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Delete arkenfox-clear-RFP-alternatives.js
0807 urlbar contextual suggestions, #1257
2025-09-01 09:28:31 +02:00 · 2021-10-11 13:56:38 +00:00 · 2021-10-10 23:55:39 +00:00 · 2021-10-09 07:14:20 +00:00 · 2021-10-05 11:14:16 +00:00 · 2021-10-05 03:04:14 +00:00
9 changed files with 1283 additions and 1570 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -9,19 +9,17 @@ The `arkenfox user.js` is a **template** which aims to provide as much privacy a

 Everyone, experts included, should at least read the [implementation](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/1.3-Implementation) wiki page, as it contains important information regarding a few `user.js` settings.

-Note that we do *not* recommend connecting over Tor on Firefox. Use the [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en) if your [threat model](https://www.torproject.org/about/torusers.html.en) calls for it, or for accessing hidden services. 
+Note that we do *not* recommend connecting over Tor on Firefox. Use the [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en) if your [threat model](https://www.torproject.org/about/torusers.html.en) calls for it, or for accessing hidden services.

 Also be aware that the `arkenfox user.js` is made specifically for desktop Firefox. Using it as-is in other Gecko-based browsers can be counterproductive, especially in the Tor Browser.

 ### 🟧  sitemap

- - [Releases](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/releases)
+ - [releases](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/releases)
 - [changelogs](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+label%3Achangelog)
- - [Wiki](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki)
+ - [wiki](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki)
 - [stickies](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22sticky+topic%22)
 - [diffs](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3Adiffs)

 ### 🟥  acknowledgments
 Literally thousands of sources, references and suggestions. Many thanks, and much appreciated.
-
-
--- a/prefsCleaner.sh
+++ b/prefsCleaner.sh
@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 ## prefs.js cleaner for Linux/Mac
 ## author: @claustromaniac
-## version: 1.3
+## version: 1.4

 ## special thanks to @overdodactyl and @earthlng for a few snippets that I stol..*cough* borrowed from the updater.sh

@ -20,16 +20,23 @@ cd "$(dirname "${sfp}")"
 fQuit() {
 	## change directory back to the original working directory
 	cd "${currdir}"
-	echo -e "\n$2"
+	[ "$1" -eq 0 ] && echo -e "\n$2" || echo -e "\n$2" >&2
 	exit $1
 }

+fUsage() {
+	echo -e "\nUsage: $0 [-s]"
+	echo -e "
+Optional Arguments:
+    -s           Start immediately"
+}
+
 fFF_check() {
 	# there are many ways to see if firefox is running or not, some more reliable than others
 	# this isn't elegant and might not be future-proof but should at least be compatible with any environment
 	while [ -e lock ]; do
-		echo -e "\nThis Firefox profile seems to be in use. Close Firefox and try again.\n"
-		read -p "Press any key to continue."
+		echo -e "\nThis Firefox profile seems to be in use. Close Firefox and try again.\n" >&2
+		read -r -p "Press any key to continue."
 	done
 }

@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ fClean() {
 		if [[ "$line" =~ $prefexp && $prefs != *"@@${BASH_REMATCH[1]}@@"* ]]; then
 			prefs="${prefs}${BASH_REMATCH[1]}@@"
 		fi
-	done <<< "`grep -E \"$prefexp\" user.js`"
+	done <<< "$(grep -E "$prefexp" user.js)"

 	while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
 		if [[ "$line" =~ ^$prefexp ]]; then
@ -54,34 +61,42 @@ fClean() {
 	done < "$1" > prefs.js
 }

+fStart() {
+	if [ ! -e user.js ]; then
+		fQuit 1 "user.js not found in the current directory."
+	elif [ ! -e prefs.js ]; then
+		fQuit 1 "prefs.js not found in the current directory."
+	fi
+
+	fFF_check
+	bakfile="prefs.js.backup.$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H%M")"
+	mv prefs.js "${bakfile}" || fQuit 1 "Operation aborted.\nReason: Could not create backup file $bakfile"
+	echo -e "\nprefs.js backed up: $bakfile"
+	echo "Cleaning prefs.js..."
+	fClean "$bakfile"
+	fQuit 0 "All done!"
+}
+
 echo -e "\n\n"
 echo "                   ╔══════════════════════════╗"
 echo "                   ║     prefs.js cleaner     ║"
 echo "                   ║    by claustromaniac     ║"
-echo "                   ║           v1.3           ║"
+echo "                   ║           v1.4           ║"
 echo "                   ╚══════════════════════════╝"
 echo -e "\nThis script should be run from your Firefox profile directory.\n"
 echo "It will remove any entries from prefs.js that also exist in user.js."
 echo "This will allow inactive preferences to be reset to their default values."
 echo -e "\nThis Firefox profile shouldn't be in use during the process.\n"
+
+[ "$1" == '-s' ] && fStart
+
 select option in Start Help Exit; do
 	case $option in
 		Start)
-			if [ ! -e user.js ]; then
-				fQuit 1 "user.js not found in the current directory."
-			elif [ ! -e prefs.js ]; then
-				fQuit 1 "prefs.js not found in the current directory."
-			fi
-
-			fFF_check
-			bakfile="prefs.js.backup.$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H%M")"
-			mv prefs.js "${bakfile}" || fQuit 1 "Operation aborted.\nReason: Could not create backup file $bakfile"
-			echo -e "\nprefs.js backed up: $bakfile"
-			echo "Cleaning prefs.js..."
-			fClean "$bakfile"
-			fQuit 0 "All done!"
+			fStart
 			;;
 		Help)
+			fUsage
 			echo -e "\nThis script creates a backup of your prefs.js file before doing anything."
 			echo -e "It should be safe, but you can follow these steps if something goes wrong:\n"
 			echo "1. Make sure Firefox is closed."
--- a/scratchpad-scripts/arkenfox-clear-RFP-alternatives.js
+++ b/scratchpad-scripts/arkenfox-clear-RFP-alternatives.js
@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/***
- Version: up to and including FF/ESR78
-
- This will reset the preferences that are under sections 4600 & 4700 in the
- arkenfox user.js. These are the prefs that are no longer necessary, or they
- conflict with, privacy.resistFingerprinting if you have that enabled.
-
- For instructions see:
- https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/3.1-Resetting-Inactive-Prefs-[Scripts]
-***/
- 
-(function() {
-  let ops = [
-    /* section 4600 */
-    'dom.maxHardwareConcurrency',
-    'dom.enable_resource_timing',
-    'dom.enable_performance',
-    'device.sensors.enabled',
-    'browser.zoom.siteSpecific',
-    'dom.gamepad.enabled',
-    'dom.netinfo.enabled',
-    'media.webspeech.synth.enabled',
-    'media.video_stats.enabled',
-    'dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled',
-    'media.ondevicechange.enabled',
-    'webgl.enable-debug-renderer-info',
-    'dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled',
-    'ui.use_standins_for_native_colors',
-    'ui.systemUsesDarkTheme',
-    'ui.prefersReducedMotion',
-    /* section 4700 */
-    'general.useragent.override',
-    'general.buildID.override',
-    'general.appname.override',
-    'general.appversion.override',
-    'general.platform.override',
-    'general.oscpu.override',
-    /* reset parrot: check your open about:config after running the script */
-    '_user.js.parrot'
-  ]
-
-  if("undefined" === typeof(Services)) {
-    alert("about:config needs to be the active tab!");
-    return;
-  }
-  
-  let c = 0;
-  for (let i = 0, len = ops.length; i < len; i++) {
-    if (Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(ops[i])) {   
-      Services.prefs.clearUserPref(ops[i]);
-      if (!Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(ops[i])) {
-        console.log("reset", ops[i]);
-        c++;
-      } else { console.log("failed to reset", ops[i]); }
-    }
-  }
-  
-  focus();
-  
-  let d = (c==1) ? " pref" : " prefs";
-  if (c > 0) {
-    alert("successfully reset " + c + d + "\n\nfor details check the Browser Console (Ctrl+Shift+J)");
-  } else { alert("nothing to reset"); }
-  
-})();
--- a/scratchpad-scripts/arkenfox-clear-deprecated.js
+++ b/scratchpad-scripts/arkenfox-clear-deprecated.js
@ -1,248 +1,232 @@
 /***
- Version: up to and including FF/ESR78
+  Version: up to and including FF/ESR91

