User.js: ToDo: diffs FF60-FF61

[earthlng]

211 diffs ( 90 new, 101 gone, 20 different )

FF61 is scheduled for release 26-June

other

• [x] [1450448](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1450448) re 2730+2750 pushed to ESR60 - https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/70abeda9d495edd72d5ca580233af17994e9ba49 & https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/d34894e9656cddcdf32c177a15e088e2316e0543
• [x] 0100s UI changes & cleanup all prefs for home & newtab - https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/c9543519c787c37bdaa2602b3e5938de6b4efca0

new in v61.0:

• [x] pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true); // hidden pref - https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/56acb4cff590941bb5b1e2a0fe491941bb653f96
  
  
  
  • 1413868 ^{currently access denied}, 26424
  
  
• [x] pref("shield.savant.enabled", false); 1462725 - https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/dceef9d1dbb8060be767f9fce3d7f3f07f3803f5
• pref("security.block_ftp_subresources", true); - Article, 1452701 - added here for visibility

removed, renamed or hidden in v61.0:

• [x] pref("browser.storageManager.enabled", true); 1428306 - https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/a4a9b9a675df5f43e32d82062bd32e29f1ff4936
• [x] experiments 1450801 & 1420908 - https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/9386fb55819f960842a5328cb614e13899f5d805
  
  
  
  • pref("experiments.enabled", true);
  
  
  • pref("experiments.manifest.uri", "https://telemetry-experiment.cdn.mozilla.net/manifest/v1/firefox/%VERSION%/%CHANNEL%");
  
  
  • pref("experiments.supported", true);
  
  
  • pref("experiments.activeExperiment", false);
  
  
• [x] remote jar 1427726 - https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/9386fb55819f960842a5328cb614e13899f5d805
  
  
  
  • pref("network.jar.block-remote-files", true);
  
  
  • pref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false);
  
  
• [x] pref("services.blocklist.signing.enforced", true); 1397230 - https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/a4a9b9a675df5f43e32d82062bd32e29f1ff4936

changed in v61.0:

• pref("browser.tabs.remote.warmup.enabled", true); // prev: false (FF57+) 1385453 - leaving up here for visibility
• pref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true); // prev: false 1703 (inactive)

