From ef773f34f3ddb90cf0e6901d2cf9d933632bd9e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yequari Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 22:15:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] new blog post --- content/blog/2024/on-librewolf.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2024/on-librewolf.md diff --git a/content/blog/2024/on-librewolf.md b/content/blog/2024/on-librewolf.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..26c6285 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/on-librewolf.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: "On LibreWolf" +date: 2024-10-01T22:11:03-07:00 +year: "2024" +--- + +As I mentioned in my [previous post](/blog/2024/09/no-more-firefox/), I've been using LibreWolf as my daily driver browser. It's been about two weeks since then, and I had some thoughts. + +I originally tried to compile LibreWolf myself, which is how I found out 16GB of RAM is not enough to compile a web browser. I found this interesting since I was able to compile [Floorp](https://floorp.app/en) just fine a while back. Have browsers really gotten so complex over the past decade to require that much memory just to compile? Anyway, I just ended up installing the binary from the AUR and got up and running. + +One thing I really like is that new tab page is completely blank, except for a search bar. It helps me break the close reddit->new tab->open reddit cycle and generally just reduces distractions. I know this was configurable in Firefox, but having to set it up on every install meant I just stopped caring to do it after a while. + +Something I wish was possible is whitelisting certain sites to be able to use WebGL (and other things disabled by default as anti-fingerprinting measures), I can be pretty sure my self-hosted apps aren't fingerprinting me. I ended up disabling all of these measures because of this. + +Finally, I've really enjoyed not being logged in to everything all the time. Obviously clearing cookies is configurable on Firefox, but doing it by default is not something I thought I would enjoy. When I want to go waste time on Reddit or YouTube, logging in every time is too much of hassle so I just go back to what I was doing. It's a nice incentive to browse the smallweb instead! + +Overall, it's been a pretty pleasant experience, and I was surprised that I actually found benefits to LibreWolf over Firefox, I was expecting the two experiences to match pretty closely.