- This will reset the preferences that have been deprecated by Mozilla
- and used in the arkenfox user.js
+  This will reset the preferences that have been deprecated by Mozilla
+  and used in the arkenfox user.js

- It is in reverse order, so feel free to remove sections that do not apply
+  It is in reverse order, so feel free to remove sections that do not apply

- For instructions see:
- https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/3.1-Resetting-Inactive-Prefs-[Scripts]
+  For instructions see:
+  https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/3.1-Resetting-Inactive-Prefs-[Scripts]
 ***/

-(function() {
-  let ops = [
-    /* deprecated */
+(() => {

-    /* 78 */
-    'media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed',
-    'toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled',
-    /* 77 */
-    'browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches',
-    'browser.tabs.remote.allowLinkedWebInFileUriProcess',
-    /* 76 */
-    'extensions.blocklist.url',
-    /* 74 */
-    'geo.wifi.uri',
-    'geo.wifi.logging.enabled',
-    'privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior',
-    'webgl.disable-extensions',
-    /* 72 */
+  if ('undefined' === typeof(Services)) return alert('about:config needs to be the active tab!');
+
+  const aPREFS = [
+    /* deprecated */
+    /* FF79-91 */
+    'browser.cache.offline.storage.enable',
+    'browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions',
+    'browser.library.activity-stream.enabled',
+    'browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults',
+    'browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults.url',
+    'dom.ipc.plugins.flash.subprocess.crashreporter.enabled',
+    'dom.ipc.plugins.reportCrashURL',
+    'dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled',
+    'intl.charset.fallback.override',
+    'network.ftp.enabled',
+    'plugin.state.flash',
+    'security.mixed_content.block_object_subrequest',
+    'security.ssl.errorReporting.automatic',
+    'security.ssl.errorReporting.enabled',
+    'security.ssl.errorReporting.url',
+    /* 69-78 */
    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ping.endpoint',
-    'toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled',
-    'dom.indexedDB.enabled',
-    /* 71 */
-    'devtools.webide.enabled',
+    'browser.tabs.remote.allowLinkedWebInFileUriProcess',
+    'browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches',
    'devtools.webide.autoinstallADBExtension',
-    'offline-apps.allow_by_default',
-    /* 69 */
+    'devtools.webide.enabled',
+    'dom.indexedDB.enabled',
+    'extensions.blocklist.url',
+    'geo.wifi.logging.enabled',
+    'geo.wifi.uri',
    'gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled',
-    'plugins.click_to_play',
    'media.autoplay.allow-muted',
-    /* 68 */
-    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.disableSnippets',
+    'media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed',
+    'offline-apps.allow_by_default',
+    'plugins.click_to_play',
+    'privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior',
+    'toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled',
+    'toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled',
+    'webgl.disable-extensions',
+    /* 61-68 */
+    'app.update.enabled',
    'browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl',
-    'lightweightThemes.update.enabled',
-    'security.csp.experimentalEnabled',
-    /* F67 */
-    'dom.event.highrestimestamp.enabled',
-    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr',
-    /* 66 */
    'browser.chrome.errorReporter.enabled',
    'browser.chrome.errorReporter.submitUrl',
-    'network.allow-experiments',
-    /* 65 */
-    'browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled',
-    'browser.fixup.hide_user_pass',
-    /* 64 */
-    'browser.onboarding.enabled',
-    'devtools.webide.autoinstallADBHelper',
-    'devtools.webide.adbAddonURL',
-    'security.csp.enable_violation_events',
-    /* 63 */
-    'browser.search.countryCode',
-    'app.update.enabled',
-    'shield.savant.enabled',
    'browser.chrome.favicons',
-    'media.autoplay.enabled',
-    'network.cookie.lifetime.days',
    'browser.ctrlTab.previews',
-    /* 62 */
-    'plugin.state.java',
-    /* 61 */
+    'browser.fixup.hide_user_pass',
+    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr',
+    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.disableSnippets',
+    'browser.onboarding.enabled',
+    'browser.search.countryCode',
+    'browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled',
+    'devtools.webide.adbAddonURL',
+    'devtools.webide.autoinstallADBHelper',
+    'dom.event.highrestimestamp.enabled',
+    'experiments.activeExperiment',
    'experiments.enabled',
    'experiments.manifest.uri',
    'experiments.supported',
-    'experiments.activeExperiment',
+    'lightweightThemes.update.enabled',
+    'media.autoplay.enabled',
+    'network.allow-experiments',
+    'network.cookie.lifetime.days',
    'network.jar.block-remote-files',
    'network.jar.open-unsafe-types',
-    /* 60 */
+    'plugin.state.java',
+    'security.csp.enable_violation_events',
+    'security.csp.experimentalEnabled',
+    'shield.savant.enabled',
+    /* 60 or earlier */
+    'browser.bookmarks.showRecentlyBookmarked',
+    'browser.casting.enabled',
+    'browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit',
+    'browser.formautofill.enabled',
+    'browser.formfill.saveHttpsForms',
+    'browser.fullscreen.animate',
+    'browser.history.allowPopState',
+    'browser.history.allowPushState',
+    'browser.history.allowReplaceState',
+    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled',
+    'browser.newtabpage.directory.ping',
    'browser.newtabpage.directory.source',
    'browser.newtabpage.enhanced',
    'browser.newtabpage.introShown',
-    'extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled',
-    'extensions.shield-recipe-client.api_url',
-    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled',
-    'dom.workers.enabled',
-    /* 59 */
-    'intl.locale.matchOS',
-    'general.useragent.locale',
-    'datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrl',
-    'dom.flyweb.enabled',
-    'security.mixed_content.use_hsts',
-    'security.mixed_content.send_hsts_priming',
-    'network.http.referer.userControlPolicy',
-    'security.xpconnect.plugin.unrestricted',
-    'media.getusermedia.screensharing.allowed_domains',
-    'camera.control.face_detection.enabled',
-    'dom.disable_window_status_change',
-    'dom.idle-observers-api.enabled',
-    /* 58 */
-    'browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit',
-    /* 57 */
-    'social.whitelist',
-    'social.toast-notifications.enabled',
-    'social.shareDirectory',
-    'social.remote-install.enabled',
-    'social.directories',
-    'social.share.activationPanelEnabled',
-    'social.enabled',
-    'media.eme.chromium-api.enabled',
-    'devtools.webide.autoinstallFxdtAdapters',
-    'browser.casting.enabled',
-    'browser.bookmarks.showRecentlyBookmarked',
-    /* 56 */
-    'extensions.screenshots.system-disabled',
-    'extensions.formautofill.experimental',
-    /* 55 */
-    'geo.security.allowinsecure',
+    'browser.pocket.api',
+    'browser.pocket.enabled',
+    'browser.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey',
+    'browser.pocket.site',
+    'browser.polaris.enabled',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.enabled',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.gethashURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.malware.reportURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.appRepURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.reportErrorURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.reportGenericURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareErrorURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareMistakeURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishMistakeURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.reportURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.updateURL',
+    'browser.search.showOneOffButtons',
    'browser.selfsupport.enabled',
    'browser.selfsupport.url',
-    'browser.newtabpage.directory.ping',
-    'browser.formfill.saveHttpsForms',
-    'browser.formautofill.enabled',
-    'dom.enable_user_timing',
-    'dom.keyboardevent.code.enabled',
+    'browser.sessionstore.privacy_level_deferred',
    'browser.tabs.animate',
-    'browser.fullscreen.animate',
-    /* 54 */
-    'browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareMistakeURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishMistakeURL',
-    'media.eme.apiVisible',
-    'dom.archivereader.enabled',
-    /* 53 */
-    'security.tls.unrestricted_rc4_fallback',
-    'plugin.scan.Acrobat',
-    'plugin.scan.Quicktime',
-    'plugin.scan.WindowsMediaPlayer',
-    'media.getusermedia.screensharing.allow_on_old_platforms',
-    'dom.beforeAfterKeyboardEvent.enabled',
-    /* 52 */
-    'network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer',
-    'media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled',
-    'media.gmp-eme-adobe.visible',
-    'media.gmp-eme-adobe.autoupdate',
-    'dom.telephony.enabled',
-    'dom.battery.enabled',
-    /* 51 */
-    'media.block-play-until-visible',
-    'dom.vr.oculus050.enabled',
-    'network.http.spdy.enabled.v3-1',
-    /* 50 */
+    'browser.trackingprotection.gethashURL',
+    'browser.trackingprotection.updateURL',
+    'browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete',
    'browser.usedOnWindows10.introURL',
-    'plugins.update.notifyUser',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.enabled',
-    'security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha',
-    'security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha',
-    'security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_md5',
-    'security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_sha',
-    'plugins.update.url',
-    /* 49 */
+    'camera.control.autofocus_moving_callback.enabled',
+    'camera.control.face_detection.enabled',
+    'datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrl',
+    'datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrlUnified',
+    'datareporting.healthreport.documentServerURI',
+    'datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled',
+    'datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled.v2',
+    'devtools.webide.autoinstallFxdtAdapters',
+    'dom.archivereader.enabled',
+    'dom.battery.enabled',
+    'dom.beforeAfterKeyboardEvent.enabled',
+    'dom.disable_image_src_set',
+    'dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars',
+    'dom.disable_window_status_change',
+    'dom.enable_user_timing',
+    'dom.flyweb.enabled',
+    'dom.idle-observers-api.enabled',
+    'dom.keyboardevent.code.enabled',
+    'dom.network.enabled',
+    'dom.push.udp.wakeupEnabled',
+    'dom.telephony.enabled',
+    'dom.vr.oculus050.enabled',
+    'dom.workers.enabled',
+    'dom.workers.sharedWorkers.enabled',
+    'extensions.formautofill.experimental',
+    'extensions.screenshots.system-disabled',
+    'extensions.shield-recipe-client.api_url',
+    'extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled',
+    'full-screen-api.approval-required',
+    'general.useragent.locale',
+    'geo.security.allowinsecure',
+    'intl.locale.matchOS',
    'loop.enabled',
-    'loop.server',
-    'loop.feedback.formURL',
-    'loop.feedback.manualFormURL',
    'loop.facebook.appId',
    'loop.facebook.enabled',
    'loop.facebook.fallbackUrl',
    'loop.facebook.shareUrl',
+    'loop.feedback.formURL',
+    'loop.feedback.manualFormURL',
    'loop.logDomains',
-    'dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars',
-    'dom.push.udp.wakeupEnabled',
-    /* 48 */
-    'browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete',
-    /* 47 */
-    'toolkit.telemetry.unifiedIsOptIn',
-    'datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrlUnified',
-    'browser.history.allowPopState',
-    'browser.history.allowPushState',
-    'browser.history.allowReplaceState',
-    /* 46 */
-    'datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled',
-    'datareporting.healthreport.documentServerURI',
-    'datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled.v2',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL',
-    'browser.polaris.enabled',
-    'browser.pocket.enabled',
-    'browser.pocket.api',
-    'browser.pocket.site',
-    'browser.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey',
-    /* 45 */
-    'browser.sessionstore.privacy_level_deferred',
-    /* 44 */
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.appRepURL',
-    'security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts.use_static_list',
-    'dom.workers.sharedWorkers.enabled',
-    'dom.disable_image_src_set',
-    /* 43 */
-    'browser.safebrowsing.gethashURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.updateURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.malware.reportURL',
-    'browser.trackingprotection.gethashURL',
-    'browser.trackingprotection.updateURL',
+    'loop.server',
+    'media.block-play-until-visible',
+    'media.eme.apiVisible',
+    'media.eme.chromium-api.enabled',
+    'media.getusermedia.screensharing.allow_on_old_platforms',
+    'media.getusermedia.screensharing.allowed_domains',
+    'media.gmp-eme-adobe.autoupdate',
+    'media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled',
+    'media.gmp-eme-adobe.visible',
+    'network.http.referer.userControlPolicy',
+    'network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer',
+    'network.http.spdy.enabled.http2draft',
+    'network.http.spdy.enabled.v3-1',
+    'network.websocket.enabled',
+    'pageThumbs.enabled',
    'pfs.datasource.url',
-    'browser.search.showOneOffButtons',
-    /* 42 and earlier */
-    'privacy.clearOnShutdown.passwords', // 42
-    'full-screen-api.approval-required', // 42
-    'browser.safebrowsing.reportErrorURL', // 41
-    'browser.safebrowsing.reportGenericURL', // 41
-    'browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareErrorURL', // 41
-    'browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareURL', // 41
-    'browser.safebrowsing.reportURL', // 41
-    'plugins.enumerable_names', // 41
-    'network.http.spdy.enabled.http2draft', // 41
-    'camera.control.autofocus_moving_callback.enabled', // 37
-    'privacy.donottrackheader.value', // 36
-    'network.websocket.enabled', // 35
-    'dom.network.enabled', // 31
-    'pageThumbs.enabled', // 25
+    'plugin.scan.Acrobat',
+    'plugin.scan.Quicktime',
+    'plugin.scan.WindowsMediaPlayer',
+    'plugins.enumerable_names',
+    'plugins.update.notifyUser',
+    'plugins.update.url',
+    'privacy.clearOnShutdown.passwords',
+    'privacy.donottrackheader.value',
+    'security.mixed_content.send_hsts_priming',
+    'security.mixed_content.use_hsts',
+    'security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha',
+    'security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha',
+    'security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_md5',
+    'security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_sha',
+    'security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts.use_static_list',
+    'security.tls.unrestricted_rc4_fallback',
+    'security.xpconnect.plugin.unrestricted',
+    'social.directories',
+    'social.enabled',
+    'social.remote-install.enabled',
+    'social.share.activationPanelEnabled',
+    'social.shareDirectory',
+    'social.toast-notifications.enabled',
+    'social.whitelist',
+    'toolkit.telemetry.unifiedIsOptIn',