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==NEW

pref("accessibility.monoaudio.enable", false);
pref("apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.enabled", false);
pref("apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.friction", "0.015");
pref("apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.inflexion", "0.35");
pref("apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.stop_threshold", "0.1");
pref("apz.max_tap_time", 300);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouterExperimentEnabled", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.snippetsUrl", "");
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.aboutpreferences", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.asrouterfeed", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.theme", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includeBookmarks", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includeDownloads", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includeVisited", true);
pref("browser.tabs.20FpsThrobber", false);
pref("browser.tabs.30FpsThrobber", false);
pref("browser.tabs.closeTabByDblclick", false);
pref("browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent", false);
pref("devtools.accessibility.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.application.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.html", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.alphabetize-outline", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.component-stack-visible", true);
pref("devtools.debugger.component-visible", true);
pref("devtools.debugger.features.component-stack", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.features.pause-points", true);
pref("devtools.debugger.features.skip-pausing", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.skip-pausing", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.tabsBlackBoxed", "[]");
pref("devtools.inspector.fonteditor.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.show-three-pane-tooltip", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.three-pane-enabled", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.three-pane-toggle", false);
pref("devtools.netmonitor.responseBodyLimit", 1048576);
pref("devtools.netmonitor.saveRequestAndResponseBodies", true);
pref("devtools.toolbox.tabsOrder", "");
pref("dom.event.default_to_passive_touch_listeners", true);
pref("dom.indexedDB.storageOption.enabled", false);
pref("dom.performance.enable_scheduler_timing", false);
pref("dom.performance.time_to_dom_content_flushed.enabled", false);
pref("dom.use_components_shim", true);
pref("dom.vr.external.enabled", false);
pref("extensions.webcompat.perform_injections", true);
pref("extensions.webextensions.background-delayed-startup", false);
pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.validate_variation_tables", true);
pref("gfx.webrender.async-scene-build", 2);
pref("gfx.webrender.blob.invalidation", true);
pref("gfx.webrender.dcomp-win.enabled", true);
pref("identity.fxaccounts.messages.enabled", false);
pref("intl.ime.hack.on_any_apps.fire_key_events_for_composition", false); // ANDROID IME-unaware apps
pref("layers.enable-tiles-if-skia-pomtp", false);
pref("layers.tiles.edge-padding", false);
pref("layers.tiles.retain-back-buffer", true);
pref("layout.css.emulate-moz-box-with-flex", false);
pref("layout.css.getPropertyCSSValue.enabled", false);
pref("layout.css.moz-document.url-prefix-hack.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.parsing.parallel", true);
pref("marionette.contentListener", false);
pref("media.audio-max-decode-error", 3);
pref("media.av1.enabled", true);
pref("media.clearkey.persistent-license.enabled", false);
pref("media.eme.audio.blank", false);
pref("media.eme.video.blank", false);
pref("media.forcestereo.enabled", false);
pref("media.hls.enabled", false);
pref("media.mediasource.experimental.enabled", false);
pref("media.resampling.enabled", false);
pref("media.ruin-av-sync.enabled", false);
pref("media.videocontrols.lock-video-orientation", false);
pref("media.video-max-decode-error", 2);
pref("media.webaudio.audiocontextoptions-samplerate.enabled", true);
pref("media.webspeech.recognition.force_enable", false);
pref("media.webspeech.synth.force_global_queue", false);
pref("media.webspeech.test.enable", false);
pref("media.webspeech.test.fake_fsm_events", false);
pref("media.webspeech.test.fake_recognition_service", false);
pref("mousewheel.autodir.enabled", false);
pref("mousewheel.autodir.honourroot", false);
pref("network.cookie.move.interval_sec", 10);
pref("network.http.fallback-connection-timeout", 5);
pref("network.predictor.doing-tests", false); // 1448220 ?
pref("security.pki.mitm_canary_issuer", ""); // 1450967 ?
pref("security.pki.mitm_canary_issuer.enabled", true);
pref("security.sandbox.gmp.win32k-disable", false);
pref("services.settings.changes.path", "/buckets/monitor/collections/changes/records");
pref("services.settings.default_bucket", "main");
pref("services.settings.default_signer", "remote-settings.content-signature.mozilla.org");
pref("shield.savant.loglevel", "warn");

