From 04d648d55b4aeff5aada935356b59031ab75b482 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thorin-Oakenpants Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 01:53:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] remove 2508 - inactive in user.js since - v55: gfx.direct2d.disabled - v67: layers.acceleration.disabled - the way to counter hardware fingerprinting is within each API that may expose it - this may have made some sense way back in the day, when there were less options/protections, but not any more - [are we web render yet](https://arewewebrenderyet.com/) - yes, 100% - there is no need to cripple your browser's perf --- user.js | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/user.js b/user.js index 4ee3628..b681b28 100644 --- a/user.js +++ b/user.js @@ -992,12 +992,6 @@ user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0); user_pref("webgl.disabled", true); // user_pref("webgl.enable-webgl2", false); // user_pref("webgl.disable-fail-if-major-performance-caveat", true); // [DEFAULT: true FF86+] -/* 2508: disable hardware acceleration [SETUP-HARDEN] - * [WARNING] Affects rendering and performance - * [SETTING] General>Performance>Custom>Use hardware acceleration when available - * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/HardwareAcceleration ***/ - // user_pref("gfx.direct2d.disabled", true); // [WINDOWS] - // user_pref("layers.acceleration.disabled", true); /*** [SECTION 2600]: MISCELLANEOUS ***/ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2600 syntax error: the parrot's run down the curtain!");