    /* reset parrot: check your open about:config after running the script */
    '_user.js.parrot'
-  ]
+  ];
+
+  console.clear();

-  if("undefined" === typeof(Services)) {
-    alert("about:config needs to be the active tab!");
-    return;
-  }
-  
  let c = 0;
-  for (let i = 0, len = ops.length; i < len; i++) {
-    if (Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(ops[i])) {   
-      Services.prefs.clearUserPref(ops[i]);
-      if (!Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(ops[i])) {
-        console.log("reset", ops[i]);
+  for (const sPname of aPREFS) {
+    if (Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(sPname)) {
+      Services.prefs.clearUserPref(sPname);
+      if (!Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(sPname)) {
+        console.info('reset', sPname);
        c++;
-      } else { console.log("failed to reset", ops[i]); }
+      } else console.warn('failed to reset', sPname);
    }
  }
-  
+
  focus();
-  
-  let d = (c==1) ? " pref" : " prefs";
-  if (c > 0) {
-    alert("successfully reset " + c + d + "\n\nfor details check the Browser Console (Ctrl+Shift+J)");
-  } else { alert("nothing to reset"); }
-  
+
+  const d = (c==1) ? ' pref' : ' prefs';
+  alert(c ? 'successfully reset ' + c + d + "\n\nfor details check the console" : 'nothing to reset');
+
+  return 'all done';
+
 })();
--- a/scratchpad-scripts/arkenfox-clear-removed.js
+++ b/scratchpad-scripts/arkenfox-clear-removed.js
@ -1,38 +1,223 @@
 /***
- This will reset the preferences that have been removed completely from the arkenfox user.js.
+  This will reset the preferences that have been removed completely from the arkenfox user.js.

