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=====Browser Annoyances=====
Ideas for getting past issues with your browser(s).

====All Browsers====

===Reducing Advertising on Websites===
This from [[https://referrer.komando.com/3b716b40/3|Kim Komando]] 12/5/2024. (Sign up for free newsletter and I might get rewarded!)

  * Go to https://optout.aboutads.info. WebChoices will scan your browser settings and computer to find out whether first-party and third-party cookies are enabled, along with a list of companies creating targeted ads for you.
  * Click **Continue**. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see an option to **Opt out of All**. Click that.
  * After the site processes your selection, click **View Updated Results** to see how it turned out.
You may need to repeat the process as some of the sites need a second request.\\ The WebChoices tool works in whatever browser you have open at the time, so be sure to run it for each browser you use.



====Firefox====

===Panel obscures when download a file===
You're on a page and you want to download a file, quietly and in the background.  But Firefox pops up this large panel to show you the current downloading file and several other files.  How do you get rid of this, and keep download simple and non-obtrusive?

  - Browse to ''<fc #4682b4>about:config</fc>''
  - Accept warnings
  - Find setting ''<fc #4682b4>browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel</fc>''
  - If it was set True, that was the problem.  Toggle its setting to False.