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Firefox -- one step forward, one step back
Jun. 6th, 2015 06:03 pm.
So, I finally had time to sit down this afternoon and fuss with the Firefox address bar, and it not showing my most visited sites. After a lot of searching and Googling, I found a Firefox "refresh" button. It worked! All of my previous "most visited sites" showed up. AND! The app to make the "location bar" look like like the older version -- single line, not expanded -- works again. (It didn't in the version before this one.)
I had titled this "two steps back", because not all of my addresses showed -- 8 max, when I had previously changed the option to 24. But I couldn't find where that option was; then, after another 15 or 20 frustrating minutes, I found the clue to point me in the right direction. I thought it was under "options", and it was -- but under the Add-On options. (Tools - Add-Ons - Extensions - Options)
BUT! The "new look" is tabbed, even though I have all the "tab" options unchecked. In other words, I have the menu selections -- file, edit, etc. at the top. Below that is the page title -- In this case, "Post an Entry" in a curvy up-thrust like a file-folder tab. Below that is the address/search bar.
Oddly enough, like most of us, I read from the top down. I want as little "garbage" at the top of the screen as possible -- it gives me more reading space, and allows me to keep my head in a less-bent position to read. And there is no reason for the menu commands and page title to be on different lines; there's plenty of room for both on the same line.
<sigh> Firefox touts how "customizable" it is... but they sure as hell don't make it easy, or obvious. Off to search some more -- but if anyone knows the answer, feel free to offer a helpful pointer.
EDIT: Maybe this -- How to hide the tab strip when you only have one tab (I figure if I put all this stuff here, it'll be easier to find next time... and there WILL be a 'next time'. *starwatcher grumbles in her beard*
<sigh> At least the 'tab' look is gone... but there are still three rows at the top. There should be a way to condense it to two rows, dammit!
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So, I finally had time to sit down this afternoon and fuss with the Firefox address bar, and it not showing my most visited sites. After a lot of searching and Googling, I found a Firefox "refresh" button. It worked! All of my previous "most visited sites" showed up. AND! The app to make the "location bar" look like like the older version -- single line, not expanded -- works again. (It didn't in the version before this one.)
I had titled this "two steps back", because not all of my addresses showed -- 8 max, when I had previously changed the option to 24. But I couldn't find where that option was; then, after another 15 or 20 frustrating minutes, I found the clue to point me in the right direction. I thought it was under "options", and it was -- but under the Add-On options. (Tools - Add-Ons - Extensions - Options)
BUT! The "new look" is tabbed, even though I have all the "tab" options unchecked. In other words, I have the menu selections -- file, edit, etc. at the top. Below that is the page title -- In this case, "Post an Entry" in a curvy up-thrust like a file-folder tab. Below that is the address/search bar.
Oddly enough, like most of us, I read from the top down. I want as little "garbage" at the top of the screen as possible -- it gives me more reading space, and allows me to keep my head in a less-bent position to read. And there is no reason for the menu commands and page title to be on different lines; there's plenty of room for both on the same line.
<sigh> Firefox touts how "customizable" it is... but they sure as hell don't make it easy, or obvious. Off to search some more -- but if anyone knows the answer, feel free to offer a helpful pointer.
EDIT: Maybe this -- How to hide the tab strip when you only have one tab (I figure if I put all this stuff here, it'll be easier to find next time... and there WILL be a 'next time'. *starwatcher grumbles in her beard*
<sigh> At least the 'tab' look is gone... but there are still three rows at the top. There should be a way to condense it to two rows, dammit!
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