[GLLUG] Not Resolved: Firefox's Chattiness

[Chick Tower]

I tried configuring dnsmasq to block domains from communicating with 
Firefox.  It seemed to be done correctly (and more simply than I had 
dared hope), because it did cut down on traffic with two of the three 
domains I tried to block, but the third, starnetusa.net, seemed to be 
unaffected.  Firefox seemed just as slow as before.  So, I guess I'm 
done with Firefox after many years as a happy user.

Vivaldi and Slimjet, both based on Chrome or Chromium, seem to be 
suitable replacements, with the addition of an extension to help manage 
cookies.  Perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise from browsers based on 
Google products, but neither browser has very good cookie management 
tools.  It's pretty much keep them all or delete them all.  There are a 
few I need to keep, so that I don't have to keep reconfiguring my TV 
Guide schedule, for example, but I found an extension that will keep the 
ones you want and let you delete the others on start-up.  It's called 
Vanilla Cookie Manager.  Now I just need to look for an extension that 
will let me export my bookmarks and I'll be all set.
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                                Chick