[opensuse] FF 68.6+ tweaks
All, After updating a box to the 5.6.3 kernel, I decided to update FF from 60.8esr to 68.6esr. (yes, I know 68.7esr is out, one release back was intentional) As with any new version jump in FF, it took about 45 minutes to chase down and disable all the crapola I don't want or need. Hopefully this will save someone else the 45 minutes. This isn't new version related, but I don't want search suggestion cluttering up my search results, so set the following to `false` in about:config browser.search.suggest.enabled browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage I can't stand ads or other junk cluttering up the addons page trying to tell me what they think are good addons. If I need a feature, I'm smart enough to search for it myself. about:config set to `false` extensions.htmlaboutaddons.discover.enabled extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled I don't want an mozilla firefox account and I don't want a dopey smiley face on my toolbar. about:config set to `false` identity.fxaccounts.enabled identity.fxaccounts.toolbar.enabled I do not want software that attempts to download and install a new version of itself and I don't need a 50M download waiting to be installed. Nor do I want a green up-arrow over the hamburger as a nag reminder. Only now, mozilla has taken away the ability to use about:config to disable automatic download of updates and mozilla took away the setting in preferences where you could tell firefox not to check for updates (annoying) Now you have to hack together a json file of policies which for 68.6 requires you create a 'distribution' directory in the firefox install location, e.g. for a mozilla tarball that is: /opt/firefox/distribution/policies.json (I'm not sure where that would be for the rpm -- Wolfgang?) The contents to disable updates and the green nag is: { "policies": { "AppAutoUpdate": false } } (which of course will need to be wrapped in the policies-template for 68.7...) Good news is after removing the cruft, firefox is just as good in this esr version as the last. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/04/2020 08:23, David C. Rankin wrote:
All,
After updating a box to the 5.6.3 kernel, I decided to update FF from 60.8esr to 68.6esr. (yes, I know 68.7esr is out, one release back was intentional)
As with any new version jump in FF, it took about 45 minutes to chase down and disable all the crapola I don't want or need. Hopefully this will save someone else the 45 minutes.
This isn't new version related, but I don't want search suggestion cluttering up my search results, so set the following to `false` in about:config
browser.search.suggest.enabled browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage
Seems a lot of digging for config options available in the GUI. On latest 68.6.1esr from Leap 15.1 OSS repo here. Preferences -> Search -> untick - Provide search suggestions - Show search suggestions in address bar results
I can't stand ads or other junk cluttering up the addons page trying to tell me what they think are good addons. If I need a feature, I'm smart enough to search for it myself. about:config set to `false`
extensions.htmlaboutaddons.discover.enabled extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled
Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Firefox Data Collection and Use -> untick - Allow Firefox to make personalised extension recommendations
I don't want an mozilla firefox account and I don't want a dopey smiley face on my toolbar. about:config set to `false`
identity.fxaccounts.enabled identity.fxaccounts.toolbar.enabled
Don't create an account and right-click the smiley face -> Remove from toolbar
I do not want software that attempts to download and install a new version of itself and I don't need a 50M download waiting to be installed. Nor do I want a green up-arrow over the hamburger as a nag reminder. Only now, mozilla has taken away the ability to use about:config to disable automatic download of updates and mozilla took away the setting in preferences where you could tell firefox not to check for updates (annoying)
Now you have to hack together a json file of policies which for 68.6 requires you create a 'distribution' directory in the firefox install location, e.g. for a mozilla tarball that is:
/opt/firefox/distribution/policies.json (I'm not sure where that would be for the rpm -- Wolfgang?)
The contents to disable updates and the green nag is:
{ "policies": { "AppAutoUpdate": false } }
(which of course will need to be wrapped in the policies-template for 68.7...)
I don't get the green arrow or nag using the standard esr version in Leap. I see it on another distro even when I have the latest non-esr version but not yet on openSUSE. gumb -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 4/9/20 5:13 PM, gumb wrote:
On 09/04/2020 08:23, David C. Rankin wrote:
All,
After updating a box to the 5.6.3 kernel, I decided to update FF from 60.8esr to 68.6esr. (yes, I know 68.7esr is out, one release back was intentional)
As with any new version jump in FF, it took about 45 minutes to chase down and disable all the crapola I don't want or need. Hopefully this will save someone else the 45 minutes.
