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What obscure about:config settings would you recommend changing? (self.firefox)

submitted 11 months ago by NickwithaC to c/[email protected]

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We've all turned off trimURLs but what else is hiding in there?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Not obscure but general.smoothScroll.msdPhysics.enabled=true is a must have IMO.

[–] overtinker 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds fancy. What does that do?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You have to actually toggle to see it but IMO it massively improves how scrolling feels.

There are a few more scrolling-related options out there on the net if there's a particular "feel" you want to go for. https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/blob/main/Smoothfox.js provides a couple you can try out, and most of these custom scrolling options use msdPhysics as a baseline.

[–] davetansley 2 points 11 months ago

I just switched from Chrome today and I was wondering how to improve the scrolling (it felt heavy and slow). This setting seems to have worked wonders! Thanks!

[–] overtinker 1 points 11 months ago

That's amazing! Thanks a lot this is really useful

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Very nice! Thanks for this!