I continue to be beyond impressed by Firefox. It seems like every new release they're advancing an important change in favor of better online privacy. I'll be honest and say that most of the...
I continue to be beyond impressed by Firefox. It seems like every new release they're advancing an important change in favor of better online privacy. I'll be honest and say that most of the different explanations go well over my head, so I don't really have a technical appreciation for them, but I very much support the spirit of them. Each one feels like a step in the right direction.
A couple of other relevant articles: Mozilla Hacks blog post with more info about updates to developer tools and other technical details Ars Technica post that explains more about the effects of...
I think SmartBlock is only for Strict and Private modes, but not general browsing like Decentraleyes. But I beleive Decentraleyes was superseded by LocalCDN at some point.
I think SmartBlock is only for Strict and Private modes, but not general browsing like Decentraleyes. But I beleive Decentraleyes was superseded by LocalCDN at some point.
Thanks for mentioning LocalCDN, I wasn't aware of it. Unfortunate that Decentraleyes is still "Recommended" by Mozilla, but hasn't been updated in 5 months. If I always use Firefox with Strict...
Thanks for mentioning LocalCDN, I wasn't aware of it. Unfortunate that Decentraleyes is still "Recommended" by Mozilla, but hasn't been updated in 5 months.
If I always use Firefox with Strict Enhanced Tracking Protection, do you think I need LocalCDN? It's not that I don't want additional privacy if LocalCDN covers more stuff, it's that it adds another entity I need to trust, another icon in my browser, another extension to try disabling if a page isn't working...
Ah I'll wait for someone more knowledgeable than me to answer, I'm honestly not sure. Every so often I find out that some of the tools I use are redundant so I try to stay on top of it, but I'm...
Ah I'll wait for someone more knowledgeable than me to answer, I'm honestly not sure. Every so often I find out that some of the tools I use are redundant so I try to stay on top of it, but I'm not technically inclined enough with browsers and web tech to know when and where it's happening.
I'm not sure if it directly answers your question, but here's a blog post by the developer of the NoScript addon about SmartBlock, comparing it to the "Script Surrogates" functionality that was in...
I'm not sure if it directly answers your question, but here's a blog post by the developer of the NoScript addon about SmartBlock, comparing it to the "Script Surrogates" functionality that was in NoScript: Welcome SmartBlock: Script Surrogates for the masses!
I keep bouncing around between browsers, but always seem to find my way back to Firefox. I use it mostly for the Container Tabs add-on. I'm a consultant and work on several different teams and...
I keep bouncing around between browsers, but always seem to find my way back to Firefox. I use it mostly for the Container Tabs add-on. I'm a consultant and work on several different teams and have different Jira boards for each, and the ability to have them all open in their own tabs is so nice. I know of ways to do similar with other browsers but I just love the way it works in Firefox. I also love the Tree Style Tabs add-on. So nice to have a trace of how I got to a certain page visible to me when I'm researching something.
I continue to be beyond impressed by Firefox. It seems like every new release they're advancing an important change in favor of better online privacy. I'll be honest and say that most of the different explanations go well over my head, so I don't really have a technical appreciation for them, but I very much support the spirit of them. Each one feels like a step in the right direction.
A couple of other relevant articles:
Does anyone know how SmartBlock compares with the Decentraleyes add-on? Do they interfere with one another? Is Decentraleyes unnecessary now?
I think SmartBlock is only for Strict and Private modes, but not general browsing like Decentraleyes. But I beleive Decentraleyes was superseded by LocalCDN at some point.
Thanks for mentioning LocalCDN, I wasn't aware of it. Unfortunate that Decentraleyes is still "Recommended" by Mozilla, but hasn't been updated in 5 months.
If I always use Firefox with Strict Enhanced Tracking Protection, do you think I need LocalCDN? It's not that I don't want additional privacy if LocalCDN covers more stuff, it's that it adds another entity I need to trust, another icon in my browser, another extension to try disabling if a page isn't working...
Ah I'll wait for someone more knowledgeable than me to answer, I'm honestly not sure. Every so often I find out that some of the tools I use are redundant so I try to stay on top of it, but I'm not technically inclined enough with browsers and web tech to know when and where it's happening.
I'm not sure if it directly answers your question, but here's a blog post by the developer of the NoScript addon about SmartBlock, comparing it to the "Script Surrogates" functionality that was in NoScript: Welcome SmartBlock: Script Surrogates for the masses!
I keep bouncing around between browsers, but always seem to find my way back to Firefox. I use it mostly for the Container Tabs add-on. I'm a consultant and work on several different teams and have different Jira boards for each, and the ability to have them all open in their own tabs is so nice. I know of ways to do similar with other browsers but I just love the way it works in Firefox. I also love the Tree Style Tabs add-on. So nice to have a trace of how I got to a certain page visible to me when I'm researching something.
Container tabs is really great - what do you do in other browsers to get similar things?
Sadly, just separate profiles. It's not really similar but allows me to at least be logged into multiple accounts. I vastly prefer container tabs.