Firefox Tweaks and Notes

Use WebRender on Linux

Via omgubuntu

Firefox WebRender will offload some work to the GPU. Potentially improving performance and battery life. As of 2020-09 this is not enabled by default on linux.

• Go to about:config in a new tab
• Search for gfx.webrender.all
• Set the value to true to enable WebRender

Round Corners in Ubuntu

Via omgubuntu

With the menubar disabled in Ubuntu, Firefox will show white points in the top corners.

• Open about:config in a new tab
• Type mozilla.widget.use-argb-visuals in the search field
• Check that boolean is selected
• Click the "+" button to add the preference setting
• Restart Firefox