4 ms·

If anyone uses Firefox, it is possible to disable websites from knowing about any clipboard-related events. Go to about:config, search for dom.event.clipboardev

by ftl64 5y ago

If anyone uses Firefox, it is possible to disable websites from knowing about any clipboard-related events. Go to about:config, search for dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled and set it to false. Done.

jlarocco 5y ago
Sorry to go off topic, but is there documentation for the settings in about:config? And why don't they have a better UI? It's pretty sad that something as security sensitive as browser settings requires trusting random strangers on the internet or digging through source code to understand what's going on.
- heavyset_go 5y ago
  There's Mozilla wiki pages for many of the options in about:config. Check this out: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_Entries http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_Entries If Mozilla made a chrome UI for those settings, they'd be accused of adding bloat to Firefox, creating complex options that confuse users, and making Firefox harder to use than Chrome-based browsers. I've noticed that open source really can't win in that department, so power user settings are put out of sight and out of mind, or are eliminated completely.
  - throwawaylinux 5y ago
    > If Mozilla made a chrome UI for those settings, they'd be accused of adding bloat to Firefox, creating complex options that confuse users, and making Firefox harder to use than Chrome-based browsers. Possibly, but does Mozilla actually care about accusations of bloat or poor usability?
  - jlarocco 5y ago
    Thank you! That's more documentation than I knew about before. TBH, the I personally think the UI is fine, but it's annoying to have so many places to look for settings. Chromium/Chrome have chrome://flags, which is basically the same UI, but all of the options have a few sentences explaining what they do. I still miss Opera; they were the only browser developer who didn't take the "Users are stupid and easily confused" approach to browser development.
    - heavyset_go 5y ago
      > I still miss Opera; they were the only browser developer who didn't take the "Users are stupid and easily confused" approach to browser development. Old Opera was amazing, and incredibly fast. For a while there on pre-Android and early Android phones, Opera rendered the fastest out of all the mobile browsers.
ffpip 5y ago
Setting it to false causes issues in websites (like WhatsApp Web). You can't paste and send images in chats.

by ftl64 5y ago

If anyone uses Firefox, it is possible to disable websites from knowing about any clipboard-related events. Go to about:config, search for dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled and set it to false. Done.

jlarocco 5y ago

Sorry to go off topic, but is there documentation for the settings in about:config? And why don't they have a better UI? It's pretty sad that something as security sensitive as browser settings requires trusting random strangers on the internet or digging through source code to understand what's going on.

heavyset_go 5y ago
There's Mozilla wiki pages for many of the options in about:config. Check this out: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_Entries http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_Entries If Mozilla made a chrome UI for those settings, they'd be accused of adding bloat to Firefox, creating complex options that confuse users, and making Firefox harder to use than Chrome-based browsers. I've noticed that open source really can't win in that department, so power user settings are put out of sight and out of mind, or are eliminated completely.
- throwawaylinux 5y ago
  > If Mozilla made a chrome UI for those settings, they'd be accused of adding bloat to Firefox, creating complex options that confuse users, and making Firefox harder to use than Chrome-based browsers. Possibly, but does Mozilla actually care about accusations of bloat or poor usability?
- jlarocco 5y ago
  Thank you! That's more documentation than I knew about before. TBH, the I personally think the UI is fine, but it's annoying to have so many places to look for settings. Chromium/Chrome have chrome://flags, which is basically the same UI, but all of the options have a few sentences explaining what they do. I still miss Opera; they were the only browser developer who didn't take the "Users are stupid and easily confused" approach to browser development.
  - heavyset_go 5y ago
    > I still miss Opera; they were the only browser developer who didn't take the "Users are stupid and easily confused" approach to browser development. Old Opera was amazing, and incredibly fast. For a while there on pre-Android and early Android phones, Opera rendered the fastest out of all the mobile browsers.

ffpip 5y ago

Setting it to false causes issues in websites (like WhatsApp Web). You can't paste and send images in chats.