NickwithaC@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat obscure about:config settings would you recommend changing?message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1241arrow-down1message-squareWhat obscure about:config settings would you recommend changing?NickwithaC@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAnAngryAlpaca@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 year agoThe firefox account is actually neat. It syncs bookmarks, history and passwords between desktop, phone, laptop or wherever you use firefox.
minus-squareHal-5700X@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI manually backup my bookmarks. Firefox is set to delete history when I close it. For passwords I use KeePassXC.
minus-squaremea_rah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt might still be useful to turn it off in some scenarios. For example you might not want firefox bothering you with the account on work PC where it might be against company policy to use the cloud sync.
minus-squareAnAngryAlpaca@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoSure, but I only use it on my personal devices…
minus-squaremea_rah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, I was just pointing out that the setting might be still useful for some FF users.
The firefox account is actually neat. It syncs bookmarks, history and passwords between desktop, phone, laptop or wherever you use firefox.
I manually backup my bookmarks. Firefox is set to delete history when I close it. For passwords I use KeePassXC.
It might still be useful to turn it off in some scenarios. For example you might not want firefox bothering you with the account on work PC where it might be against company policy to use the cloud sync.
Sure, but I only use it on my personal devices…
Yeah, I was just pointing out that the setting might be still useful for some FF users.