Firefox Tips
Tips about Firefox:
- Settings > Privacy & Security > check “Use a primary password” and set. This ensures your saved passwords are encrypted on your device.
- Settings > Privacy & Security > Website Advertising Preferences, uncheck “Allow” option!
- Add Firefox Multi-Account Containers, Facebook Container
- Add adblocker such as uBlock Origin
Disable Gestures
I have issues accedentally going back via the default “guestures” for “swipe” somehow causing Back at random on my touch pad. Turn off the option to avoid this issue:
- in address bar, type
about:config
- accept the risk warning
- search for
browser.gesture
- in the
.swipe.left
and.swipe.right
options, click the edit icon, delete the value, and click the check icon to save.
Issues with Cisco VPN
For some weird reason, Cisco AnyConnect / Secure Client has issues with Ubuntu + Firefox for authentication. To avoid issues, first go to Ubuntu Settings > Connectivity and uncheck the option. Second, use Chromium for authentication…