firefox tweaks and notes

Use webrender on linux

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