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The best thing about FF is about:config. It tunes in to the legacy of Netscape and Amiga where you could and can configure everything to how you like it. This i

The best thing about FF is about:config. It tunes in to the legacy of Netscape and Amiga where you could and can configure everything to how you like it. This is freedom, unlike chromium.

ekianjo 8y ago
Looks like you don't know about chrome://flags/
- hyperdimension 8y ago
  The thing is, flags in Chrome exist only until Google decides it shouldn't be an option anymore. Then they take the choice away from you. I disabled the material "design" styled themes for as long as I could, until the flag disappeared.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
    That's not really different for Firefox, there's just a different organization making that decision.
    - vthriller 8y ago
      Chrome flags though die out so fast there's virtually no point in exposing them at all, it's disappointing and frustrating almost every release.
  - ekianjo 8y ago
    Firefox has been killing off features year after year I dont see why you trust them to be better in that regard.
- ukblewis 8y ago
  It’s not remotely as complete as about:config
  - mycall 8y ago
    chrome://about/
    - c0nducktr 8y ago
      That's just about:about, not an about:config replacement.
  - deleted 8y ago
    [deleted]
dingaling 8y ago
Sadly there are also 'secret prefs' that are considered so potent that they're not exposed by default in about:config If you know about them, for example from reading the code, you can create them. So at present about:config is a strange sort of place with lots of knobs but not all of them.
- gear54rus 8y ago
  is there a good list of those prefs? or perhaps I can scan source code for some string
  - Yoric 8y ago
    Frankly, these secret prefs are basically either: - prefs that a developer was too lazy to add to the list of pref; or - prefs that serve only during automated tests. You could scan source code for `Services.prefs` and `nsIPreferenceService` if you really want to find them.
nathan_f77 8y ago
If there's something you really need to configure in Chromium and it's not available as a flag, you can add that feature and submit a pull request. It's an open source project.

The best thing about FF is about:config. It tunes in to the legacy of Netscape and Amiga where you could and can configure everything to how you like it. This is freedom, unlike chromium.

ekianjo 8y ago

Looks like you don't know about chrome://flags/

hyperdimension 8y ago
The thing is, flags in Chrome exist only until Google decides it shouldn't be an option anymore. Then they take the choice away from you. I disabled the material "design" styled themes for as long as I could, until the flag disappeared.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
  That's not really different for Firefox, there's just a different organization making that decision.
  - vthriller 8y ago
    Chrome flags though die out so fast there's virtually no point in exposing them at all, it's disappointing and frustrating almost every release.
- ekianjo 8y ago
  Firefox has been killing off features year after year I dont see why you trust them to be better in that regard.
ukblewis 8y ago
It’s not remotely as complete as about:config
- mycall 8y ago
  chrome://about/
  - c0nducktr 8y ago
    That's just about:about, not an about:config replacement.
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]

dingaling 8y ago

Sadly there are also 'secret prefs' that are considered so potent that they're not exposed by default in about:config If you know about them, for example from reading the code, you can create them. So at present about:config is a strange sort of place with lots of knobs but not all of them.

gear54rus 8y ago
is there a good list of those prefs? or perhaps I can scan source code for some string
- Yoric 8y ago
  Frankly, these secret prefs are basically either: - prefs that a developer was too lazy to add to the list of pref; or - prefs that serve only during automated tests. You could scan source code for `Services.prefs` and `nsIPreferenceService` if you really want to find them.

nathan_f77 8y ago

If there's something you really need to configure in Chromium and it's not available as a flag, you can add that feature and submit a pull request. It's an open source project.