Arkenfox VS Betterfox?
from TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to firefox@fedia.io on 12 Mar 10:02
https://lemmy.world/post/26715423

I didn't find many comparisons between the two let alone a recent one. So they're both packages for changing Firefox prefs for better performance and or privacy. I'm interested in applying them to Zen Browser. Can you provide detailed comparisons and if I should you use both?

#firefox

threaded - newest

notanapple@lemm.ee on 12 Mar 11:30 next collapse

Arkenfox is for a much more hardened and private Firefox. It will enable many options that can cause site breakage. Use this if you want max privacy or security and dont care too much about some sites not working.

I hadn't heard of betterfox until now but it seems to be a more balanced option. They offer multiple options for speed, distraction free, etc. I looked at a few of them and they enable many of the sane options and also disable all tracking/data collection. I would say go with user.js which seems to be a sum of all the other profiles without any problematic options.

aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Mar 11:55 collapse

I don't think there is an easy way to keep betterfox update. Unlike Arkenfox which has a simple script for updating and applying my modifications

notanapple@lemm.ee on 12 Mar 12:24 collapse

The options are generic enough that I imagine they wont cause issues with updates. Or you could use a simple bash script to automate the update process, like the ones suggested here: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/issues/167.

aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Mar 12:34 collapse

Thanks I'll give it a try always wanted to have a less restrictive profile beside Arkenfox

aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Mar 11:51 collapse

I remember I tried betterfox in a new user profile but I realized you had to manually download and add your modifications to betterfox user js everytime it gets updated which is honestly unacceptable for me so I decided to stick with Arkenfox user js with my modifications