==REMOVED or HIDDEN

pref("apz.minimap.visibility.enabled", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.collapseTopSites", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enableWideLayout", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.collapsed", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.topstories.collapsed", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showTopSites", true);
pref("browser.tabs.restorebutton", 0);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.csserror", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.csslog", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.cssparser", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.exception", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.jslog", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.jswarn", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.netwarn", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.network", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.networkinfo", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.secerror", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.secwarn", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.servererror", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.serverinfo", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.serverlog", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.serverwarn", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.serviceworkers", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.sharedworkers", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.windowlessworkers", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.new-frontend-enabled", false);
pref("devtools.changesview.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.computed.boxmodel.opened", true);
pref("devtools.debugger.features.breakpoints-dropdown", false);
pref("devtools.eventsview.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.hud.loglimit.console", 1000);
pref("devtools.hud.loglimit.cssparser", 1000);
pref("devtools.hud.loglimit.exception", 1000);
pref("devtools.hud.loglimit.network", 1000);
pref("devtools.inspector.colorWidget.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.split-rule-enabled", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.split-sidebar-toggle", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.csserror", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.csslog", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.cssparser", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.exception", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.jslog", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.jswarn", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.netwarn", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.network", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.networkinfo", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.secerror", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.secwarn", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.servererror", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.serverinfo", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.serverlog", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.serverwarn", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.serviceworkers", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.sharedworkers", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.windowlessworkers", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.new-frontend-enabled", true);
pref("dom.animations-api.pending-member.enabled", true);
pref("dom.compartment_per_addon", true);
pref("dom.forms.number", true);
pref("dom.ipc.cpows.allow-cpows-in-compat-addons", "{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d},[email protected],{DDC359D1-844A-42a7-9AA1-88A850A938A8},privateTab@infocatcher,mousegesturessuite@lemon_juice.addons.mozilla.org,[email protected],[email protected],{AE93811A-5C9A-4d34-8462-F7B864FC4696},[email protected],{EF522540-89F5-46b9-B6FE-1829E2B572C6},{677a8f98-fd64-40b0-a883-b8c95d0cbf17},[email protected],fx-devtools,[email protected],{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d},{dc572301-7619-498c-a57d-39143191b318},[email protected],{86095750-AD15-46d8-BF32-C0789F7E6A32},[email protected],{91aa5abe-9de4-4347-b7b5-322c38dd9271},[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],{7b1bf0b6-a1b9-42b0-b75d-252036438bdc},s3crypto@data,{1e0fd655-5aea-4b4c-a583-f76ef1e3af9c},[email protected],{aff87fa2-a58e-4edd-b852-0a20203c1e17},{1018e4d6-728f-4b20-ad56-37578a4de76b},[email protected],[email protected],{b2e69492-2358-071a-7056-24ad0c3defb1},[email protected],{e4a8a97b-f2ed-450b-b12d-ee082ba24781},jid1-f3mYMbCpz2AZYl@jetpack,{8c550e28-88c9-4764-bb52-aa489cf2efcd},{37fa1426-b82d-11db-8314-0800200c9a66},{ac2cfa60-bc96-11e0-962b-0800200c9a66},[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],{fc6339b8-9581-4fc7-b824-dffcb091fcb7},[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232},{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8},[email protected],@screen_maker,[email protected],[email protected],s3google@translator,[email protected],{C1A2A613-35F1-4FCF-B27F-2840527B6556},[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],{9AA46F4F-4DC7-4c06-97AF-5035170634FE},jid1-CikLKKPVkw6ipw@jetpack,[email protected],[email protected],{A065A84F-95B6-433A-A0C8-4C040B77CE8A},[email protected]");
pref("dom.ipc.cpows.forbid-cpows-in-compat-addons", true);
pref("dom.ipc.scheduler", false);
pref("dom.requestcontext.enabled", false);
pref("experiments.manifest.fetchIntervalSeconds", 86400);
pref("extensions.{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.description", "chrome://browser/locale/browser.properties");
pref("extensions.{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.name", "chrome://browser/locale/browser.properties");
pref("extensions.allow-non-mpc-extensions", true);
pref("extensions.dss.switchPending", false);
pref("general.skins.selectedSkin", "classic/1.0");
pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.keep_variation_tables", false);
pref("layers.advanced.background-color", false);
pref("layers.advanced.background-image", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.border-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.bullet-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.canvas-background-color", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.caret-layers", false);
pref("layers.advanced.columnRule-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.image-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.outline-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.solid-color", false);
pref("layers.advanced.table", false);
pref("layout.accessiblecaret.always_show_when_scrolling", true);
pref("layout.css.expensive-style-struct-assertions.enabled", false);
pref("layout.css.float-logical-values.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.scoped-style.enabled", false);
pref("layout.css.scope-pseudo.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.servo.chrome.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.servo.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.text-combine-upright.enabled", true);
pref("media.wmf.skip-blacklist", false);
pref("network.predictor.redirect-likely-confidence", 75);
pref("services.blocklist.changes.path", "/buckets/monitor/collections/changes/records");
pref("svg.path-caching.enabled", true);
pref("toolkit.telemetry.infoURL", "https://www.mozilla.org/legal/privacy/firefox.html#telemetry");

