Shrink Firefox Interface

Posted in Computing Notes on Jun 24th, 2024 Comments Off

Use about:config –> browser.uidensity . browser.uidensity is set to 0 by default.  Changer the  value to 1 and it takes immediate effect.

Browser Extensions

Posted in Computing Notes on Jun 10th, 2024 Comments Off

Chromium: Joplin Web Clipper, Zotero Connector, floccus bookmarks sync, uBlock Origin, Quick Javascript Switcher, SingleFile, uMatrix Firefox: floccus bookmarks sync, Joplin Web Clipper, Search by Image, uMatrix, Undo Close Tab, Zotero, uBlock Origin   [x]  Removed some Firefox/LibreWolf extensions [+] Added Zotero and uBlock Origin, which have been long used, but neglected with regards to [...]

Disable updates in Thunderbird

Posted in Computing Notes on Apr 2nd, 2024 Comments Off

Open the Thunderbird program folder (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Thunderbird) create a new folder named distribution Create a file named policies.json with the following content:   { “policies”: { “DisableAppUpdate”: true } } Thanks to sifferedd.

LS alias and Mozilla DRM bar

Posted in Computing Notes on Feb 11th, 2024 Comments Off

Some useful aliases that are not always preconfigured on every Linux version: alias ll=’ls -alF’ alias la=’ls -A’ alias l=’ls –CF’ To eliminate the DRM warning in Firefox and Librewolf without enable DRM, add this to “userChrome.css”: notification[value="drmContentDisabled"]{ display:none !important; } toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets must be set to true in about config.

Thunderbird Row Highlighting

Posted in Computing Notes on Jan 21st, 2024 Comments Off

Revisions: 21 January 2024, first publication The Thunderbird developers are moving to a new user interface code base for Thunderbird 115 and Thunderbird 102 is the last version that will work with the historical userChrome.css customizations. The userbase for Mozilla products has continually shrunk over the past few years and the chances of equivalent customization [...]