- Last updated: 26-Jan-2021
+  Last updated: 29-August-2021

- For instructions see:
- https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/3.1-Resetting-Inactive-Prefs-[Scripts]
+  For instructions see:
+  https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/3.1-Resetting-Inactive-Prefs-[Scripts]
 ***/
- 
-(function() {
-  let ops = [
-    /* removed in arkenfox user.js v52-57 */
-    /* 52-alpha */
+
+(() => {
+
+  if ('undefined' === typeof(Services)) return alert('about:config needs to be the active tab!');
+
+  const aPREFS = [
+    /* removed in arkenfox user.js */
+    /* 91 */
+    'alerts.showFavicons',
+    'dom.allow_cut_copy',
+    'dom.battery.enabled',
+    'dom.storage.enabled',
+    'dom.vibrator.enabled',
+    'general.warnOnAboutConfig',
+    'gfx.direct2d.disabled',
+    'layers.acceleration.disabled',
+    'media.getusermedia.audiocapture.enabled',
+    'media.getusermedia.browser.enabled',
+    'media.getusermedia.screensharing.enabled',
+    'media.media-capabilities.enabled',
+    'security.insecure_connection_icon.enabled',
+    'security.mixed_content.block_active_content',
+    /* 79-90 */
+    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.snippets',
+    'browser.send_pings.require_same_host',
+    'browser.urlbar.usepreloadedtopurls.enabled',
+    'dom.IntersectionObserver.enabled',
+    'extensions.screenshots.upload-disabled',
+    'media.gmp-widevinecdm.visible',
+    'network.http.redirection-limit',
+    'privacy.partition.network_state',
+    'security.ssl.enable_ocsp_stapling',
+    'security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha',
+    'security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha',
+    'webgl.min_capability_mode',
+    /* 69-78 */
+    'browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl',
+    'browser.search.geoip.url',
+    'browser.search.region',
+    'browser.sessionhistory.max_entries',
+    'dom.push.connection.enabled',
+    'dom.push.serverURL',
+    'extensions.getAddons.discovery.api_url',
+    'extensions.htmlaboutaddons.discover.enabled',
+    'extensions.webservice.discoverURL',
+    'intl.locale.requested',
+    'intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales',
+    'media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground',
+    'middlemouse.paste',
+    'plugin.sessionPermissionNow.intervalInMinutes',
+    'privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled',
+    'security.insecure_connection_icon.pbmode.enabled',
+    'security.insecure_connection_text.pbmode.enabled',
+    'webgl.dxgl.enabled',
+    /* 61-68 */
+    'app.update.service.enabled',
+    'app.update.silent',
+    'app.update.staging.enabled',
+    'browser.cache.disk.capacity',
+    'browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled',
+    'browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run',
+    'browser.cache.offline.insecure.enable',
+    'browser.contentblocking.enabled',
+    'browser.eme.ui.enabled',
+    'browser.laterrun.enabled',
+    'browser.offline-apps.notify',
+    'browser.rights.3.shown',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous_host',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportMalwareMistakeURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportPhishMistakeURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharing.enabled',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharingURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.gethashURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportMalwareMistakeURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportPhishMistakeURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.updateURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL',
+    'browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishURL',
+    'browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers',
+    'browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo',
+    'browser.slowStartup.maxSamples',
+    'browser.slowStartup.notificationDisabled',
+    'browser.slowStartup.samples',
+    'browser.storageManager.enabled',
+    'browser.urlbar.autoFill.typed',
+    'browser.urlbar.filter.javascript',
+    'browser.urlbar.maxHistoricalSearchSuggestions',
+    'browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionsChoice',
+    'canvas.capturestream.enabled',
+    'dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows',
+    'dom.disable_window_flip',
+    'dom.forms.datetime',
+    'dom.imagecapture.enabled',
+    'dom.popup_maximum',
+    'extensions.webextensions.keepStorageOnUninstall',
+    'extensions.webextensions.keepUuidOnUninstall',
+    'font.blacklist.underline_offset',
+    'font.name.monospace.x-unicode',
+    'font.name.monospace.x-western',
+    'font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode',
+    'font.name.sans-serif.x-western',
+    'font.name.serif.x-unicode',
+    'font.name.serif.x-western',
+    'gfx.offscreencanvas.enabled',
+    'javascript.options.shared_memory',
+    'layout.css.font-loading-api.enabled',
+    'media.gmp-gmpopenh264.autoupdate',
+    'media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled',
+    'media.gmp-manager.updateEnabled',
+    'media.gmp-manager.url',
+    'media.gmp-manager.url.override',
+    'media.gmp-widevinecdm.autoupdate',
+    'media.gmp.trial-create.enabled',
+    'media.navigator.video.enabled',
+    'media.peerconnection.ice.tcp',
+    'media.peerconnection.identity.enabled',
+    'media.peerconnection.identity.timeout',
+    'media.peerconnection.turn.disable',
+    'media.peerconnection.use_document_iceservers',
+    'media.peerconnection.video.enabled',
+    'network.auth.subresource-img-cross-origin-http-auth-allow',
+    'network.cookie.leave-secure-alone',
+    'network.cookie.same-site.enabled',
+    'network.dnsCacheEntries',
+    'network.dnsCacheExpiration',
+    'network.http.fast-fallback-to-IPv4',
+    'network.proxy.autoconfig_url.include_path',
+    'offline-apps.quota.warn',
+    'pdfjs.enableWebGL',
+    'plugin.default.state',
+    'plugin.defaultXpi.state',
+    'plugin.scan.plid.all',
+    'privacy.trackingprotection.annotate_channels',
+    'privacy.trackingprotection.lower_network_priority',
+    'privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled',
+    'privacy.trackingprotection.ui.enabled',
+    'security.data_uri.block_toplevel_data_uri_navigations',
+    'security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled',
+    'security.insecure_password.ui.enabled',
+    'security.tls.version.fallback-limit',
+    'services.blocklist.addons.collection',
+    'services.blocklist.gfx.collection',
+    'services.blocklist.onecrl.collection',
+    'services.blocklist.plugins.collection',
+    'services.blocklist.signing.enforced',
+    'services.blocklist.update_enabled',
+    'signon.autofillForms.http',
+    'signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff',
+    'toolkit.telemetry.cachedClientID',
+    'urlclassifier.trackingTable',
+    'xpinstall.whitelist.required',
+    /* 60 or lower */
+    'browser.migrate.automigrate.enabled',
+    'browser.search.geoip.timeout',
    'browser.search.reset.enabled',
    'browser.search.reset.whitelist',
-    /* 54-alpha */
-    'browser.migrate.automigrate.enabled',
+    'browser.stopReloadAnimation.enabled',
+    'browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent',
+    'browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground',
+    'browser.tabs.loadInBackground',
+    'browser.tabs.selectOwnerOnClose',
+    'browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll',
+    'browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll',
+    'device.storage.enabled',
+    'dom.keyboardevent.dispatch_during_composition',
+    'dom.presentation.controller.enabled',
+    'dom.presentation.discoverable',
+    'dom.presentation.discovery.enabled',
+    'dom.presentation.enabled',
+    'dom.presentation.receiver.enabled',
+    'dom.presentation.session_transport.data_channel.enable',
+    'dom.vr.oculus.enabled',
+    'dom.vr.openvr.enabled',
+    'dom.vr.osvr.enabled',
+    'extensions.pocket.api',
+    'extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey',
+    'extensions.pocket.site',
+    'general.useragent.compatMode.firefox',
+    'geo.wifi.xhr.timeout',
+    'gfx.layerscope.enabled',
+    'media.flac.enabled',
+    'media.mediasource.enabled',
+    'media.mediasource.mp4.enabled',
+    'media.mediasource.webm.audio.enabled',
+    'media.mediasource.webm.enabled',
+    'media.mp4.enabled',
+    'media.ogg.enabled',
+    'media.ogg.flac.enabled',
+    'media.opus.enabled',
+    'media.raw.enabled',
+    'media.wave.enabled',
+    'media.webm.enabled',
+    'media.webspeech.recognition.enable',
+    'media.wmf.amd.vp9.enabled',
+    'media.wmf.enabled',
+    'media.wmf.vp9.enabled',
+    'network.dns.blockDotOnion',
+    'network.stricttransportsecurity.preloadlist',
+    'security.block_script_with_wrong_mime',
+    'security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy',