==CHANGED

pref("app.normandy.run_interval_seconds", 21600); // prev: 86400
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories.options", "{\"api_key_pref\":\"extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey\",\"hidden\":true,\"provider_icon\":\"pocket\",\"provider_name\":\"Pocket\",\"read_more_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.com/explore/trending?src=fx_new_tab\",\"stories_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/global-recs?version=3&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US&feed_variant=default_spocs_off\",\"stories_referrer\":\"https://getpocket.com/recommendations\",\"topics_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/trending-topics?version=2&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US\",\"show_spocs\":false,\"personalized\":true}"); // prev: "{\"api_key_pref\":\"extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey\",\"hidden\":true,\"provider_description\":\"pocket_description\",\"provider_icon\":\"pocket\",\"provider_name\":\"Pocket\",\"read_more_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.com/explore/trending?src=fx_new_tab\",\"stories_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/global-recs?version=3&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US&feed_variant=default_spocs_off\",\"stories_referrer\":\"https://getpocket.com/recommendations\",\"privacy_notice_link\":\"https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/firefox/#suggest-relevant-content\",\"disclaimer_link\":\"https://getpocket.com/firefox/new_tab_learn_more\",\"topics_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/trending-topics?version=2&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US\",\"show_spocs\":false,\"personalized\":true}"
pref("devtools.debugger.features.map-scopes", true); // prev: false
pref("extensions.geckoProfiler.getSymbolRules", "localBreakpad,remoteBreakpad,dump_syms.exe"); // prev: "localBreakpad,remoteBreakpad"
pref("extensions.langpacks.signatures.required", true); // prev: false
pref("extensions.legacy.exceptions", "[email protected],@testpilot-containers,jid1-NeEaf3sAHdKHPA@jetpack,@activity-streams,[email protected],@testpilot-addon,@min-vid,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]"); // prev: "{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd},[email protected],@testpilot-containers,jid1-NeEaf3sAHdKHPA@jetpack,@activity-streams,[email protected],@testpilot-addon,@min-vid,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]"
pref("extensions.webextensions.tabhide.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("font.name-list.emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji, Twemoji Mozilla"); // prev: "Segoe UI Emoji, EmojiOne Mozilla"
pref("gfx.webrender.blob-images", true); // prev: 1
pref("image.mem.shared", true); // prev: 2
pref("layers.omtp.paint-workers", -1); // prev: 1
pref("layers.tile-height", 512); // prev: 256
pref("layers.tile-width", 512); // prev: 256
pref("layout.css.moz-document.content.enabled", false); // prev: true
pref("lightweightThemes.selectedThemeID", "[email protected]"); // prev: ""
pref("media.wmf.amd.vp9.enabled", false); // prev: true
pref("network.http.throttle.version", 2); // prev: 1
pref("network.trr.blacklist-duration", 1200); // prev: 259200

[earthlng]

bugzilla tickets for some of the remaining prefs

• browser.storageManager.enabled
  Bug 1428306 - Remove browser.storageManager.enabled pref

• browser.tabs.remote.warmup.enabled
  Bug 1457651 - Re-enable tab warming on Tier3 platforms.
  Bug 1456602 - Enable tab warming for Windows and Linux on all channels.
  Bug 1423220 - Enable tab warming by default for Nightly builds.

• dom.indexedDB.storageOption.enabled
  Bug 1451486 - Part 1 - Ignore the storage attribute on indexedDB.open() by default.

• dom.keyboardevent.dispatch_during_composition
  Bug 1446401 - Start to dispatch "keydown" event and "keyup" event even during in composition in Nightly and early Beta

• experiments.enabled
  Bug 1420908: Remove telemetry experiments.

• experiments.manifest.uri
  Bug 1420908: Remove telemetry experiments.

