guides/www/www_firefox.md

Resources

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options

Open profile manager

$ firefox --ProfileManager

or open Firefox and access about:profiles

Create firefox profile

$ firefox -CreateProfile profile_name profile_dir
$ firefox -CreateProfile JoelUser c:\internet\joelusers-moz-profile
$ firefox -CreateProfile jsEnabled ~/.mozilla/firefox/jsenabled.profile
$ firefox -CreateProfile jsDisabled ~/.mozilla/firefox/jsdisabled.profile

Open new instance

$ firefox --new-instance -P jsEnabled
$ firefox --new-instance -P jsDisabled

Open specific profile

$ firefox -P jsEnabled
$ firefox -P jsDisabled

Open in private mode

$ firefox -private
$ firefox --private-window

Configs in "about:config"

Disable javascript

javascript.enabled false

Disable search from url bar

keyword.enabled false
browser.fixup.alternate.enabled false
browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches false

Disable new tab style

browser.urlbar.update1 false

Disable pocket extention

extensions.pocket.enabled false

Disable webRTC leaks

Type "about:config” in the address bar
To disable RTCPeerConnection and protect IP addresses leakage, go to about:config and toggle media.peerconnection.enabled to false.
To disable Media Devices, toggle media.navigator.enabled as well as media.peerconnection.enabled both to false.

Enable Encrypted DNS

In preferences, go to General > 'Network Settings' > Settings
Check 'Enable DNS over HTTPS'
Add 'https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query'

Apply privacy settings in user.js

$ mkdir -p ~/src
$ cd ~/src
$ git clone https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js.git
$ cp ~/src/user.js/user.js ~/.mozilla/firefox/[profile_directory].default/

open multiple urls in browser

$ while read SITE; do firefox-esr "$SITE"; done < ~/sites.txt