Better-Fox
An up-to-date user.js to speed up and secure Firefox [Moved to: https://github.com/yokoffing/BetterFox] (by yokoffing)
user-agent-desktop
Ghostery Desktop Browser (by ghostery)
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| Better-Fox | user-agent-desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | 7 | |
| 171 | 103 | |
| - | 1.9% | |
| 5.3 | 8.7 | |
| over 1 year ago | 18 days ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | Mozilla Public License 2.0 |
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Better-Fox
Posts with mentions or reviews of Better-Fox.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-10.
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Make firefox scrolling like chrome
Try one of these.
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Reddit embeds not loading
Here's the user.js I'm using.
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Firefox v91.0's release notes!
You can find more changes like this here.
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Switching from Brave
if you want somewhat hardened firefox but don't want to deal any breakage I personally recommend his user.js https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox
- About Microsoft Edge and Firefox's smooth scrolling
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Ublock origin AND Ghostery = better protection or better to avoid them both together ?
Why?
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ublock Origin + Ghostery on firefox addon on android and Mac Os = good combo or to avoid and why ?
Even if you turn on Privacy Badger's heuristics, it is not better than uBlock Origin or Ghostery. You literally don't need Privacy Badger in 2021.
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Google accused of tracking users in 'Incognito' mode, lawsuit pending
This is the one I use, with some modifications since I'm willing to break some websites. The initial config shouldn't break anything, though. (https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox).
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Auto-hide almost everything
Yes, sir. That would be me. :)
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Privacy add ons
No, they were not acquired by an ad company. Ghostery is open-source and managed by a small handful of devs who really care about privacy.
user-agent-desktop
Posts with mentions or reviews of user-agent-desktop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-10.
- Ghostery Desktop Browser – A minimal fork of Firefox optimised for privacy
- Is Ghostery Dawn still being developed?
- Goodbye Chrome, Hello Ghostery Browser! A New Dawn In The Browser Wars!
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Privacy add ons
I’ve also worked with their devs for their upcoming Ghostery Browser, which is based on Firefox. https://github.com/ghostery/user-agent-desktop#community It’s a small team of guys who genuinely care about privacy.
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What browsers do you recommend?
Here you go: https://github.com/ghostery/user-agent-desktop. I think it's still on beta, that's why you can't find it easily, but it's pretty stable to me, I've never had any bug or something like that.
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What source is the Ghostery Browser using?
It's based on Firefox. Here the public repo: https://github.com/ghostery/user-agent-desktop
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Better-Fox and user-agent-desktop you can also consider the following projects:
user.js - Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening
ghostery-extension - Ghostery Browser Extension for Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge and Safari
firefox-profile-switcher-connector - Native connector software for the 'Profile Switcher for Firefox' extension.
nw.js - Call all Node.js modules directly from DOM/WebWorker and enable a new way of writing applications with all Web technologies.
desk.glitchy.website - A nostalgic recreation of the Windows 7 desktop UI
Firefox-UI-Fix - 🦊 I respect proton UI and aim to improve it.
duckduckgo-privacy-extension - DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials browser extension for Firefox, Chrome.
SponsorBlock - Skip YouTube video sponsors (browser extension)
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