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Disable Visited Links for Firefox
- SimeVidas 12y agoA Firefox extension whose whole purpose is to set/unset a flag :) Didn't know you can do that with extensions.
- ben336 12y agoMy understanding was that this security loophole had been mostly dealt with, with the exception of weird situations where you can trick the user into clicking on things based on the color of items on the page. Sites can't tell what color the links are unless you tell them.
- pdjstone 12y agoTiming attacks still work in all browsers - http://www.contextis.com/documents/2/Browser_Timing_Attacks.pdf http://www.contextis.com/documents/2/Browser_Timing_Attacks....
- userbinator 12y agoDoes anyone else find it a little disappointing that this is essentially over 40KB of code whose only function is to set the layout.css.visited_links_enabled option to false? For that size, I was expecting at least functionality like per-site preferences (which would be very useful and beyond the default functionality of the browser.)
- phaker 12y agoMost of that 40kB is eaten up by three icons. The actual code is 13 lines long: https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/visited-links-firefox/blob/master/lib/main.js https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/visited-links-firefox/blob/ma... (plus a 14 line manifest file, 12 lines of test boilerplate and a 10 line readme)
- chrismorgan 12y agoI’d be more interested in something that ensured that visited links were marked differently. Many, many sites go shushing up :visited when I would rather not have it shushed.
- eli 12y agoYou could use one of the user stylesheet solutions to add your own styling. I like Stylebot, but I think it's only for Chrome.
- smitzer 12y agoYeah - But I think you can do some of that stuff with the built-in Firefox Inspector. Just right-click and hit Inspect. On the right side of the toolbar click Style. You can try out styles there.
- chrismorgan 12y agoI’d like something more selective than that. Pages that don’t make them the same, do nothing; pages that make them the same, apply some algorithm to select a new colour which is likely to be appropriate in the context. Something like that.
- Cthulu201 12y agoWouldn't making layout.css.visited_links_enabled false in about:config do the same thing?
- ludwik 12y agoIt would. This is probably supposed to be a little more user friendly.
- ChrisAntaki 12y agoYes, I wanted this addon to be an easy way to toggle that setting on & off. Especially for people who are less tech savvy, and might be intimidated by "about:config".
- o_s_m 12y agoWhat are some other useful flags to set in Firefox that don't noticeably break functionability?
- ChrisAntaki 12y agoDisable WebRTC with media.peerconnection.enabled=false (WebRTC leaks your local network IP, without any user interaction. This helps differentiate computers on a network/VPN. Here's a plugin which provides an easier way to toggle this off/on. https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/disable-webrtc-firefox https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/disable-webrtc-firefox) Disable plugin & mimetype enumeration with plugins.enumerable_names="" (Our browsers oftentimes have unique sets of plugins & mimetypes, when you factor in the version numbers. This helps differentiate specific browsers, on a network/VPN. Here's an addon which adds an easier way to toggle this off/on. https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/plugins-and-mimetypes-firefox https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/plugins-and-mimetypes-firefox)
- o_s_m 12y agoThanks. BTW, I like your ambient music. I have it playing in the background right now.
- ChrisAntaki 12y agoThanks, glad you're enjoying it
- gingerrr 12y ago...why would i install a plugin to do something accessible in the user preferences menu?