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I think about:config is terrible. It's really hard to find anything in it. It's very "if you know its there you will use" but has no discoverability. For insta

I think about:config is terrible. It's really hard to find anything in it. It's very "if you know its there you will use" but has no discoverability. For instance I was wondering if I could have one tab connect over a VPN while the rest were over my normal connection. I have no idea if that's an options somewhere in the millions of toggles EDIT: You know how applications used to be have an "Advanced" button that'd give you a nicely organized display off all the "extra" toggles? Whatever happened to that paradigm?

delecti 10y ago
> You know how applications used to be have an "Advanced" button that'd give you a nicely organized display off all the "extra" toggles? I think your example of about:config is also an explanation for why that went away. It used to be possible to reasonably put all of the more esoteric settings on a single page (or a small, single-digit, number of pages), but that's no longer the case for many pieces of software. Also realistically the overwhelming majority of users probably already weren't going into the advanced settings, and those that were are probably more capable of handing about:config.
- Programmatic 10y ago
  At least there were options that were grouped in a sane fashion and discoverable while I was in a particular screen trying to grope around to find a setting that I needed to change. about:config is not discoverable in any way, shape, or form and we've lost the ability to discover capabilities that you don't look for in particular via a broader search. The ability to find something in passing that is related to your mission has severely diminished.