Firefox on Linux does some things different compared to the Windows counterpart. I generally prefer the Windows way these settings are configred, and the following settings are therefore made to improve the overall experience on Linux.
All of these settings are accessed by typing
about:config
inside the URL bar of the Firefox browser. Accept the risks and arrive at a long list. You can search for any setting in the search bar at the top, and change any boolean by double klicking the setting.
If Firefox is having trouble with a lot of screen tearing this setting might help.
gfx.xrender.enabled = true
These settings are done to more conform with Windows behaviour. Before continuing
make sure that the following two settings are ticked/enabled inside the menu
Firefox -> Preferences -> General -> Browsing
- Use autoscrolling
- Use smooth scrolling Then set the folling
middlemouse.contentLoadURL = false
middlemouse.openNewWindow = false
middlemouse.paste = false
and
mousewheel.acceleration.factor = 8
mousewheel.acceleration.start = 1
This makes so that klicking URL bar and such are the same as in Windows.
browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll = false
browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll = true
If you would like to use backspace as a "back" button change this from 2
to 0.
bowser.backspace_action = 0
These settings enable some functionality that makes for safer browsing.
network.IDN_show_punycode = true
Remove the Pocket extension that comes preinstalled
extensions.pocket.enabled = false
These settings disables functions that are a little privacy compromising and/or annoying to have.
Do not send geographical data.
geo.enabled = false
Disable WebRTC (Important if using VPN).
media.peerconnection.enabled = false
Do not accept any notifications through the browser.
dom.webnotifications.enabled = false
Might cause a heavy influx of captchas if this is enabled.
privacy.resistFingerprinting = true
You may also type in telemetry and disable whatever you like.