+    'security.sri.enable',
    'services.sync.enabled',
+    'ui.submenuDelay',
    'webextensions.storage.sync.enabled',
    'webextensions.storage.sync.serverURL',
-    /* 55-alpha */
-    'dom.keyboardevent.dispatch_during_composition', // default is false anyway
-    'dom.vr.oculus.enabled', // covered by dom.vr.enabled
-    'dom.vr.openvr.enabled', // ditto
-    'dom.vr.osvr.enabled', // ditto
-    'extensions.pocket.api', // covered by extensions.pocket.enabled
-    'extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey', // ditto
-    'extensions.pocket.site', // ditto
-    /* 56-alpha: none */
-    /* 57-alpha */
-    'geo.wifi.xhr.timeout', // covered by geo.enabled
-    'browser.search.geoip.timeout', // ditto
-    'media.webspeech.recognition.enable', // default is false anyway
-    'gfx.layerscope.enabled', // default is false anyway
-    /* 58-alpha */
    //  excluding these e10 settings
       // 'browser.tabs.remote.autostart',
       // 'browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2',
@ -48,217 +233,28 @@
       // 'dom.ipc.plugins.sandbox-level.default',
       // 'dom.ipc.plugins.sandbox-level.flash',
       // 'security.sandbox.logging.enabled',
-    'dom.presentation.controller.enabled',
-    'dom.presentation.discoverable',
-    'dom.presentation.discovery.enabled',
-    'dom.presentation.enabled',
-    'dom.presentation.receiver.enabled',
-    'dom.presentation.session_transport.data_channel.enable',
-    /* 59-alpha */
-    'browser.stopReloadAnimation.enabled',
-    'browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent',
-    'browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground',
-    'browser.tabs.loadInBackground',
-    'browser.tabs.selectOwnerOnClose',
-    'browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll',
-    'browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll',
-    'media.flac.enabled',
-    'media.mediasource.enabled',
-    'media.mediasource.mp4.enabled',
-    'media.mediasource.webm.audio.enabled',
-    'media.mediasource.webm.enabled',
-    'media.mp4.enabled',
-    'media.ogg.enabled',
-    'media.ogg.flac.enabled',
-    'media.opus.enabled',
-    'media.raw.enabled',
-    'media.wave.enabled',
-    'media.webm.enabled',
-    'media.wmf.amd.vp9.enabled',
-    'media.wmf.enabled',
-    'media.wmf.vp9.enabled',
-    'ui.submenuDelay',
-    /* 60-beta - these were all at default anyway */
-    'device.storage.enabled',
-    'general.useragent.compatMode.firefox',
-    'network.dns.blockDotOnion',
-    'network.stricttransportsecurity.preloadlist',
-    'security.block_script_with_wrong_mime',
-    'security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy',
-    'security.sri.enable',
-    /* 61-beta */
-    'browser.laterrun.enabled',
-    'browser.offline-apps.notify',
-    'browser.rights.3.shown',
-    'browser.slowStartup.maxSamples',
-    'browser.slowStartup.notificationDisabled',
-    'browser.slowStartup.samples',
-    'browser.storageManager.enabled',
-    'dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows',
-    'dom.disable_window_flip',
-    'network.http.fast-fallback-to-IPv4',
-    'offline-apps.quota.warn',
-    'services.blocklist.signing.enforced',
-    /* 62-beta */
-    'browser.urlbar.autoFill.typed',
-    'security.tls.version.fallback-limit',
-    /* 63-beta */
-    'extensions.webextensions.keepStorageOnUninstall',
-    'extensions.webextensions.keepUuidOnUninstall',
-    'privacy.trackingprotection.ui.enabled',
-    /* 64-beta */
-    'browser.eme.ui.enabled',
-    'browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo',
-    'network.auth.subresource-img-cross-origin-http-auth-allow',
-    'media.peerconnection.ice.tcp',
-    'media.peerconnection.identity.enabled',
-    'media.peerconnection.identity.timeout',
-    'media.peerconnection.turn.disable',
-    'media.peerconnection.use_document_iceservers',
-    'media.peerconnection.video.enabled',
-    'media.navigator.video.enabled',
-    /* 65-beta */
-    'browser.contentblocking.enabled',
-    'browser.urlbar.maxHistoricalSearchSuggestions',
-    /* 67-beta */
-    'app.update.service.enabled',
-    'app.update.silent',
-    'app.update.staging.enabled',
-    'browser.cache.disk.capacity',
-    'browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled',
-    'browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run',
-    'browser.cache.offline.insecure.enable',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportMalwareMistakeURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportPhishMistakeURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharing.enabled',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharingURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportMalwareMistakeURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportPhishMistakeURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishURL',
-    'browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers',
-    'browser.urlbar.filter.javascript',
-    'canvas.capturestream.enabled',
-    'dom.imagecapture.enabled',
-    'dom.popup_maximum',
-    'gfx.offscreencanvas.enabled',
-    'javascript.options.shared_memory',
-    'media.gmp-gmpopenh264.autoupdate',
-    'media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled',
-    'media.gmp-manager.updateEnabled',
-    'media.gmp-manager.url',
-    'media.gmp-manager.url.override',
-    'media.gmp.trial-create.enabled',
-    'media.gmp-widevinecdm.autoupdate',
-    'network.cookie.leave-secure-alone',
-    'network.cookie.same-site.enabled',
-    'network.dnsCacheEntries',
-    'network.dnsCacheExpiration',
-    'network.proxy.autoconfig_url.include_path',
-    'pdfjs.enableWebGL',
-    'plugin.default.state',
-    'plugin.defaultXpi.state',
-    'plugin.scan.plid.all',
-    'security.data_uri.block_toplevel_data_uri_navigations',
-    'security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled',
-    'security.insecure_password.ui.enabled',
-    'signon.autofillForms.http',
-    'signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff',
-    'xpinstall.whitelist.required',
-    /* 67-beta: Blocklist, SB & TP cleanup: these were all inactive */
-    'browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous_host',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.gethashURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.updateURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL',
-    'browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL',
-    'browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionsChoice',
-    'privacy.trackingprotection.annotate_channels',
-    'privacy.trackingprotection.enabled',
-    'privacy.trackingprotection.lower_network_priority',
-    'privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled',
-    'services.blocklist.addons.collection',
-    'services.blocklist.gfx.collection',
-    'services.blocklist.onecrl.collection',
-    'services.blocklist.plugins.collection',
-    'services.blocklist.update_enabled',
-    'urlclassifier.trackingTable',
-    /* 68-beta */
-    'dom.forms.datetime',
-    'font.blacklist.underline_offset',
-    'font.name.monospace.x-unicode',
-    'font.name.monospace.x-western',
-    'font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode',
-    'font.name.sans-serif.x-western',
-    'font.name.serif.x-unicode',
-    'font.name.serif.x-western',
-    'layout.css.font-loading-api.enabled',
-    'toolkit.telemetry.cachedClientID',
-    /* 69-beta */
-    'plugin.sessionPermissionNow.intervalInMinutes',
-    /* 70-beta */
-    'browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl',
-    'browser.sessionhistory.max_entries',
-    'dom.push.connection.enabled',
-    'dom.push.serverURL',
-    'extensions.getAddons.discovery.api_url',
-    'extensions.htmlaboutaddons.discover.enabled',
-    'extensions.webservice.discoverURL',
-    'intl.locale.requested',
-    'intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales',
-    'privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled',
-    'security.insecure_connection_icon.pbmode.enabled',
-    'security.insecure_connection_text.pbmode.enabled',
-    'webgl.dxgl.enabled',
-    /* 71-beta */
-    'media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground',
-    'middlemouse.paste',
-    /* 75-beta */
-    'browser.search.geoip.url',
-    'browser.search.region',
-    /* 79-beta */
-    'browser.urlbar.usepreloadedtopurls.enabled',
-    /* 82-beta */
-    'dom.IntersectionObserver.enabled',
-    'extensions.screenshots.upload-disabled',
-    'privacy.partition.network_state',
-    'security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha',
-    'security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha',
-    /* 84-beta */
-    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.snippets',
-    'layout.css.visited_links_enabled',
-    /* 85-beta */
-    'network.http.redirection-limit',
    /* reset parrot: check your open about:config after running the script */
    '_user.js.parrot'
-  ]
+  ];
+
+  console.clear();

