Many of us deploy Firefox in environments where users typically don't have an existing profile. This means every session, they would see all of Firefox's various welcome messages and dialogs. I haven't seen a guide for configuring this stuff on ESR 45, so I thought I'd share my own.
I use CCK2<https://mike.kaply.com/cck2/>, which simplifies a lot of it: * Web Pages > o "Do not display the welcome page" o "Do not display the upgrade page" * Preferences > General > "Don't check if Firefox is the default browser" * Preferences > Data Choices > I've disabled everything in here, so I'm not sure if they generate welcome messages * Miscellaneous > o "Don't show the rights notification" o I've disabled Marketplace, Hello, Sharing, Forget, Heartbeat, and Pocket, so I'm not sure if they generate welcome messages * AutoConfig Only > "Don't Show the Profile Import Wizard" Now the things not in CCK2. You can manually add these in the Preferences section, or mozilla.cfg if you're not using CCK2. These are boolean values that need to be set to true. * browser.disableResetPrompt - This is a sneaky one! It doesn't appear until 30 days after the last time the profile was modified. * browser.newtabpage.introShown - Appears when they first open a new tab. * browser.reader.detectedFirstArticle - This is for Reader View (not PDF.js), doesn't disable the feature, just the welcome part. * browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionChoice - When first typing in the address bar, disables the message "Would you like to improve your search experience..." Lastly, there's some things that Firefox downloads for each user. The download is hidden from the user, but you may want to disable these things to save resources. These are boolean values that need to be set to false. * extensions.blocklist.enabled - You may already have this disabled to run plugins that aren't the latest version. Alternatively, you could enable the blocklist but disable its update mechanism with extensions.blocklist.interval. * browser.search.update - For the built-in search engines. * media.gmp-provider.enabled - This is for the Cisco OpenH264 and Adobe Primetime DRM plugins. They have some silly license where they can't be installed with Firefox, but download and install themselves automatically instead. I hope this helps! ------------------------------------------ Jason Jackson Computer Systems Technician North Vancouver School District
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