Release user.js v.116 (beta) · yokoffing/Betterfox

🦊 Firefox Release Notes

We have blasted off from 800 to 1700 ⭐ in a little over a month 🔥 🚀 🌔
- Thank you for the support!
Discussions tab is now open so that Issues will be used for... issues. 🙃
As of April 2023, Betterfox is an optional install in the Floorp browser. 🎊

Fast, Secure, and Pesky all received a facelift to their documentation, esp. the former two.
The README is now more streamlined, with a few more tweaks to come.
- I created an easy 4-step guide to install the user.js file (after watching others suggest a lot of convoluted ways for mainstream users to do this).
While still WiP, we are making more use of the wiki.

commented out gfx.canvas.accelerated (default on macOS Linux but not Windows)
- Added note in the user.js for Windows users to manually enable.
- Caused issues for Windows users with integrated GPUs.
improved network.dnsCacheExpiration for longer browsing sessions: set to 86400 (1 day).
- This corrects an assumption from the 110 release about network.trr.mode (DoH) being enabled by default.
- Note that dnsCache prefs only work for non-DoH users.
  - Recommended DoH solutions: NextDNS with Cache Boost or ControlD with TTL overrides.
removed layout.css.animation-composition.enabled (default FF115+).
removed ineffective or unnecessary tweaks for performance.
added new network enhancements.
Speculative Connections category was moved from Securefox to Fastfox.
Prefs surrounding Firefox caches will likely change.
- Currently investigating what is optimal for the average PC.

enabled security.mixed_content.block_display_content
enabled security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation
- See possible error codes.
removed PROXY / SOCKS / IPv6 category from the user.js (out of scope).
removed prefs that disabled geolocation from the user.js (out of scope).
removed default-browser-agent.enabled as it breaks the Make Default... button in the Firefox UI.
- It also affected FF forks that use the user.js.
- Added this pref to our new Optional Hardening document.
removing browser.sessionstore.privacy_level from the user.js in the next release (out of scope).

added browser.translations.enable
- Firefox will now ask to translate pages in certain foreign languages 💬
- Set Firefox to auto-translate pages by adding user_pref("browser.translations.autoTranslate", true); to your overrides.
  - You can disable translations for specific languages or pages in URL bar.
disabled browser.aboutConfig.showWarning
disabled browser.privateWindowSeparation.enabled (Windows only pref)