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stable9 May 2018 to 29 Jul 2019

Mozilla Firefox: 1.0 to 1.8.2

114 new settings, 68 changed, 5 removed since 1.0. 6 retained releases apart.

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187 settings · compared with 1.0
  • Prompt for download locationNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
  • Requested locale (string)New
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
  • Search bar location
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description … search bar is separate from the URL bar. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] new users get a unified search bar, users upgrading from Firefox 56 …
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can set whether the search bar is separate from the URL bar. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] new users get a unified search bar, users upgrading from Firefox 56 and below get a separate search bar.

    • Supported on [removed: Microsoft Windows XP SP2][added: Firefox 60 or later, Firefox 60 ESR] or later
    • Supported on SUPPORTED_[removed: WINXPSP2][added: FF60]; resolved; Blank;
  • Search Engine One
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Search
    • Description … you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a search engine to be added to Firefox. Use {searchTerms} to indicate where the search term is placed. Due to a bug, you must select the method (usually GET). Note that you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.

    • Supported on [removed: Microsoft Windows XP SP2][added: Firefox 60 ESR] or later
    • Supported on SUPPORTED_[removed: WINXPSP2][added: FF60ESR]; resolved; Blank;
    • New option [added: POST data (SearchEngine_PostData)]
    • Editor controls or their defaults changed.
  • Search Engine Two
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Search
    • Description … you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a search engine to be added to Firefox. Use {searchTerms} to indicate where the search term is placed. Due to a bug, you must select the method (usually GET). Note that you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.

    • Supported on [removed: Microsoft Windows XP SP2][added: Firefox 60 ESR] or later
    • Supported on SUPPORTED_[removed: WINXPSP2][added: FF60ESR]; resolved; Blank;
    • New option [added: POST data (SearchEngine_PostData)]
    • Editor controls or their defaults changed.
  • Search Engine Three
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Search
    • Description … you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a search engine to be added to Firefox. Use {searchTerms} to indicate where the search term is placed. Due to a bug, you must select the method (usually GET). Note that you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.

    • Supported on [removed: Microsoft Windows XP SP2][added: Firefox 60 ESR] or later
    • Supported on SUPPORTED_[removed: WINXPSP2][added: FF60ESR]; resolved; Blank;
    • New option [added: POST data (SearchEngine_PostData)]
    • Editor controls or their defaults changed.
  • Search Engine Four
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Search
    • Description … you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a search engine to be added to Firefox. Use {searchTerms} to indicate where the search term is placed. Due to a bug, you must select the method (usually GET). Note that you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.

    • Supported on [removed: Microsoft Windows XP SP2][added: Firefox 60 ESR] or later
    • Supported on SUPPORTED_[removed: WINXPSP2][added: FF60ESR]; resolved; Blank;
    • New option [added: POST data (SearchEngine_PostData)]
    • Editor controls or their defaults changed.
  • Search Engine Five
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Search
    • Description … you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a search engine to be added to Firefox. Use {searchTerms} to indicate where the search term is placed. Due to a bug, you must select the method (usually GET). Note that you must specify the search engines in order. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] a new search engine is not added.

    • Supported on [removed: Microsoft Windows XP SP2][added: Firefox 60 ESR] or later
    • Supported on SUPPORTED_[removed: WINXPSP2][added: FF60ESR]; resolved; Blank;
    • New option [added: POST data (SearchEngine_PostData)]
    • Editor controls or their defaults changed.
  • Default Search Engine
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Search
    • Description If this policy is enabled, you can set [removed: type ]the name of a search engine to be used as the default. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] the Firefox default engine is used.
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can set [removed: type ]the name of a search engine to be used as the default. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] the Firefox default engine is used.

    • Supported on [removed: Microsoft Windows XP SP2][added: Firefox 60 ESR] or later
    • Supported on SUPPORTED_[removed: WINXPSP2][added: FF60ESR]; resolved; Blank;
  • Prevent Search Engine Installs
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Search
    • Description … user cannot install search engines from web page. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] search engines can be installed from web pages.
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, the user cannot install search engines from web page. If this policy is [removed: not configured or disabled,][added: disabled or not configured,] search engines can be installed from web pages.

    • Supported on [removed: Microsoft Windows XP SP2][added: Firefox 60 ESR] or later
    • Supported on SUPPORTED_[removed: WINXPSP2][added: FF60ESR]; resolved; Blank;
  • Search SuggestionsNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Search
  • Support MenuNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
  • Tracking Protection
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Supported on [removed: Microsoft Windows XP SP2][added: Firefox 60 or later, Firefox 60 ESR] or later
    • Supported on SUPPORTED_[removed: WINXPSP2][added: FF60]; resolved; Blank;
  • app.update.autoNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • browser.cache.disk.enableNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • browser.cache.disk.parent_directoryNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • browser.fixup.dns_first_for_single_wordsNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • browser.search.updateNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • browser.tabs.warnOnCloseNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • browser.urlbar.suggest.bookmarkNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • browser.urlbar.suggest.historyNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • browser.urlbar.suggest.openpageNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyBypassNotificationNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • browser.dom.disable_window_flipNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • dom.disable_window_move_resizeNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • dom.event.contextmenu.enabledNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • dom.keyboardevent.keypress.hack.dispatch_non_printable_keys.addlNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • dom.keyboardevent.keypress.hack.use_legacy_keycode_and_charcode.addlNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • extensions.getAddons.showPaneNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
  • media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabledNew
    Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences
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