-  if("undefined" === typeof(Services)) {
-    alert("about:config needs to be the active tab!");
-    return;
-  }
-  
  let c = 0;
-  for (let i = 0, len = ops.length; i < len; i++) {
-    if (Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(ops[i])) {   
-      Services.prefs.clearUserPref(ops[i]);
-      if (!Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(ops[i])) {
-        console.log("reset", ops[i]);
+  for (const sPname of aPREFS) {
+    if (Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(sPname)) {
+      Services.prefs.clearUserPref(sPname);
+      if (!Services.prefs.prefHasUserValue(sPname)) {
+        console.info('reset', sPname);
        c++;
-      } else { console.log("failed to reset", ops[i]); }
+      } else console.warn('failed to reset', sPname);
    }
  }
-  
+
  focus();
-  
-  let d = (c==1) ? " pref" : " prefs";
-  if (c > 0) {
-    alert("successfully reset " + c + d + "\n\nfor details check the Browser Console (Ctrl+Shift+J)");
-  } else { alert("nothing to reset"); }
-  
+
+  const d = (c==1) ? ' pref' : ' prefs';
+  alert(c ? 'successfully reset ' + c + d + "\n\nfor details check the console" : 'nothing to reset');
+
+  return 'all done';
+
 })();
--- a/scratchpad-scripts/troubleshooter.js
+++ b/scratchpad-scripts/troubleshooter.js
@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /*** arkenfox user.js troubleshooter.js v1.6.3 ***/

