This is a plain-text version of Bret Victor’s reading list. It was requested by hf on Hacker News.
Highly recommended things!
This is my five-star list. These are my favorite things in all the world.
A few of these works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. ★
about:config settings to harden the Firefox browser. Privacy and performance enhancements.
To change these settings type 'about:config' in the url bar.
Then search the setting you would like to change and modify the value. Some settings may break certain websites from functioning and
rendering normally. Some settings may also make firefox unstable.
I am not liable for any damages/loss of data.
Not all these changes are necessary and will be dependent upon your usage and hardware. Do some research on settings if you don't understand what they do. These settings are best combined with your standard privacy extensions
(HTTPS Everywhere No longer required: Enable HTTPS-Only Mode, NoScript/Request Policy, uBlock origin, agent spoofing, Privacy Badger etc), and all plugins set to "Ask To Activate".
| /** | |
| * Lightweight script to detect whether the browser is running in Private mode. | |
| * @returns {Promise<boolean>} | |
| * | |
| * Live demo: | |
| * @see https://output.jsbin.com/tazuwif | |
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| * This snippet uses Promises. If you want to run it in old browsers, polyfill it: | |
| * @see https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/es6-promise@4/dist/es6-promise.auto.min.js | |
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