• experiments.supported
  Bug 1450801 Part 1: Remove front-end (about:addons) support for telemetry experiments.

• extensions.legacy.exceptions
  Bug 1372694 - Stop making the default theme a heavyweight theme.

• extensions.webextensions.tabhide.enabled
  Bug 1455040 - Enable tab hiding API by default.

• gfx.downloadable_fonts.validate_variation_tables
  Bug 1341088 - Enable validation of opentype variation tables in downloadable fonts, and replace the keep_variation_tables pref with validate_variation_tables (default=true).

• layout.css.moz-document.content.enabled
  Bug 1422245 Disable @-moz-document in content pages

• network.cookie.move.interval_sec
  Bug 1454100 - Move cookies around every X seconds

• network.jar.block-remote-files
  Bug 1427726 - remove support for remote JAR files,

• network.jar.open-unsafe-types
  Bug 1427726 - remove support for remote JAR files,

• security.block_ftp_subresources
  Bug 1452701 - Add pref to allow FTP subresources.

• services.blocklist.signing.enforced
  Bug 1397230 - Generalize blocklist clients to remote settings clients

[earthlng]

It looks like the 4th pref in 0501 experiments.activeExperiment was also removed with 1420908

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

I was going to check on that, because it would seem to be a leftover they missed. I haven't looked at the tickets (except a few others I looked up in the pile of new items I moved) - but I assume experiments (all of 0501) is now replaced by FF60's app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled (0512)

Edit: bump: I think we should just remove browser.storageManager.enabled rather than deprecate it. I'm guessing it was only ever added to handle rolling it out and/or testing. If ESR60 users disable Storage API, it could be handy, other than that it's really a non-event pref

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

^^ Edit: bump: I think we should just remove browser.storageManager.enabled

Pants wanna remove pref. Pants is smart, be like Pants.

[earthlng]

we can also remove services.blocklist.signing.enforced rather than deprecate it, because it's default true since FF50

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

NEW: security.block_ftp_subresources - Article: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/05/07/blocking-ftp-subresource-loads-within-non-ftp-documents-in-firefox-61/ Not sure if we need to add this, default true is what we want. I'd be more interested in making 0708 active

Edit: moved to ignore (from new)

• pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.validate_variation_tables", true);
• pref("network.cookie.move.interval_sec", 10); (this is about cookies being moved from one memory location to another)
• pref("media.clearkey.persistent-license.enabled", false);
• pref("media.webspeech.recognition.force_enable", false);
• pref("media.webspeech.test.enable", false);

[earthlng]

• dom.indexedDB.storageOption.enabled - safe to ignore, enabled=false is what we want. see https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2018/storage-option-for-indexeddb-open-has-been-removed/
• extensions.webcompat.perform_injections ( + extensions.webcompat.perform_ua_overrides )
  if they are user-set they get reset when the system addon starts up. The webcompat SA allows mozilla to inject scripts or css into a site and/or change the User-agent string, presumably to unbreak certain sites. (see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Compatibility/Go_Faster_Addon/Override_Policies_and_Workflows) ATM (in nightly) there are no real live settings just a test config (injections, ua-overrides). To disable it we can't use user_pref but pref() should probably work. IDK if we need/want to do that though, up to you.

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

dom.indexedDB.storageOption.enabled - I've read this has been breaking extensions, or I may be confused over the removal of a deprecated or non-standard "persistent" IDB feature. I'll have to dig a little more - yup, that compat link is what I was thinking, I doubt any extensions we use break. Agreed, ignore.

Webcompat - agreed, ignore them. Would be interesting to see if webcompat can override RFP.

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

OT: I have no idea what this means - is it meant to be scary?

[earthlng]

^^ sounds like an Ad for VulnDB and the blame is put on Mitre, not mozilla.

