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• 2020-10-02 | Customizing Firefox for a Simpler Browsing Experience

  Introduction The other day we set up an iPad for my partner’s grandma. It’s been years since I’ve been through the setup process. I used to have a second generation iPod touch which I used a ton and even jailbroke it. It was the first proper mobile operating system that let you install software, browse the internet freely and stay in touch with others. I remember the user experience to be very simple.

• 2020-04-07 | Firefox Kinetic Scrolling

  Depending on your laptop’s touchpad and your driver you can scroll smoothly (pixel-wise, not row-wise) through applications. Most GTK applications support it but also Telegram Desktop and others. This is pretty close to the scroll experience you get on macOS. Firefox can also be set to use that feature which makes it much easier to scroll to the top or bottom of a page by a flick. To do that you need to add the following line to your /etc/environment file.