Mozilla Firefox is today one of the most popular and widely used browsers worldwide. It is present in all kinds of devices and operating systems. This makes it have a wide variety of functions and tools available. Many of them are aimed at improving the security and privacy of users. In this article we are going to explain what Site-Specific Browser (SSB) means and how we can activate it in Mozilla Firefox.
What is Site-Specific Browser (SSB)
First of all we are going to explain what Site-Specific Browser or simply SSB means . It is a software application that aims to allow access to pages from a single source or site. They serve to simplify the most complex functions of a browser. This means that they will remove the menu, toolbars and other functions that may be. The objective is, as we have indicated, to simplify everything.
These applications are generally accessible through an icon that may be on the desktop. Basically it is as if it were any application that we are opening, but it is a website.
So what SSB does is create an “application” from any website, which runs in a separate browser instance and behaves like a desktop application.
This is something that is available in different browsers. One of those browsers that has this possibility is Mozilla Firefox . As we know it is one of the most popular browsers and therefore has many users. We will explain how to activate SSB in Firefox.
How to activate SSB in Mozilla Firefox
Keep in mind that the SSB function is available in Mozilla Firefox in its different versions, including the stable version. However, by default it is disabled. Therefore, we will have to carry out a series of steps that we are going to explain in order to use it.
The first thing we have to do is enter about: config . It will ask us for permissions that we must accept to access. There we have to look for browser.ssb.enabled . We will see that by default it is disabled. What we have to do is simply give it to activate, which is to put the value True.
After having carried out this action we will simply have to restart the browser. In this way the changes will take effect and we can start using SSB in Mozilla Firefox .
As we can see it is a simple process and it simply consists of carrying out a series of steps and in a short time we will have it activated.
To start using it we will only have to enter the website that interests us. For example we are going to enter this article. Above, in the address bar, we will have to click on the three points and hit Install Website as App , as we see in the image below.
Once this is done, that website will appear as SSB. The window will automatically open. But not only that, it will also create a shortcut on the desktop. In this way, when we want to enter that web page, we simply have to press that icon and it will take us directly.
It is very useful especially for platforms like instant messaging, for example. Also sites that we visit very often and that we want to have more accessible. We will only have to open the icon that has appeared on the desktop. As we will see, that icon shows the logo of the specific site or platform.
If we give the menu at the top right and enter Installed Websites it will show us all the SSBs that we have created. So we can manage them. If for example we are no longer interested in one, we will simply have to uninstall it and it will automatically disappear. We can always recreate it later.
In short, creating an SSB in Mozilla Firefox is very simple and fast. It can be useful to have more websites on hand that we visit constantly. In this way we can have faster access to those services.