In this case, CVE delivered information on 318 vulnerabilities up to seven years late. Compare that to VulnDB, which had information on all of these issues available immediately after disclosure

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

sounds like an Ad

I know. I just thought I'd draw attention to CVE - I've had loads of problems trying to find things in there.. in other words, I think it's a bit sh^t. No idea why that article focused on FF

[earthlng]

61b14 changes since 61b6

new

pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.snippetsUrl", "");
pref("layout.css.moz-document.url-prefix-hack.enabled", true); // 61b6: false
pref("services.sync.engine.bookmarks.validation.enabled", true);
pref("services.sync.engine.passwords.validation.enabled", true);
pref("shield.savant.enabled", false);
pref("shield.savant.loglevel", "warn");

removed, renamed or hidden

pref("geo.provider.ms-windows-location", false);

changed

pref("browser.cache.offline.insecure.enable", false); // prev: true
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ut.events", true); // prev: false
pref("browser.startup.blankWindow", true); // prev: false
pref("device.sensors.ambientLight.enabled", false); // prev: true
pref("device.sensors.proximity.enabled", false); // prev: true
pref("dom.keyboardevent.dispatch_during_composition", true); // prev: false
pref("dom.registerContentHandler.enabled", false); // prev: true
pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%"); // prev: "https://www.googleapis.com/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=%GOOGLE_API_KEY%"
pref("layout.display-list.retain", true); // prev: false
pref("media.wmf.amd.vp9.enabled", false); // prev: true
pref("network.tcp.tcp_fastopen_enable", true); // prev: false
pref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true); // prev: false

EDIT: updated 1st post

[earthlng]

61.0 changes since 61b14

changed

pref("app.update.channel", "beta"); // prev: "release"
pref("app.update.url.details", "https://www.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/beta/notes"); // prev: "https://www.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/notes"
pref("app.update.url.manual", "https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/beta"); // prev: "https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/"
pref("devtools.devedition.promo.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", true); // prev: false

EDIT: updated 1st post

[earthlng]

new hidden pref:

// Disable using UNC paths (TBB bug 26424 and Mozilla's bug 1413868)
user_pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true);

uplifted all the way back to and including ESR52

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

I guess we better finish this - have been uber busy (and still am), so just as well 61 is a bit of a non event for our changes

FYI: https://jakearchibald.com/2018/i-discovered-a-browser-bug/ - interesting read (and https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/issues/144#issuecomment-368040980 which is linked in the article

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

moving all from changed to ignore

pref("browser.tabs.remote.warmup.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("extensions.legacy.exceptions", "[email protected],@testpilot-containers,jid1-NeEaf3sAHdKHPA@jetpack,@activity-streams,[email protected],@testpilot-addon,@min-vid,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]"); // prev: "{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd},[email protected],@testpilot-containers,jid1-NeEaf3sAHdKHPA@jetpack,@activity-streams,[email protected],@testpilot-addon,@min-vid,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]"
pref("extensions.webextensions.tabhide.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("layout.css.moz-document.content.enabled", false); // prev: true
pref("media.wmf.amd.vp9.enabled", false); // prev: true

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.snippetsUrl", "");
pref("shield.savant.enabled", false);
pref("shield.savant.loglevel", "warn");

• AS is covered by nixing the xpi - also browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouterExperimentEnabled is false, if that's the master switch
• loglevel seems fine as "warn" (wouldn't we want a warning?)
• savant: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462725

[earthlng]

I'd say we force-disable shield.savant.enabled because fuck shield.

I will definitely also disable tab warmup because I don't want FF to start doing something whenever I hover over a background tab with my mouse. But IDK if it's worth adding under 5000.

And lets not forget about this either. The bugzilla for it is still Access Denied.
I think this is about a potential proxy bypass and is definitely more severe in TBB than vanilla FF. But since most people will never really need a website (??) to access a UNC path anyway, it shouldn't be a problem if we add it IMHO.

[Atavic]

error is the log level below warn.

[Atavic]

A fresh bugzilla. And it has Critical Priority.

