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# Firefox
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[Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox) is a free and open-source web
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browser.
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## Telemetry
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Telemetry is the remote measurement and transmission of data.
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To change the telemetry of Firefox navigate to `about:telemetry` and click the
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options to toggle between enabled and disabled.
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## Configuration
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Firefox has many possible settings and precerences.
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This section addresses possible settings and preferences for specific use cases.
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### Scrolling
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On Linux distributions auto scroll is disabled by default.
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This means that you cant click the middle mouse button to use it for scrolling.
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To enable it go into the preferences and check `Use autoscrolling`.
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### Sponsorings
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Sponsorings are embedded ads in Firefox.
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After navigating to `about:config` enabling and disabling of sponsorings can be done at
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`browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored`.
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### Compact Mode
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In Firefox compact mode is a configuration to make tabs and navigation elements
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including bookmarks smaller.
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After navigating to `about:config` the configuration can be done at
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`browser.compactmode.show`.
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## List of useful Firefox add-ons
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Following is a list of useful Firefox add-ons.
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They can be removed and configured under `about:config`.
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- [Cameleon](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/chameleon-ext/)
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spoofs your browser profile including user agent and screen size.
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- [ClearURLs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/clearurls) removes
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tracking elements from URLs.
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- [Dark Reader](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/darkreader) creates
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an automatic dark mode for sites without native dark mode.
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- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/multi-account-containers)
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lets you separate cookies in different containers on a per site base.
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With this add-on a proxy can be selected for each container which enables
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usage of [a VPN proxy](/wiki/vpn.md#proxy).
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- [Floccus](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/addon/floccus/) syncs your
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bookmarks across devices (supports Nextcloud and WebDAV (ownCloud, etc)).
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- [hide-scrollbars](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/hide-scrollbars)
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hides scrollbars.
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- [Never-Consent](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/never-consent)
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automatically refuses GDPR consent to a bunch of platforms.
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- [NoScript](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/noscript) blocks all
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javascript so that the parts you need can be reenabled and the rest is not used.
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- [Privacy Badger](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/privacy-badger17)
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blocks unwanted invisible trackers.
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- [Privacy Redirect](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/)
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redirects youtube, instagram, twitter, etc to free alternatives or alternative
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frontends.
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- [Sidebery](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/sidebery)
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is a sidebar with treestyle tabs and bookmarks.
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- [SponsorBlock](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/)
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skips YouTube video sponsors automatically, works with
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[invidious](./invidious.md) too.
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- [Temporary Containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/temporary-containers)
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opens tabs and websites, that are not already managed by
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`Firefox Multi-Account Containers` in a new container.
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- [Tree Style Tab](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/tree-style-tab)
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shows tabs like a tree. This is especially useful if many tabs are used.
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- [uBlock Origin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/ublock-origin)
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blocks unwanted content like ads.
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- [User-Agent Switcher and Manager](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher)
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spoofs websites that try to gather information about your webbrowser.
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- [Vim Vixen](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/Firefox/addon/vim-vixen) enables
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vim movement for Firefox.
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## Add a new search engine
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You can add a new search engine with the add-on `Add custom search engine`.
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Make sure to replace `<url to search engine>` with the according url.
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It is possible to add it without an add-on.
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Navigate to the search engine and click the `...` in the address bar.
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Then click `Add Search Engine`
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