Paul@plwt@mstdn.social: @raymaccarthy @firefoxwebdevs You have never needed to use about:config. You can still quite happily browse the web using Firefox without going into about:config.

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Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 02:48:48)
@firefoxwebdevs 
You are missing the point!

The features should not exist!  So then no need for a master switch in the main settings.

Firefox has got so broken it needs loads of settings changed in About.config and even then is LESS USEABLE than 10 or 15 years ago.

I've been using Websites since 1994. Mosaic, Netscape, Firefox.

Of course I've used most of the others.
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Paul@plwt@mstdn.social (2026-02-03 03:08:19)
@raymaccarthy @firefoxwebdevs You have never needed to use about:config.  You can still quite happily browse the web using Firefox without going into about:config.


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Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 04:02:04)
@plwt @firefoxwebdevs 
The word "happily" is out of context.

I have used Chrome (Android/ChromeOS)_, Edge (windows), IE (various cursed versions on Windows) and Safari (Apple Things)  to "browse the web" and get a different browser such as Firefox, seamonkey, Vivaldi, Waterfox, Chromium and others.

I'd be on Vivaldi if about:config didn't exist. The only reason I'm not is more flexible script blocking on Firefox to suit TheGuardian web news.