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

@earthlng I need some help with the last commit re the changes with the new home page and new tab UI

/* 0102: set start page (0=blank, 1=home, 2=last visited page, 3=resume previous session)
 * [SETTING] General>Startup>When Firefox starts>Restore previous session ***/
   // user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0);
/* 0103: set your "home" page (see 0102) or use an extension
 * about:home=Activity Stream (default, see 0514), custom URL (see example below), about:blank
 * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>Homepage and new windows ***/
   // user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "https://www.example.com/");
/* 0104: set your "newtab" page
 * true=Activity Stream (default, see 0514), false=blank page (or set by an extension)
 * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>New tabs ***/
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false); // not used now?

• 0102: I haven't got a pre61 handy to look at the previous UI, so I am not sure what the old UI had for options. The new UI only has an option for checking/unchecking "restore previous session". So think we (and I'm all tired out) need to check that those values 0=blank 1=home still exist, or if they get set by 0102 or 0103, and also work out what is the default is and what it changes to/from when flicking between the options in the new UI (I am so confused right now).
• 0103: i think this is right
• 0104: this was 0360 - it only has 2 options, even if you use an extension for your newtab. I do not think the preload does anything any more (because all the defaults for AS are handled by AS prefs), so if we can check that we could remove that pref - yes/no?
• tied 0103+0104 into 0514, but not sure if I need to add anything more to 0514?

The defaults for both newtab and homepage and new windows are to use AS. The default for startup seems to be 1 = home = AS (need to confirm that)

Edit: if 0102 is only about previous session then maybe this could be with the other session stuff? IDK

[earthlng]

this is what it looks like in FF60:

0102+0103 could use a [SETTING-ESR60].

re: 0102 ...

need to check that those values 0=blank 1=home still exist

they do

work out what is the default is and what it changes to/from when flicking between the options in the new UI

default is 1. In FF61+ it toggles between 1 and 3

0103: I don't really like the "or use an extension". A newtab extension has nothing to do with privacy/security

re: 0104: "I do not think the preload does anything any more" - in FF61+ it's obsolete because it's checked together with browser.newtabpage.enabled and if that's false then so is newtab preloading. But in ESR60 and ESR52 it's slightly different and for that reason I'd say we keep it.

if 0102 is only about previous session then maybe this could be with the other session stuff?

it's about what happens on startup and thus fits perfectly where it is right now, IMO.

ps: I wouldn't mind activating both 0102 and 0103 and setting them to 0 and "about:blank" to make sure that no websites start loading before all extensions are ready.

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

this is what it looks like in FF60:

So that's the same as ESR60 then? Yup, we'll need a [SETTING-ESR60] tag.

it's about what happens on startup and thus fits perfectly where it is right now, IMO

was just a thought pending answers. The answer that 60 vs 61 handles shit differently put a whole new spin on everything. Why didn't they get all this shit sync with ESR (annoys me). It's already complicated as it is.

ps: I wouldn't mind activating both 0102 and 0103 and setting them to 0 and "about:blank" to make sure that no websites start loading before all extensions are ready.

I thought about it yesterday - some people set a custom url, others use an extension (like myself - it sets a moz-extension address) - this is something that users need to set themselves IMO. There's a whole UI for it. For those who want they can set an override.

I thought about making the inactive value as about:blank, but I also wanted to keep the URL example

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

here's what 0102 looks like in 61+

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

This is getting messy

• set browser.startup.page to 0 - this turns both homepage+newwindows and newtabs to "blank page" (you need to reload the options page)
• changing homepage+newwindows to custom url or Firefox home (activity stream) changes browser.startup.page back to 1
• changinghomepage+newwindows back to blank does not reset browser.startup.page to 0 (and there is not UI for that in 61+). Guess they really want the startup page to be AS

update

• changing BOTH homepage+newwindows and newtab to blank still does not change browser.startup.page to 0 - so all the UI options do not cover starting with a blank page
• no idea if 2 still works for browser.startup.page (probably but gets changed if people tinker with the UI)
• no idea how installing an extension affects it - probably the same since its just an API call to set a custom URL

[earthlng]

some people set a custom url, others use an extension

yeah but most people don't use either and IMHO it should be the people using custom urls or extensions that should set an override and not the other way around. Also, people might not realize that when they have a homepage set and startup set to 1 (default) that the site will start to load before all their extensions are ready.

