about:config. toggle value gives options true /fake no false option
I have video autoplay disabled in settings but they still play. So. went to about:config to toggle the values for autoplay vids from true to false but but no 'false' showed, instead "fake" displayed. what does this mean?
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What setting are you talking about?
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Ok the issue was videos autoplaying. in this case on facebook. the facebook video setting was set to autoplay off, but they still played. I followed the advice of that 'pc geek'? page, and entered "about:config?filter=autoplay". It took me straight to the video 'autoplay enabled' item. I attempted to toggle from true to false; but false didn't show. . .only the word 'fake'. where false should be. I went back today to screenshot but you've guessed it. . . now all works normally. Still, what was the 'Fake' thing about.
Hi, no idea. What pc geek place and did you install anything from it ? Do not like that you saw fake, please give your self a scan : https://www.malwarebytes.com/
maybe interested in : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/facebook-container/
Hi, by tomorrow you will be 3 versions behind. 60.0.2 will be current, you should update from Help --> About.
If the Preference is bold and user set then it means it was modified from the default. Just right-click the Preference and select Reset so it will be at default.
Pkshadow said
Hi, no idea. What pc geek place and did you install anything from it ? Do not like that you saw fake, please give your self a scan : https://www.malwarebytes.com/ maybe interested in : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/facebook-container/
https://www.howtogeek.com/341690/how-to-prevent-videos-from-autoplaying-in-firefox/
No downloads also after years of using it I dropped Malwarebytes after it killed my last pc I just rely on defender these days. Thanks to all for the help. it seems to have fixed itself