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joene extra
joene extra
@joeneXtra@todon.eu  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Question below.

I switched on #Android successfully from Fennec to #IronFox (formerly Mull, https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox), because they now have an option to disable the forced light theme (see screenshot). When they were still called Mull this was not possible to change.

This is exactly the reason whey I have problems switching from #Firefox to @librewolf. The reason for this are my bad eyes and my autism (light sensitivity). So for me (and a lot of others) this is a disability feature (also Darkreader or similar is mandatorily for me). I also think this can't easily be used for fingerprinting, because the amount of people using dark mode on their desktop/laptop is probably very large.

Fortunately #LibreWolf describes how to disable RFP (Resist Fingerprinting) and switch to regular fingerprinting protection (https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/#what-are-the-most-common-downsides-of-rfp-resist-fingerprinting). Although it would be much better if they add a setting like IronFox does.

My question is if disabling RFP and adding those strings to about:config is the best way to have dark mode? Or are there similar forks for desktop (Linux) as IronFox?

LibreWolf Browser

A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.
Screenshot from IronFox on Android.

Text:

Preferred website appearance

Some websites adapt their color scheme
based on your preferences. Choose which
color scheme you'd like to use for those
sites. Note that options other than Light can
aid fingerprinting by causing your browser
to appear more unique.

- Light (Default)
- Dark
x Follow browser theme
Screenshot from IronFox on Android. Text: Preferred website appearance Some websites adapt their color scheme based on your preferences. Choose which color scheme you'd like to use for those sites. Note that options other than Light can aid fingerprinting by causing your browser to appear more unique. - Light (Default) - Dark x Follow browser theme
Screenshot from IronFox on Android. Text: Preferred website appearance Some websites adapt their color scheme based on your preferences. Choose which color scheme you'd like to use for those sites. Note that options other than Light can aid fingerprinting by causing your browser to appear more unique. - Light (Default) - Dark x Follow browser theme
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@UwU_@mastodon.world replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@joeneXtra @librewolf didn't understand. Could you simplify what you want?

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joene extra
joene extra
@joeneXtra@todon.eu replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@UwU_ I was very clear I think, but again: I want a trustworthy hardened Firefox fork for the Linux desktop, but with the forced light theme for websites disabled.

@librewolf

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@UwU_@mastodon.world replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@joeneXtra I haven't thought about that, haven't used other forks for a while now so can't say.
I myself keep darkreader disabled most of the time and only enable when I read.
Hope you find the answer. And also @librewolf we can get an option

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@quaff@thecanadian.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@joeneXtra @librewolf on desktop I use @zenbrowser and it's great 馃

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