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Configuring download directory for Chromium and Firefox snaps

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So I read this and this and solved my problem. Basically I bind /temp/download to /media/$USER/download and then I can set the download directory in Chromium and Firefox snaps to /media/$USER/download and my downloads go where I want them. This was actually harder to figure out than it should have been.

How to Customize Firefox’s User Interface With userChrome.css

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Today I read How to Customize Firefox’s User Interface With userChrome.css. You may need to enable with e.g. Firefox 69: userChrome.css and userContent.css disabled by default. If you change userContent.css you need to open your page in a new tab to force an update. I would guess that if you change userChrome.css you will need to restart Firefox (I don’t know I’ve only been using userContent.css).

I should be clear: there are two files: userChrome.css (which affects Firefox features like toolbars and tabs etc) and userContent.css (which affects web pages loaded in Firefox).

I’ve been using userContent.css to fixup CSS on various websites. You can limit your changes to a particular domain in this way:

/* 2020-07-01 jj5 - SEE: https://exploringjs.com/impatient-js/toc.html */
@-moz-document domain(exploringjs.com) {
  a:visited { color: purple !important; }
}

A folder named ~/.cache/kioexec/krun/13821_0/ already exists

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2017-12-09 jj5 – TODO: document this on my blog…

On Debian GNU/Linux 9.1 (stretch) when I try to open an *.desktop (application/x-desktop) link in a browser I get:

A folder named ~/.cache/kioexec/krun/13821_0/ already exists.

Searching for:

A folder named kioexec krun already exists

turned up diddly squat.

I solved the issue (for me) by changing:

System Settings -> Personalization -> Applications -> Default Application s-> Web Browser

from:

Open http and https URLs in an application based on the contents of the URL

to:

Open http and https URLs in the following browser: firefox