said:

What is the about:config for killing a process immediately when i close a tab?

They seem to stick around for too long after & i don't wish for them to preload or guess what i may want by keeping some things alive...etc...etc.

Can you give an example of a process that keeps running when you close a tab?

Whackbag said:

What is the about:config for killing a process immediately when i close a tab?

They seem to stick around for too long after & i don't wish for them to preload or guess what i may want by keeping some things alive...etc...etc.

Use task manager. [Shift+ESC]

Also:

Disable All Disk Caching
browser.cache.offline.enable -> False
browser.cache.disk.enable -> False
browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl -> False
browser.cache.memory.enable -> False
browser.cache.insecure.enable -> False

Disable Prefetching
network.dns.disablePrefetch -> True
network.predictor.enabled -> False
network.prefetch-next -> False

Disable Telemetry Features
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry -> Falsee
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry -> False + Blank Url Pages
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.filterAdult -> False
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories -> False
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.topSiteSearchShortcuts -> False
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored -> False
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.discoverystreamfeed -> False
browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport -> False
toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled -> False
toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled -> False
toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled -> False
toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled -> False
toolkit.telemetry.pioneer-new-studies-available -> False
toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun -> False
toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled -> False
toolkit.telemetry.server -> Blank Url
toolkit.telemetry.unified -> False
toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled -> False
breakpad.reportURL -> Blank Url
browser.ping-centre.telemetry -> False
dom.ipc.plugins.flash.subprocess.crashreporter.enabled -> False
dom.ipc.plugins.reportCrashURL -> False
datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled -> False
datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled -> False
datareporting.healthreport.infoURL -> Blank Url
browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport -> False
beacon.enabled -> False

Disable preloading of autocomplete URLs
browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled --> false

NOTE: I don't actuallu use Firefox so some of these preferences might not exist. I prefer to use LibreWolf (browser) but configuration and usage is another topic.

Redirect youtube videos in Firefox to play without ads

Ghot said:

Redirect youtube videos in Firefox to play without ads

A plus for Firefox, instead of a hack to alter something.

Anak said:

I use uBlock Origin, I experienced the ad-blocker warning yesterday.

I like to watch trains from all around the world and I have a set of eleven bookmarks in one folder that I can open all at once, You should have seen my dismay when I had to clear the first one and then the next ten, but users of ad-blockers know that feeling very well.

I added YT Siphon and all my YT's are back to 'normal'. FF v118.0.2

Ghot, thank you for your vigilance!

Just an FYI. That extension seems to make use of:

Piped

https://piped.video

scroll down to instance list.

which in turn appears to be mostly using invidious instances:

Invidious Instances

Personally I'd rather just browse via invidious rather than use an extension. Or if subscribing to channels without an account proxy invidious via FreeTube client.

FreeTube - The Private YouTube Client

It's just how I like to browse YouTube

Anak said:

I added YT Siphon and all my YT's are back to 'normal'. FF v118.0.2

Ghot, thank you for your vigilance!

Twernt nuthin'. Saw it on Ghacks and figured some folk might want.

Personally... I don't care about the ads on youtube. I just do some other things on my desktop until they're finished.

Anak said:

I'll be lookin' into your suggestions.

I'm much the same way but not when it comes to trains.

Don't you have VM's? Well anyways, You're Welcome.

No VMs.