This isn't new version related, but I don't want search suggestion cluttering up my search results, so set the following to `false` in about:config
browser.search.suggest.enabled browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage
Seems a lot of digging for config options available in the GUI. On latest 68.6.1esr from Leap 15.1 OSS repo here.
Preferences -> Search -> untick - Provide search suggestions - Show search suggestions in address bar results
I can't stand ads or other junk cluttering up the addons page trying to tell me what they think are good addons. If I need a feature, I'm smart enough to search for it myself. about:config set to `false`
extensions.htmlaboutaddons.discover.enabled extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled
Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Firefox Data Collection and Use -> untick - Allow Firefox to make personalised extension recommendations
I don't want an mozilla firefox account and I don't want a dopey smiley face on my toolbar. about:config set to `false`
identity.fxaccounts.enabled identity.fxaccounts.toolbar.enabled
Don't create an account and right-click the smiley face -> Remove from toolbar
I do not want software that attempts to download and install a new version of itself and I don't need a 50M download waiting to be installed. Nor do I want a green up-arrow over the hamburger as a nag reminder. Only now, mozilla has taken away the ability to use about:config to disable automatic download of updates and mozilla took away the setting in preferences where you could tell firefox not to check for updates (annoying)
Now you have to hack together a json file of policies which for 68.6 requires you create a 'distribution' directory in the firefox install location, e.g. for a mozilla tarball that is:
/opt/firefox/distribution/policies.json (I'm not sure where that would be for the rpm -- Wolfgang?)
The contents to disable updates and the green nag is:
{ "policies": { "AppAutoUpdate": false } }
(which of course will need to be wrapped in the policies-template for 68.7...)
I don't get the green arrow or nag using the standard esr version in Leap. I see it on another distro even when I have the latest non-esr version but not yet on openSUSE.
Auto updater things are the sorts of things that we tend to patch out in distro build where we are expecting people to use the package manager as the timing doesn't always line up. In this case an inspection of the build files shows we build firefox with the "ac_add_options --disable-updater" option set, which i'm guessing Mozilla don't do for there builds. Cheers -- Simon Lees (Simotek) http://simotek.net Emergency Update Team keybase.io/simotek SUSE Linux Adelaide Australia, UTC+10:30 GPG Fingerprint: 5B87 DB9D 88DC F606 E489 CEC5 0922 C246 02F0 014B
On 04/09/2020 04:27 AM, Simon Lees wrote:
Auto updater things are the sorts of things that we tend to patch out in distro build where we are expecting people to use the package manager as the timing doesn't always line up. In this case an inspection of the build files shows we build firefox with the "ac_add_options --disable-updater" option set, which i'm guessing Mozilla don't do for there builds.
Cheers
Makes you appreciate the openSUSE package all the more. I was building 52.X from the mozilla mercurial setup when 42.3 switched 52->60 (and also to build with Gtk+2), but it isn't a light build locally, I'll have to take a look at the .spec again. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On 2020-04-09 12:23 a.m., David C. Rankin wrote:
I do not want software that attempts to download and install a new version of itself and I don't need a 50M download waiting to be installed. Nor do I want a green up-arrow over the hamburger as a nag reminder. Only now, mozilla has taken away the ability to use about:config to disable automatic download of updates and mozilla took away the setting in preferences where you could tell firefox not to check for updates (annoying)
What is app.update.auto? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
* Darryl Gregorash <raven@accesscomm.ca> [04-09-20 10:45]:
On 2020-04-09 12:23 a.m., David C. Rankin wrote:
I do not want software that attempts to download and install a new version of itself and I don't need a 50M download waiting to be installed. Nor do I want a green up-arrow over the hamburger as a nag reminder. Only now, mozilla has taken away the ability to use about:config to disable automatic download of updates and mozilla took away the setting in preferences where you could tell firefox not to check for updates (annoying)
What is app.update.auto?
be adventurous, read this post, url: about:config search for: update satisfy your curiosity, be curious -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2020-04-09 9:11 a.m., Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Darryl Gregorash <raven@accesscomm.ca> [04-09-20 10:45]:
What is app.update.auto?
be adventurous, read this post, url: about:config search for: update
satisfy your curiosity, be curious I did that; where do you think I found that entry? :D
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