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diff --git a/firefox/user.js b/firefox/user.js
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--- a/firefox/user.js
+++ b/firefox/user.js
@@ -1,63 +1,18 @@
 // settings to make firefox a little more comfy for me
 // many tips taken from https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17hlkhp/what_are_your_must_have_changes_in_aboutconfig/
 
-/* misc stuff */
-//user_pref("browser.fixup.dns_first_for_single_words", true);
-//user_pref("browser.reader.detectedFirstArticle", true);
-//user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false);
-//user_pref("browser.search.update", false);
-//user_pref("browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand", false);
-//user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false);
-
-//user_pref("browser.tabs.animate", false);
-//
-//user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false);
-//user_pref("browser.warnOnQuit", false);
-//user_pref("browser.warnOnQuitShortcut", false);
-//
-//user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false);
-//user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
-//user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyAcceptedVersion", 2);
-//user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyNotifiedTime", "1450604664862");
-//user_pref("datareporting.policy.firstRunTime", "1450604654097");
-//
-//user_pref("experiments.enabled", false);
-//user_pref("experiments.supported", false);
-//user_pref("general.smoothScroll", false);
-//user_pref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", false);
-//user_pref("keyword.enabled", false);
-//user_pref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 0);
-//user_pref("media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.video-toggle.enabled", false);
-//user_pref("mousewheel.system_scroll_override.enabled", false);
-//user_pref("network.allow-experiments", false);
-//user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false);
-//user_pref("pdfjs.disabled", true);
-//user_pref("security.webauth.u2f", true);
-//user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
-
-/* backspace to go back */
-user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 0);
-
-//
-//
-// keep data on the device
-
-// disable safe browsing
-user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false);
-user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
-user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
-user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false);
-
 //
 //
 // better ui
 
-// big square scrollbar in lieu of native them
+// use system titlebar
+user_pref("browser.tabs.inTitlebar", 0);
+
+// big square scrollbar that doesn't disappear, in lieu of native them
 user_pref("widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.style", 4);
-// make it wider
 user_pref("widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.orverride", 24);
-// never try and hide it
 user_pref("widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled", false);
+
 // make the buttons smaller
 user_pref("browser.uidensity", 1);
 
@@ -70,69 +25,39 @@ user_pref("browser.display.background_color", "#ffffe8");
 user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
 
 // always enable cursor key navigation
-user_pref("accessibility.browsewithcaret", true);
+// user_pref("accessibility.browsewithcaret", true);
 
-//
-//
-// disable pocket
+// nicer settings in view source
+user_pref("view_source.wrap_long_lines", true);
+user_pref("view_source.syntax_highlight", false);
+user_pref("view_source.tab_size", 8);
+//user_pref("view_source.editor.external", true);
+//user_pref("view_source.editor.path", "emacs");
+//user_pref("view_source.tab", false);  // open source view in new window
 
-user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
-user_pref("extensions.pocket.showHome", false);
-user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket", false);
-user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.sendToPocket.enabled", false);
-user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.saveToPocketCard.enabled", false);
+// disable user interface elements
+user_pref("browser.toolbars.bookmarks.visibility", "never");
 
-//
-//
 // clean new tab page
-
 user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false);
 user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topsites", false);
 user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSearch", false);
 user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites", false);
 user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
+// TODO: still shows top sites.  Unsure how to get rid.
 
-//
-//
-// boring url bar
-
-// don't grey out parts of the url
+// boring url bar: show protocol, don't grey bits out, don't "pop it out"
 user_pref("browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled", false);
-// always show the protocol
 user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false);
-// disable suggestions
-user_pref("browser.urlbar.maxRichResults", -1);
-// don't "pop out" the url bar
 user_pref("browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus", false);
 
-/* disable telemetry */
-user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false);
+// disable url bar suggestions
+// user_pref("browser.urlbar.maxRichResults", -1);
 
-/* enable userchrome again */
-user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true);
+// use text in the toolbar, not icons
+//user_pref("browser.chrome.toolbar_style", 1);
 
-// always prompt me for download location
-user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
-
-// window-oriented behaviour.  each window has one tab
-user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);  // close tab, close browser
-user_pref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick", false);  // middle click opens in new window
-user_pref("middlemouse.openNewWindow", true);  // for some reason this is two settings
-
-/* open links in the current tab (1), even if the website says otherwise (0) */
-user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 1);
-user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0);
-
-/* disable new firefox view tab */
-user_pref("browser.tabs.firefox-view", false);
-
-/* disable bookmarks toolbar */
-user_pref("browser.toolbars.bookmarks.visibility", "never");
-
-/* use text in the toolbar, not icons */
-/*user_pref("browser.chrome.toolbar_style", 1);*/
-
-/* don't pop up menu on alt */
+// don't pop up menu on alt
 user_pref("ui.key.menuAccessKeyFocuses", false);
 
