<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://wlair.us.to/feed/by_tag/firefox.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://wlair.us.to/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-07-13T17:37:40-07:00</updated><id>https://wlair.us.to/feed/by_tag/firefox.xml</id><title type="html">xoddf2’s Blog</title><subtitle>xoddf2&apos;s personal blog</subtitle><author><name>xoddf2</name></author><entry><title type="html">Making Firefox Sane</title><link href="https://wlair.us.to/blog/2015/12/21/making-firefox-sane" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Making Firefox Sane" /><published>2015-12-21T09:36:00-08:00</published><updated>2015-12-21T09:36:00-08:00</updated><id>https://wlair.us.to/blog/2015/12/21/making-firefox-sane</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://wlair.us.to/blog/2015/12/21/making-firefox-sane"><![CDATA[<p>Here are some solutions to fixing UI issues in recent versions of Firefox:</p>

<ul>
  <li>Disable smooth scrolling (Preferences → Advanced → General → uncheck Use smooth scrolling).</li>
  <li>Set <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab</code> to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">false</code>.</li>
  <li>Set <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">browser.newtab.url</code> to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">about:blank</code>.</li>
  <li>Set <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">browser.urlbar.trimURLs</code> to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">false</code>.</li>
  <li>Set <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">gfx.color_management_mode</code> to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">0</code> to prevent images from appearing with a purple/indigo tint.</li>
</ul>

<p>Some issues are bad enough to need extensions to fix:</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-ctrl-q-shortcut/">Disable Ctrl-Q Shortcut</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/expire-history-by-days/">Expire history by days</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-in-browser/">Open in Browser</a></li>
</ul>]]></content><author><name>xoddf2</name></author><category term="computing" /><category term="firefox" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Here are some solutions to fixing UI issues in recent versions of Firefox:]]></summary></entry></feed>