# modules/browser/firefox.nix --- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox
#
# Oh firefox, gateway to the interwebs, devourer of ram. Give onto me your
# infinite knowledge and shelter me from ads.
{ options, config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
with lib.my;
let cfg = config.modules.desktop.browsers.firefox;
in {
options.modules.desktop.browsers.firefox = with types; {
enable = mkBoolOpt false;
profileName = mkOpt types.str config.user.name;
settings = mkOpt' (attrsOf (oneOf [ bool int str ])) {} ''
Firefox preferences to set in user.js
'';
extraConfig = mkOpt' lines "" ''
Extra lines to add to user.js
'';
userChrome = mkOpt' lines "" "CSS Styles for Firefox's interface";
userContent = mkOpt' lines "" "Global CSS Styles for websites";
};
config = mkIf cfg.enable (mkMerge [
{
user.packages = with pkgs; [
firefox-bin
(makeDesktopItem {
name = "firefox-private";
desktopName = "Firefox (Private)";
genericName = "Open a private Firefox window";
icon = "firefox";
exec = "${firefox-bin}/bin/firefox --private-window";
categories = "Network";
})
];
# Prevent auto-creation of ~/Desktop. The trailing slash is necessary; see
# https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082717
env.XDG_DESKTOP_DIR = "$HOME/";
modules.desktop.browsers.firefox.settings = {
"devtools.theme" = "dark";
# Enable userContent.css and userChrome.css for our theme modules
"toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets" = true;
# Stop creating ~/Downloads!
"browser.download.dir" = "${config.user.home}/dl";
# Don't use the built-in password manager; a nixos user is more likely
# using an external one (you are using one, right?).
"signon.rememberSignons" = false;
# Do not check if Firefox is the default browser
"browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser" = false;
# Disable the "new tab page" feature and show a blank tab instead
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Reviews/New_Tab
# https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/new-tab-page-show-hide-and-customize-top-sites#w_how-do-i-turn-the-new-tab-page-off
"browser.newtabpage.enabled" = false;
"browser.newtab.url" = "about:blank";
# Disable Activity Stream
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Activity_Stream
"browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled" = false;
# Disable new tab tile ads & preload
# http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-remove-ad-tiles-from-firefox
# http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13876331#p13876331
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/Tiles/Technical_Documentation#Ping
# https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/browser/browser/DirectoryLinksProvider.html#browser-newtabpage-directory-source
# https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/browser/browser/DirectoryLinksProvider.html#browser-newtabpage-directory-ping
"browser.newtabpage.enhanced" = false;
"browser.newtab.preload" = false;
"browser.newtabpage.directory.ping" = "";
"browser.newtabpage.directory.source" = "data:text/plain,{}";
# Disable some not so useful functionality.
"media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.video-toggle.enabled" = false;
"extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled" = false;
"extensions.htmlaboutaddons.discover.enabled" = false;
"extensions.pocket.enabled" = false;
"app.normandy.enabled" = false;
"app.normandy.api_url" = "";
"extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled" = false;
"app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled" = false;
# Disable battery API
# https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/BatteryManager
# https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1313580
"dom.battery.enabled" = false;
# Disable "beacon" asynchronous HTTP transfers (used for analytics)
# https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/navigator.sendBeacon
"beacon.enabled" = false;
# Disable pinging URIs specified in HTML ping= attributes
# http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings
"browser.send_pings" = false;
# Disable gamepad API to prevent USB device enumeration
# https://www.w3.org/TR/gamepad/
# https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13023
"dom.gamepad.enabled" = false;
# Don't try to guess domain names when entering an invalid domain name in URL bar
# http://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/domain-guessing.html
"browser.fixup.alternate.enabled" = false;
# Disable telemetry
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/Features/Telemetry
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Reviews/Telemetry
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry
# https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/privacy/firefox.html#telemetry
# https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Firefox-crashes/Mozilla-Crash-Reporter/ta-p/1715
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Firefox6/ReviewNotes/telemetry
# https://gecko.readthedocs.io/en/latest/browser/experiments/experiments/manifest.html
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry/Experiments
# https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1197144
# https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/internals/preferences.html#id1
"toolkit.telemetry.enabled" = false;
"toolkit.telemetry.unified" = false;
"toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled" = false;
"experiments.supported" = false;
"experiments.enabled" = false;
"experiments.manifest.uri" = "";
# Disable health reports (basically more telemetry)
# https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-health-report-understand-your-browser-perf
# https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/preferences.html
"datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled" = false;
"datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled" = false;
"datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled" = false;
};
# Use a stable profile name so we can target it in themes
home.file = let cfgPath = ".mozilla/firefox"; in {
"${cfgPath}/profiles.ini".text = ''
[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=${cfg.profileName}.default
Default=1
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
Version=2
'';
"${cfgPath}/${cfg.profileName}.default/user.js" =
mkIf (cfg.settings != {} || cfg.extraConfig != "") {
text = ''
${concatStrings (mapAttrsToList (name: value: ''
user_pref("${name}", ${builtins.toJSON value});
'') cfg.settings)}
${cfg.extraConfig}
'';
};
"${cfgPath}/${cfg.profileName}.default/chrome/userChrome.css" =
mkIf (cfg.userChrome != "") {
text = cfg.userChrome;
};
"${cfgPath}/${cfg.profileName}.default/chrome/userContent.css" =
mkIf (cfg.userContent != "") {
text = cfg.userContent;
};
};
}
]);
}