 // default to empty headers when printing
@@ -141,31 +66,95 @@ user_pref("print.print_footerright", "");
 user_pref("print.print_headerleft", "");
 user_pref("print.print_headerright", "");
 
-// speed related things
-user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
+// don't show a disclaimer for about:config
+user_pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", false);
 
-// view source
-user_pref("view_source.editor.external", false);
-user_pref("view_source.editor.path", "emacs");
-user_pref("view_source.syntax_highlight", false);
-user_pref("view_source.tab", false);
-user_pref("view_source.tab_size", 8);
-user_pref("view_source.wrap_long_lines", false);
+// backspace to go back
+user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 0);
+
+//
+//
+// Disable unused features
 
-// reader view
+// disable firefox view
+user_pref("browser.tabs.firefox-view", false);
+
+// disable pocket
+user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
+user_pref("extensions.pocket.showHome", false);
+user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket", false);
+user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.sendToPocket.enabled", false);
+user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.saveToPocketCard.enabled", false);
+
+// disable reader view
 user_pref("reader.parse-on-load.enabled", false);
 
-// don't show a disclaimer
-user_pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", false);
+// disable telemetry
+user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false);
+user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false);
+user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
+user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyAcceptedVersion", 2);
+user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyNotifiedTime", "1450604664862");
+user_pref("datareporting.policy.firstRunTime", "1450604654097");
 
 // disable https only.
 user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode_ever_enabled", false);
 user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode", false);
 
+// disable experiments
+user_pref("experiments.enabled", false);
+user_pref("experiments.supported", false);
+
+// don't save passwords
+user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
+
+// disable firefox accounts
+user_pref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", false);
+
+// disable picture-in-picture video
+user_pref("media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.video-toggle.enabled", false);
+
+// disable safe browsing
+user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false);
+user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
+user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
+user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false);
+
 //
 //
-// dont save browsing session to disk so often
+// Enable used features
+
+// enable userchrome
+user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true);
+
+// always prompt me for download location
+user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
 
+//
+//
+// Window oriented behaviour
+
+// Middle clock opens in a new window
+user_pref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick", false);
+user_pref("middlemouse.openNewWindow", true);
+
+// open links in the current tab (1), even if the website says otherwise (0)
+user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 1);
+user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0);
+
+// Closing the last tab closes the browser
+// user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);
+
+//
+//
+// speed related things
+user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
+
+//
+//
+// Settings to increase caches etc, which ostensibly speed firefox up but that many people recommend against
+
+// dont save browsing session to disk so often
 user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false);
 user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", true);
 
@@ -179,10 +168,7 @@ user_pref("browser.sessionstore.interval", 86400000);
 // Don't store recently parsed recent pages in memory
 user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 0);
 
-//
-//
-// Increase the defaults for a bunch of settings related to http requests
-
+// Increase the defaults for a bunch of settings related to http requests.
 user_pref("network.buffer.cache.size", 524288);
 user_pref("network.buffer.cache.count", 128);
 user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 1800);
@@ -194,3 +180,29 @@ user_pref("network.ssl_tokens_cache_capacity", 32768);
 // also see "security.pki.crlite_mode" and "browser.cache.memory.capacity"
 
 
+
+/* misc stuff */
+//user_pref("browser.fixup.dns_first_for_single_words", true);
+//user_pref("browser.reader.detectedFirstArticle", true);
+//user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false);
+//user_pref("browser.search.update", false);
+//user_pref("browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand", false);
+//user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false);
+
+//user_pref("browser.tabs.animate", false);
+//
+//user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false);
+//user_pref("browser.warnOnQuit", false);
+//user_pref("browser.warnOnQuitShortcut", false);
+//
+
+//
+
+//user_pref("general.smoothScroll", false);
+//user_pref("keyword.enabled", false);
+//user_pref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 0);
+//user_pref("mousewheel.system_scroll_override.enabled", false);
+//user_pref("network.allow-experiments", false);
+//user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false);
+//user_pref("pdfjs.disabled", true);
+//user_pref("security.webauth.u2f", true);