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Why does firefox keeps using ~/.mozilla directory? (self.firefox)

submitted 1 year ago by sysadmin to c/[email protected]

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Even after all these years firefox keeps using mozilla hidden directory instead of XDG base directories. For how long will this continue?

Watch https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259356 for updates to this request.

~/.mozilla/firefox/ is a mish-mash of data, config, and cache. It's not simple to unravel that. Beyond that, it would be a breaking change, and that requires more caution.

credit: u/yo_99 on Reddit.

original link: https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/vkgk78/why_does_firefox_keeps_using_mozilla_directory/

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[–] deleted 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ooh I see. I thought you’re against it. I know how the appdata folder works.

I saw OP complaining that firefox is using .mozilla and I thought he wanted data to be saved at program files/firefox.

Then when I read your comment I thought that you’re complaining why devs are using user folder or appdata instead of program files/.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well, the user is complaining about where it's installed on Linux, not Windows.

It's in the home directory. On Linux, most applications split data between a cache, config and local directories. But for Firefox everything is in one.

Personally, I don't mind it. It makes transferring my Firefox setup between distros easy.