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

FYI: I just tested with browser.startup.page = 0 (and I use an extension to control my newtab/home/newwindow) and it is independent of the extension. Haven't read your post above just yet, getting my thoughts down .. since there is no UI in FF61 to stop AS on startpage, then 0102 we could enforce as 0 - this also controls sets 103+104 to about:blank (but not those controlled by an extension - see my test I just did). thoughts?

Not sure what just doing 0102 as 0 is on ESr60

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

I don't like this because all 4 values are still supported in all versions

I re-edited the draft which is fast becoming moot again anyway

I'm pretty sure that when you don't delete the AS xpi and you use the UI to set this to "Firefox Homepage" (or whatever it's called), it will set the value to "about:newtab". If you delete the xpi it will set "about:home", last I checked.

If i delete the XPI (as in my current setup) it sets about:home = correct. WITH the XPI I will recheck but I got the values I wrote from a default portable 61 - will let you know. Update: it sets `about:home: regardless of whether or not the XPI exists (FF61)

when you use a newtab extension FF will set these prefs for you automatically and even lock the UI, doesn't it? So, again, no need to mention extensions anywhere in this section

here is my UI

newtab is locked, but homepage+newwindow are not

[earthlng]

wow they really fucked it up big time! what a fucking mess

Let's just keep it simple and fuck all the infos and settings and shit

/* 0102: set a blank startup-, home- and newtab page ***/
user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0); // 0=blank, 1=home, 2=last visited, 3=resume previous session
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false);

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

edited: final v2 (merged the two settings in 0102)

/* 0102: set START page (0=blank, 1=home, 2=last visited page, 3=resume previous session)
 * [SETTING] General>Startup>When Firefox starts ***/
user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0);
/* 0103: set HOME+NEWWINDOW page
 * about:home=Activity Stream (default, see 0514), custom URL, about:blank
 * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>Homepage and new windows ***/
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");
/* 0104: set NEWTAB page
 * true=Activity Stream (default, see 0514), false=blank page
 * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>New tabs ***/
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false);

my overrides

user_pref("browser.startup.page", 1);
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "moz-extension://8ablahblah");

no need for explanations, no need to mention versions, no need to mention how the code works which will probably change

:+1: or :+1: (no thumbs down allowed) and then I will commit

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

PS: we can relook at the settings tags when we get an ESR60 portable

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

We could add this to 5000s

• // user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.warmup.enabled", false); // disable tab warmup (FF57+)

Or add it to 0300s (quiet fox) with all the other "speculative" connections: IMO it is speculative, because you may not even want to load that tab or it caused by an errant wayward mouse - and what about mousing over a tab (let's say you have dozens open) just to get the page title

We could also add a link to https://www.ghacks.net/2018/01/12/firefox-tab-warming-explained/ if you want

I'm not 100% sure exactly when this works. I mean, this must only apply to people who load sessions, right? i.e the tabs haven't been loaded yet. Because we don't use sessions in our user.js (but I don't mind the fallback of this pref for users). And maybe it applies as well when users "open all" for a bunch of bookmarks etc. IDK.

@earthlng

[earthlng]

AFAIK tab warmup is not about making connections and stuff. It's about doing the visual parsing and processing of the page, DOM, etc so that it displays faster when you switch to that tab. We don't need to add it because it's probably not a big issue and most people are so performance hungry these days.

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

ah OK .. i thought you wanted it added as per an earlier comment.. no worries