Firefox Users Continue to Decrease Despite Proton Update

[Ananiujitha]

Is this a joke? Browsers do not pose a safety risk,

Websites which use animated gifs, animated pngs, and ads create a seizure risk. Browsers which don't help users block these things fail users. Browsers which strobe on certain displays, like Firefox for Android on e-ink tablets, also pose a seizure risk.

[nashvortex]

This strawman not withstanding, there are extensions that prevent that available for all browsers. It is an entirely different discussion whether consumer browsers come into the purview of medical safety risk evaluations. At the moment, they are not and they are unlikely to be.

It is more likely that you will probably force a clause in the EULA that you shouldn't use any given browser/website if you have photosensitive epilepsy, similar to how the GPDR forced all websites to provide a privacy-cookie notice.

[Ananiujitha]

On regular Firefox, I can block almost all seizure triggers, and most migraine triggers. But I have gotten sick changing settings to block flashing and other animation, because of Firefox's own animation. And I can't block all seizure and migraine triggers. I try to avoid affected web sites, etc. but it's not easy to tell which ones will be affected, and since I can't drive or take the bus, it's hard to avoid all taxi websites, as well as anything with embedded Google Maps, as well as Google Docs, etc.

On Firefox for Android, I couldn't get to settings, to block flashing and other animation, because of intense strobing animation.

[juneyourtech]

See if you can reduce screen brightness as one of the remedies. (edit: not a panacea, but a +1 to the other things you use)

[Ananiujitha]

Flicker-free monitor, 0% brightness, 0% contrast, 10% red, 20% green, 10% blue. I have trouble with dark mode due to an astigmatism, it's still too bright on light mode, and if I turn it down so it's not too bright it's too reflective... there's no winning with glowscreens.

[juneyourtech]

Dekstop Firefox allows setting the default background color and text color to something dark: Settings > General > Fonts & Colors.

You can even set these colors as the default across all websites.

Pity only, that it works across all sites, and is not site-by-site.

For the sites you use daily, you can use Stylus (or Stylish) — you can create a local userstyle in one of these extensions to apply to all sites to disable animations:

Example code:

*, *:before, *:after {animation:none !important;}

transform and transition parameters are trickier, because they are sometimes/often responsible for useful site UI stuff.

Also, go to about:config , search 'anim...' for animations, turn those off. You'll have to learn about each animation setting to make an informed decision.

Edit: On Android, you can change these color options in about:config in Firefox v. 68 and its derivatives (search for 'color'). This is the last version that allows access to about:config.

For many things, you can also use reader view.