Main Area and Open Discussion > General Software Discussion

Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

<< < (142/192) > >>

4wd:
No, the server is there, but the addon is "not compatible" with my version of Firefox and won't install.-TaoPhoenix (May 24, 2015, 04:56 PM)
--- End quote ---

You can also call Resurrect Pages from the context menu, all it's missing from the add-on Iain mentioned is a toolbar specific button but it also gives you the option of more than one potential cache source.

*Actually it does have a toolbar button, I just never noticed it before  :-[

Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

IainB:
Blocklists.
Could be potentially useful for FF (Firefox) and IE (Internet Explorer) users. Follow the links and sublinks below to find out more.

The webpage Official EasyList as used by AdBlock Plus shows the separate categories of lists that one can use.
You might want to add some of these to your FF AdBlock subscriptions. Some of the Lists are for IE users.
There is an interesting and similar list specifically for IE users, here: http://www.iegallery.com/en-gb/trackingprotectionlists
 - but it also seems to have some relevance for FF users.
Note the Stop Google Tracking one...    :o

IainB:
Find at AVG Privacy Fix
Looks interesting. I am trialling it now.
FAQ is here: http://www.privacyfix.com/start/faq

IainB:
In terms of line utilisation efficiency, I learned first-hand that ads and other junk were bandwidth hogs, back in the days when I used JunkBuster, and I lamented its going. This simple FF tweak is looks like it will achieve much the same thing. Worth a try-out at any rate. So, if you haven't already got this set (I do), it might be worth doing.
Turn on Tracking Protection in Firefox to Make Pages Load 44% Faster
(Copied below sans embedded hyperlinks/images.)
Melanie Pinola
5/26/15 9:30am

Even if you don’t care about the privacy implications of tracking cookies and other technologies sites use to identify us online, you might want to turn on Tracking Protection in Firefox anyway for a potential big speed boost.

Former Mozilla software engineer Monica Chew and Computer Science researcher Georgios Kontaxis took a look at the top 200 news sites (according to Alexa) and found a median 44% reduction in page load time, as well as a 39% reduction in data usage when the optional Tracking Protection is turned on.

Tracking Protection actively blocks domains known to track users. You might not see huge performance benefits for all sites, depending on how much each site relies on third-party content and similar extras from tracking domains. Still, with a range of between 20% and 90% decreased page load times according to the study—and better privacy control—it’s worth a shot.

To turn on Tracking Protection in Firefox:

    Type in about:config in the location bar and hit enter.
    You’ll see a warning about possibly voiding your warranty. Hit “I’ll be careful, I promise!” to continue.
    Search for privacy.trackingprotection.enabled.
    Double-click that to toggle the value to true.

You can read the researchers’ paper (PDF) here.

Tracking Protection for Firefox at Web 2.0 Security and Privacy 2015 | Monica at Mozilla via Venture Beat and Boing Boing

--- End quote ---

TaoPhoenix:

Hmm. It doesn't seem to be in PaleMoon.

I set it on, in FF Dev Ed. I'll try to test it / get vague impressions.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page