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* [https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/159658 ViewTubePlus] - ViewTube for porn. | * [https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/159658 ViewTubePlus] - ViewTube for porn. | ||
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| + | == Libre forks == | ||
| + | Since the Firefox brand is copyrighted by the Mozilla Foundation, there exist forks created to remove those copyrighted assets and replace them with free/libre ones. | ||
| + | *[https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ GNU IceCat] is a fork mantainer by the GNU Project. Beside replacing the copyrighted bits, IceCat add some small security/privacy features, and host [https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html a list of addons] that are released under a free license. | ||
| + | *[http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/iceweasel IceWeasel] is the fork mantained by the Debian Project. It's created to fit more the Debian philosofy of backporting, instead of updating to a newer version. | ||
== External Guides == | == External Guides == | ||
Revision as of 19:02, 28 January 2014
Firefox Channels
Firefox Release - Use this as a last resort or you will be laughed at by men that use less stable software than you.
Nightly - Automatic builds of Firefox every day. Bleeding edge features, but stuff can break. Don't go asking /g/ if something is broken when you're using Nightly. It's probably because you're using Nightly.
Useful Extensions
- Additional Filters. You probably want Easylist, EasyPrivacy, Fanboy's Annoyances, and Malware Domains.
- FxIF - View EXIF data in image properties.
- HTTPS Everywhere - Switches to HTTPS versions of webpages
- HTTPS Finder - Detects available https and creates HTTPS Everywhere rules
- NoScript - Whitelists execution of JavaScript, Plugins and other stuff
- RefControl - Control what gets sent as the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis.
- RequestPolicy - Controls cross-site requests.
- Cookie Monster - Manages cookies permissions.
- Self-Destructing Cookies - Auto deletes cookies after tab close.
- BetterPrivacy - Manages and auto destroys flash cookies, aka super cookies.
- Blender - Automatically spoofs your user agent string to another popular one.
- SessionManager - Along with many other features allows you to encrypt your firefox session.
- Greasemonkey - Manages Userscripts
- ViewTube - Replaces flash video players with HTML5.
- ViewTubePlus - ViewTube for porn.
Libre forks
Since the Firefox brand is copyrighted by the Mozilla Foundation, there exist forks created to remove those copyrighted assets and replace them with free/libre ones.
- GNU IceCat is a fork mantainer by the GNU Project. Beside replacing the copyrighted bits, IceCat add some small security/privacy features, and host a list of addons that are released under a free license.
- IceWeasel is the fork mantained by the Debian Project. It's created to fit more the Debian philosofy of backporting, instead of updating to a newer version.
