- add -s parameter to start immediately / skip prompt / run non-interactive
This is useful if the user wants to automate the process of updating the user.js and cleaning prefs.
- fQuit: error messages to stderr
- fFF_check: info msg to stderr
Better support for suppressing/redirecting stdout while still showing any error messages in the console, useful for example with `prefsCleaner.sh -s >/dev/null`
- re-arrange the match patterns to fix the remaining issue of dropping lines after the 9999 block
- make it work on Mac too
- use `|` where possible so we don't need to escape the forward-slashes. That saves a few bytes and makes the pattern easier to read
see #1188
this should fix the issue that "All prefs after a multi-line comment declaration, on a single line, are deleted with the remove_comments function from the updater."
- they all have on/off switches
- dxr no longer exists: update URL
- don't recommend users delete files
- saves two lines
- they poses zero threat (they have prefs)
- deleting them can causes unwanted console errors/noise
It literally cannot hurt [1], and makes it easier for users to use custom mode with TCP/dFPI. Turning on socialtracking helps gain parity with strict mode
[1] gorhill: https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/l7xetb/network_priority_for_firefoxs_enhanced_tracking/gl9rn9n/
> All extensions and ETP work in parallel, they all inspect network requests and all make the decision to block or not, hence if they all decide to block, they will all report that they block something. ETP is a bit different than normal extension in that it will give precedence to an extension trying to redirect to a local resource, this ensures ETP works harmoniously with normal extensions.
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> Once something is not blocked, it then goes through a DNS query, and the browser waits for the response.
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> I will add examples of how ETP + multiple blocker extensions work together when dealing with a network request; let's say "A" and "B" are two different blockers:
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> - ETP=block, A=allow, B=allow: result=block
> - ETP=allow, A=block, B=allow: result=block
> - ETP=allow, A=allow, B=redirect: result=redirect
> - ETP=allow, A=block, B=redirect: result=block
> - ETP=block, A=allow, B=redirect: result=redirect
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> So as you can see, ETP is a bit different than a normal extension in that it won't prevent redirection from happening if ever a network request is redirected by one of the normal extension.
It is simpler to leave the PointerEvent pref where it is, until ESR78 is EOL
- FF87+ users who use RFP Alts simply add a dead pref, no harm
- This way ESR78 users don't have to worry about extra char flipping: it's the same as before: 1 flip for ESR, 1 flip for RFP Alts
