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Anyone know how to block annoying menu notifications in Nightly? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Kallioapina@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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As the title says, I'm wondering if anyone knows how to block these annoying menu notifications/dots in android Firefox Nightly?

They happen in regular android Firefox too, but I was hoping there would be some setting in Nightly that could disable them.

Edit: some typos

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[–] dr_jekell@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Settings > advanced > open links in apps

Set it to never and the blue dots should disappear (the instal option doesn't go away from the menu though).

[–] Kallioapina@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

THANK YOU very much, that did it! One more little annoyance less in one's day.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you can block those, they exist specifically to make you aware that there's a PWA for this page.

[–] Kallioapina@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

God damn it, I really hope thats not the case. Fuck em and fuck people who push useless PWA'S.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

PWAs are amazing IMO, less apps for every shit thing 😁

[–] chrisg@aus.social 1 points 9 months ago

@Carighan @Kallioapina
I agree that Site Specific Browsers (SSB's) aka Personal Web Apps (PWA's) are much preferred over hunting for binary operating system specific app's.

The removal of this functionality in Firefox 86 was just one of the many decisions that is contributing to Firefox's catastrophic fall in usage.

I believe what the OP is referring to is _installable_ web apps, which brings the worst of both worlds, being both a web page and an operating system specific binary app

[–] Kallioapina@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yep I agree, world needs less apps, but also less PWA's. Regular browser interfaces can work well too.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At least nightly supports the about:config.
Haven't found anything for those notifications yet, but there might be something in there.

[–] Kallioapina@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yep, thats why I'm calling for people with knoweledge to share.

On a sidenote, does anyone know a site or a document that would list and explain the settings in about:config? Sure, you can find some partial lists and articles from the web, but there must be more comprehensive materials on them too. I havent been able to find such documents.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I wish I had.
This page explains the about:config page but not its options...
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox

Which links to http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config which hasn't been updated since 2017... 🤨