 (function() {
@ -194,7 +193,7 @@

  const aBAK = getMyList(aPREFS);
  //console.log(aBAK.length, "user-set prefs from our list detected and their values stored.");
-  
+
  const sMsg = "all detected prefs reset.\n\n" +
        "!! KEEP THIS PROMPT OPEN AND TEST THE SITE IN ANOTHER TAB !!\n\n" +
        "IF the problem still exists, this script can't help you - click Cancel to re-apply your values and exit.\n\n" +
--- a/updater.sh
+++ b/updater.sh
@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 ## arkenfox user.js updater for macOS and Linux

-## version: 2.9
+## version: 3.2
 ## Author: Pat Johnson (@overdodactyl)
 ## Additional contributors: @earthlng, @ema-pe, @claustromaniac

@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ ESR=false

 # Download method priority: curl -> wget
 DOWNLOAD_METHOD=''
-if [[ $(command -v 'curl') ]]; then
+if command -v curl >/dev/null; then
  DOWNLOAD_METHOD='curl --max-redirs 3 -so'
-elif [[ $(command -v 'wget') ]]; then
+elif command -v wget >/dev/null; then
  DOWNLOAD_METHOD='wget --max-redirect 3 --quiet -O'
 else
  echo -e "${RED}This script requires curl or wget.\nProcess aborted${NC}"
@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ else
 fi


-show_banner () {
+show_banner() {
  echo -e "${BBLUE}
                ############################################################################
                ####                                                                    ####
@ -103,14 +103,13 @@ Optional Arguments:
 #     File Handling     #
 #########################

-# Download files
-download_file () { # expects URL as argument ($1)
+download_file() { # expects URL as argument ($1)
  declare -r tf=$(mktemp)

  $DOWNLOAD_METHOD "${tf}" "$1" && echo "$tf" || echo '' # return the temp-filename or empty string on error
 }

-open_file () { # expects one argument: file_path
+open_file() { # expects one argument: file_path
  if [ "$(uname)" == 'Darwin' ]; then
    open "$1"
  elif [ "$(uname -s | cut -c -5)" == "Linux" ]; then
@ -120,57 +119,52 @@ open_file () { # expects one argument: file_path
  fi
 }

-readIniFile () { # expects one argument: absolute path of profiles.ini
+readIniFile() { # expects one argument: absolute path of profiles.ini
  declare -r inifile="$1"
-  declare -r tfile=$(mktemp)

-  if [ $(grep '^\[Profile' "$inifile" | wc -l) == "1" ]; then ### only 1 profile found
-    grep '^\[Profile' -A 4 "$inifile" | grep -v '^\[Profile' > $tfile
+  # tempIni will contain: [ProfileX], Name=, IsRelative= and Path= (and Default= if present) of the only (if) or the selected (else) profile
+  if [ "$(grep -c '^\[Profile' "${inifile}")" -eq "1" ]; then ### only 1 profile found
+    tempIni="$(grep '^\[Profile' -A 4 "${inifile}")"
  else
-    grep -E -v '^\[General\]|^StartWithLastProfile=|^IsRelative=' "$inifile"
-    echo ''
+    echo -e "Profiles found:\n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––"
+    ## cmd-substitution to strip trailing newlines and in quotes to keep internal ones:
+    echo "$(grep --color=never -E 'Default=[^1]|\[Profile[0-9]*\]|Name=|Path=|^$' "${inifile}")"
+    echo '––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––'
    read -p 'Select the profile number ( 0 for Profile0, 1 for Profile1, etc ) : ' -r
    echo -e "\n"
    if [[ $REPLY =~ ^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$ ]]; then
-      grep '^\[Profile'${REPLY} -A 4 "$inifile" | grep -v '^\[Profile'${REPLY} > $tfile
-      if [[ "$?" != "0" ]]; then
-        echo "Profile${REPLY} does not exist!" && exit 1
-      fi
+      tempIni="$(grep "^\[Profile${REPLY}" -A 4 "${inifile}")" || {
+        echo -e "${RED}Profile${REPLY} does not exist!${NC}" && exit 1
+      }
    else
-      echo "Invalid selection!" && exit 1
+      echo -e "${RED}Invalid selection!${NC}" && exit 1
    fi
  fi

-  declare -r profpath=$(grep '^Path=' $tfile)
-  declare -r pathisrel=$(grep '^IsRelative=' $tfile)
+  # extracting 0 or 1 from the "IsRelative=" line
+  declare -r pathisrel=$(sed -n 's/^IsRelative=\([01]\)$/\1/p' <<< "${tempIni}")

-  rm "$tfile"
-
-  # update global variable
-  if [[ ${pathisrel#*=} == "1" ]]; then
-    PROFILE_PATH="$(dirname "$inifile")/${profpath#*=}"
-  else
-    PROFILE_PATH="${profpath#*=}"
-  fi
+  # extracting only the path itself, excluding "Path="
+  PROFILE_PATH=$(sed -n 's/^Path=\(.*\)$/\1/p' <<< "${tempIni}")
+  # update global variable if path is relative
+  [[ ${pathisrel} == "1" ]] && PROFILE_PATH="$(dirname "${inifile}")/${PROFILE_PATH}"
 }

-getProfilePath () {
+getProfilePath() {
  declare -r f1=~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/profiles.ini
  declare -r f2=~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini

  if [ "$PROFILE_PATH" = false ]; then
    PROFILE_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR"
  elif [ "$PROFILE_PATH" = 'list' ]; then
-    local ini=''
    if [[ -f "$f1" ]]; then
-      ini="$f1"
+      readIniFile "$f1" # updates PROFILE_PATH or exits on error
    elif [[ -f "$f2" ]]; then
-      ini="$f2"
+      readIniFile "$f2"
    else
      echo -e "${RED}Error: Sorry, -l is not supported for your OS${NC}"
      exit 1
    fi
-    readIniFile "$ini" # updates PROFILE_PATH or exits on error
  #else
    # PROFILE_PATH already set by user with -p
  fi
@ -181,8 +175,8 @@ getProfilePath () {
 #########################

