changelog: v61-beta

[earthlng]

• date: 06-July-2018
• foreword: These are all the changes since the last changelog (v60-beta).
• note: the comments in the code blocks below are for this changelog's commentary

[NOTE] within the next few weeks we'll most likely change the cookie settings to allow 1st-party cookies by default AND clear cookies on shutdown! (see #439)
If you prefer to block all cookies by default and/or not clear them on shutdown, add the necessary prefs to your overrides NOW!

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changelog: [all changes]

• all user.js updates for Firefox v61 are detailed in the ToDo: diffs FF60-FF61 issue
  • includes links to the commits made for each pref, links to bugzilla tickets, our discussions etc.
• spring cleaning part 2
• to make sure no website starts loading before all extensions are ready, the startup + homepage prefs are now set to load a blank page
• for all the rest see the full list of pref changes below

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all pref changes:

• new active prefs:

user_pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true);
user_pref("plugin.state.java", 0);
user_pref("shield.savant.enabled", false);

• new in 61beta but commented out by default:

//user_pref("extensions.systemAddon.update.enabled", false);

• activated previously commented-out prefs:

user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false);
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank"); // + changed the value! 60beta: "https://www.example.com/"
user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0);
user_pref("plugin.state.flash", 0);

• changed values:

user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true); // 60beta: false

• commented out:

//user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore");
//user_pref("startup.homepage_override_url", "");
//user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "");
//user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", "");

• removed from the user.js:

user_pref("browser.laterrun.enabled", false); // only used in new profiles and isn't privacy/security-related
user_pref("browser.offline-apps.notify", true); // default true in all current versions including ESR52
user_pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);
user_pref("browser.slowStartup.maxSamples", 0); // not privacy/security-related
user_pref("browser.slowStartup.notificationDisabled", true); // not privacy/security-related
user_pref("browser.slowStartup.samples", 0); // not privacy/security-related
//user_pref("browser.storageManager.enabled", false); // also removed in FF61
user_pref("dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows", false); // default false in all current versions including ESR52
user_pref("dom.disable_window_flip", true); // default true in all current versions including ESR52
//user_pref("network.http.fast-fallback-to-IPv4", true); // default true in all current versions including ESR52
//user_pref("offline-apps.quota.warn", 51200); // same as default and the warning is useless anyway
user_pref("services.blocklist.signing.enforced", true); // same as default and was removed in FF61
//user_pref("urlclassifier.trackingTable", "test-track-simple,base-track-digest256,content-track-digest256"); // the pref with the value for the "basic" TP list is still there

• moved to 9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED:

user_pref("experiments.activeExperiment", false);
user_pref("experiments.enabled", false);
user_pref("experiments.manifest.uri", "");
user_pref("experiments.supported", false);
user_pref("network.jar.block-remote-files", true);
user_pref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false);

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[earthlng]

np. Thanks to @claustromaniac's script you could now do these yourself. Wanna do the next one? 😅

[claustromaniac]

Sorry, @earthlng. I did what I could.