2018-01-04-firefox-update.md 1.4 KB
title: "Firefox Update"
categories: bits
Updated bit
We used to delete Activity Stream, Pocket, and Follow on Search extensions for Firefox Developer Edition to actually disable them.
Since 63.07b none are longer available at their usual location. Instead, they are
now controlled via the about:config page.
Check out this repo for
our opinionated Firefox settings{:rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener"},
and sample user.js{:rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener"}
file, which disables the extensions mentioned above, among other things.
Deprecated Bit
According to the archilinux wiki{:rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener"} we can safely remove a few hidden add-ons which firefox includes by default. Beware, doing so will only remove these features until next update.
- activity stream. 'new tab' page replacement.
- pocket. proprietary freemium service add-on.
- follow on search. search telemetry.
on macOS:
$ cd /Applications/FirefoxDeveloperEdition.app/Contents/Resources/browser/features
once there, remove the hidden add-ons simply by:
$ rm activity-stream@mozilla.org.xpi firefox@getpocket.com.xpi followonsearch@mozilla.com.xpi