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[-] ech@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago
[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hey no prob - I've swept through a new install of nightly on another system to get a concise set of ideas together (personal preference / UX tweaks have a † prepended):

#GUI configs:

about:preferences#general

  • † check Open previous windows and tabs
  • † uncheck Ask before quitting with Ctrl+Q
  • uncheck Use AI to suggest tabs and a name for tab groups
  • † uncheck picture in picture video controls
  • uncheck Recommend extensions as you browse
  • uncheck Recommend features as you browse
  • uncheck Enable link previews

about:preferences#home

  • uncheck Recommended stories
  • uncheck Sponsored shortcuts
  • uncheck Sponsored stories (disabled when you uncheck Recommended stories)

about:preferences#search

  • Default Search Engine: duckduckgo (or whatever you'd prefer)
  • uncheck Suggestions from Nightly (Firefox)
  • uncheck Suggestions from sponsors
  • Search Shortcuts (remove google, bing, ebay, etc)

about:preferences#privacy

[right click and customise toolbar]:

  • † remove view recent browsing across windows and devices
  • † show bookmarks bar on new tab page only
  • † customise gui to remove spacers, add home button

#about:config

  • † browser.uidensity == 1 (thinner top bar)

falsify the following:

  • browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport
  • datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled
  • datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled
  • datareporting.usage.uploadEnabled
  • security.csp.reporting.enabled
  • toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun
  • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry
  • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry
  • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ut.events
  • browser.search.serpEventTelemetryCategorization.enabled
  • browser.search.serpEventTelemetryCategorization.regionEnabled
  • dom.security.unexpected_system_load_telemetry_enabled
  • identity.fxaccounts.telemetry.clientAssociationPing.enabled
  • network.trr.confirmation_telemetry_enabled
  • nimbus.telemetry.targetingContextEnabled
  • telemetry.fog.init_on_shutdown
  • toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled
  • toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled
  • toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun
  • toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled
  • toolkit.telemetry.unified
  • toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled
  • browser.ml.chat.enabled
  • browser.ml.chat.menu
  • browser.ml.chat.page
  • browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge
  • browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge
  • browser.ml.chat.shortcuts
  • browser.ml.chat.shortcuts.custom
  • browser.ml.chat.sidebar
  • browser.ml.enable
  • browser.ml.linkPreview.longPress
[-] ech@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Dang, that is a thorough list! Thanks a lot!

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

very welcome - happy browsing!

this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2025
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