This may make you want to uninstall Firefox. Philosophy aside, Firefox is but a piece of software. And now you know why Firefox fits so nicely into the philosophy of Linux. If you’re wondering where I’m leading with this, it is the fact that Mozilla Firefox is the default browser for Ubuntu and some other Linux distributions. Mozilla claims to be a non-profit company as well. This is the fourth major feature that lands in Firefox as part of the Tor Uplift project.Mozilla Firefox, very much like Linux, is free and open-source software. The Tor Browser is based on Firefox and they wanted a simple way to hide the Firefox Sync UI, so their users wouldn't accidentally enable this feature and have personal details such as searchers and browsing history synced to a remote Firefox account. The option was added at the request of Tor Browser developers as part of the Tor Uplift project, an initiative to bolster the Firefox codebase with some of the Tor Browser's unique privacy-focused features. Option added part of the Tor Uplift project
The stable version of Firefox 60 is scheduled for release in early May 2018. This option to disable and hide Firefox Sync is already included with Firefox Nightly. To disable and hide Firefox Sync, users should type about:config in their URL bar, press Enter, search for and double click this option. New about:config option added in Firefox 60īut with Firefox 60, Mozilla engineers have decided to add a configuration option in the "about:config" panel that allows users to disable and hide the Firefox Sync UI from the Firefox user interface. While some users hate the feature, there are also many who find it incredibly useful, and Mozilla has no intention of removing the feature anytime soon from the main Firefox distribution.
Mozilla embedded Weave into Firefox starting with Firefox 4.0, and rebranded the feature Firefox Sync with the release of Firefox 29. The feature is similar to Chrome's Sync feature.įirefox Sync was initially released as Mozilla Weave as a Firefox add-on for Firefox 3.0. Mozilla will add an option in Firefox 60 that will let users disable and hide the Firefox Sync option in the Firefox settings panel.įirefox Sync is a Firefox feature that lets users synchronize and backup browsing details to a Firefox account, such as open tabs, installed add-ons, browsing history, browser preferences, bookmarks, and saved credentials.
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