- Set the default search engine to StartPage.
- Block all requests asking to allow notifications.
- Set the new tab page to empty.
- Firefox: Block new requests asking to access your location: True
Access Connection Settings and select "Enable DNS over HTTPS".
| functionality | classes | better alternative | references, comments | Firefox extension | Chromium extension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StartPage search | search | Add search engine: www.startpage.com, keyword: startpage, search engine: URL with %s in place of query: https://startpage.com/do/search?q=%s |
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| ad highlighter | adblock | Ad-versarial: Defeating Perceptual Ad-Blocking | Perceptual Ad Highlighter | ||
| clickbait mitigator | adblock | Clickbait Remover for YouTube | Clickbait Remover for YouTube | ||
| adblock | adblock | uBlock Origin, AdBlock Plus | uBlock Origin, AdBlock | ||
| Decentraleyes | security | Decentraleyes | Decentraleyes | ||
| hide website objects | security | Nuke Anything Enhanced | |||
| undermine tracking | security | Privacy Possum | |||
| autodelete cookies with closed tab | security | Cookie AutoDelete | |||
| autodelete history older than a defined period | security | History Cleaner | |||
| autodelete parts of history | security | History AutoDelete | |||
| automatic handling of GDPR consent pop-ups/forms | security | Dark Patterns after the GDPR: Scraping Consent Pop-ups and Demonstrating their Influence | Consent-O-Matic | Consent-O-Matic | |
| automatic handling of captchas | security | Privacy Pass | Privacy Pass | ||
| GUI for control of website requests | security | uMatrix | uMatrix | ||
| multi-account containers | security | Firefox Multi-Account Containers | |||
| AMP remover | security | Redirect AMP to HTML | |||
| browser user agent switcher | security | User-Agent Switcher | |||
| empty new tab page | ergonomics | New Tab Preferences > disable top sites, highlights, snippets | Empty New Tab Page | ||
| dark theme for pages | ergonomics | Dark Reader | DarkReader | ||
| fix input elements for dark desktop environment themes | ergonomics | Text Contrast for Dark Themes | |||
| Reddit Enhancement Suite | ergonomics | Reddit Enhancement Suite | Reddit Enhancement Suite | ||
| Old Reddit Redirect | ergonomics | Old Reddit Redirect | Old Reddit Redirect | ||
| copy multiple things | ergonomics | Text MultiCopy | |||
| Archive Page | culture | Archive Page | |||
| Bandcamp download | media | Bandcamp Downloader | |||
| download largest image found in each tab | media | Tab Image Saver (preferences: tab direction: all tabs, include current tab) | |||
| stream media download | media | Video DownloadHelper | |||
| capture page | save | Firefox Screenshots |