 # Returns the version number of a updater.sh file
-get_updater_version () {
-  echo $(sed -n '5 s/.*[[:blank:]]\([[:digit:]]*\.[[:digit:]]*\)/\1/p' "$1")
+get_updater_version() {
+  echo "$(sed -n '5 s/.*[[:blank:]]\([[:digit:]]*\.[[:digit:]]*\)/\1/p' "$1")"
 }

 # Update updater.sh
@ -190,16 +184,14 @@ get_updater_version () {
 # Args:
 #   -d: New version will not be looked for and update will not occur
 #   -u: Check for update, if available, execute without asking
-update_updater () {
-  if [ $UPDATE = 'no' ]; then
-    return 0 # User signified not to check for updates
-  fi
+update_updater() {
+  [ "$UPDATE" = 'no' ] && return 0 # User signified not to check for updates

  declare -r tmpfile="$(download_file 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arkenfox/user.js/master/updater.sh')"
  [ -z "${tmpfile}" ] && echo -e "${RED}Error! Could not download updater.sh${NC}" && return 1 # check if download failed

  if [[ $(get_updater_version "$SCRIPT_FILE") < $(get_updater_version "${tmpfile}") ]]; then
-    if [ $UPDATE = 'check' ]; then
+    if [ "$UPDATE" = 'check' ]; then
      echo -e "There is a newer version of updater.sh available. ${RED}Update and execute Y/N?${NC}"
      read -p "" -n 1 -r
      echo -e "\n\n"
@ -214,17 +206,16 @@ update_updater () {
  exit 0
 }

-
 #########################
 #    Update user.js     #
 #########################

 # Returns version number of a user.js file
-get_userjs_version () {
-  [ -e $1 ] && echo "$(sed -n '4p' "$1")" || echo "Not detected."
+get_userjs_version() {
+  [ -e "$1" ] && echo "$(sed -n '4p' "$1")" || echo "Not detected."
 }

-add_override () {
+add_override() {
  input=$1
  if [ -f "$input" ]; then
    echo "" >> user.js
@ -244,27 +235,27 @@ add_override () {
  fi
 }

-remove_comments () { # expects 2 arguments: from-file and to-file
-  sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*\/\/.*$//' -e '/^\/\*/,/\*\//d' -e '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' -e 's/);[[:space:]]*\/\/.*/);/' "$1" > "$2"
+remove_comments() { # expects 2 arguments: from-file and to-file
+  sed -e '/^\/\*.*\*\/[[:space:]]*$/d' -e '/^\/\*/,/\*\//d' -e 's|^[[:space:]]*//.*$||' -e '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' -e 's|);[[:space:]]*//.*|);|' "$1" > "$2"
 }

 # Applies latest version of user.js and any custom overrides
-update_userjs () {
+update_userjs() {
  declare -r newfile="$(download_file 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arkenfox/user.js/master/user.js')"
  [ -z "${newfile}" ] && echo -e "${RED}Error! Could not download user.js${NC}" && return 1 # check if download failed

  echo -e "Please observe the following information:
    Firefox profile:  ${ORANGE}$(pwd)${NC}
-    Available online: ${ORANGE}$(get_userjs_version $newfile)${NC}
+    Available online: ${ORANGE}$(get_userjs_version "$newfile")${NC}
    Currently using:  ${ORANGE}$(get_userjs_version user.js)${NC}\n\n"

-  if [ $CONFIRM = 'yes' ]; then
+  if [ "$CONFIRM" = 'yes' ]; then
    echo -e "This script will update to the latest user.js file and append any custom configurations from user-overrides.js. ${RED}Continue Y/N? ${NC}"
    read -p "" -n 1 -r
    echo -e "\n"
    if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Nn]$ ]]; then
      echo -e "${RED}Process aborted${NC}"
-      rm $newfile
+      rm "$newfile"
      return 1
    fi
  fi
@ -278,7 +269,7 @@ update_userjs () {
  # backup user.js
  mkdir -p userjs_backups
  local bakname="userjs_backups/user.js.backup.$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H%M")"
-  [ $BACKUP = 'single' ] && bakname='userjs_backups/user.js.backup'
+  [ "$BACKUP" = 'single' ] && bakname='userjs_backups/user.js.backup'
  cp user.js "$bakname" &>/dev/null

  mv "${newfile}" user.js
@ -304,19 +295,19 @@ update_userjs () {
    past_nocomments='userjs_diffs/past_userjs.txt'
    current_nocomments='userjs_diffs/current_userjs.txt'

-    remove_comments $pastuserjs $past_nocomments
-    remove_comments user.js $current_nocomments
+    remove_comments "$pastuserjs" "$past_nocomments"
+    remove_comments user.js "$current_nocomments"

    diffname="userjs_diffs/diff_$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H%M").txt"
-    diff=$(diff -w -B -U 0 $past_nocomments $current_nocomments)
-    if [ ! -z "$diff" ]; then
+    diff=$(diff -w -B -U 0 "$past_nocomments" "$current_nocomments")
+    if [ -n "$diff" ]; then
      echo "$diff" > "$diffname"
      echo -e "Status: ${GREEN}A diff file was created:${NC} ${PWD}/${diffname}"
    else
      echo -e "Warning: ${ORANGE}Your new user.js file appears to be identical.  No diff file was created.${NC}"
-      [ $BACKUP = 'multiple' ] && rm $bakname &>/dev/null
+      [ "$BACKUP" = 'multiple' ] && rm "$bakname" &>/dev/null
    fi
-    rm $past_nocomments $current_nocomments $pastuserjs &>/dev/null
+    rm "$past_nocomments" "$current_nocomments" "$pastuserjs" &>/dev/null
  fi

  [ "$VIEW" = true ] && open_file "${PWD}/user.js"
@ -328,7 +319,7 @@ update_userjs () {

 if [ $# != 0 ]; then
  # Display usage if first argument is -help or --help
-  if [ $1 = '--help' ] || [ $1 = '-help' ]; then
+  if [ "$1" = '--help' ] || [ "$1" = '-help' ]; then
    usage
  else
    while getopts ":hp:ludsno:bcvre" opt; do
@ -372,7 +363,7 @@ if [ $# != 0 ]; then
        r)
          tfile="$(download_file 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arkenfox/user.js/master/user.js')"
          [ -z "${tfile}" ] && echo -e "${RED}Error! Could not download user.js${NC}" && exit 1 # check if download failed
-          mv $tfile "${tfile}.js"
+          mv "$tfile" "${tfile}.js"
          echo -e "${ORANGE}Warning: user.js was saved to temporary file ${tfile}.js${NC}"
          open_file "${tfile}.js"
          exit 0
@ -391,7 +382,7 @@ if [ $# != 0 ]; then
 fi

 show_banner
-update_updater $@
+update_updater "$@"

 getProfilePath # updates PROFILE_PATH or exits on error
 cd "$PROFILE_PATH" && update_userjs
--- a/user.js
+++ b/user.js
--- a/wikipiki/parseError.png
+++ b/wikipiki/parseError.png