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I want to go back to Firefox 3.6. It did everything I wanted a browser to do and I didn't have to learn a whole lot of new stuff. Firefox 4 looks alien and hostile to me.

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I want to go back to Firefox 3.6. I just downloaded and installed Firefox 4 and it looks alien and hostile to me. I am not computer literate and do not want to have to learn a whole lot of new navigational skills, having just had brain surgery. Firefox 3.6 was performing adequately and I mistakenly thought an "upgrade" would provide something that would be easier, not harder, to use. I guess I was just being naive.

How to I get rid of Firefox 4 and go back to the latest edition of Firefox 3?

I want to go back to Firefox 3.6. I just downloaded and installed Firefox 4 and it looks alien and hostile to me. I am not computer literate and do not want to have to learn a whole lot of new navigational skills, having just had brain surgery. Firefox 3.6 was performing adequately and I mistakenly thought an "upgrade" would provide something that would be easier, not harder, to use. I guess I was just being naive. How to I get rid of Firefox 4 and go back to the latest edition of Firefox 3?

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You can make Firefox 4 look and behave similar to Firefox 3.6.

For details of how to do that see http://redherring2.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/firefox-4-restoring-firefox-3-ui


To downgrade to Firefox 3.6.* you can uninstall Firefox 4, but do not select the option to "Remove my Firefox personal data". If you select that option it will delete your bookmarks, passwords and other user data.

You can then install Firefox 3.6.* available from http://www.mozilla.com - it will automatically use your current bookmarks, passwords etc.

To avoid possible problems with downgrading, I recommend going to your profile folder and deleting the following files if they exist - extensions.cache, extensions.rdf, extensions.ini, extensions.sqlite and localstore.rdf. Deleting these files will force Firefox to rebuild the list of installed extensions, checking their compatibility, and reset toolbar customizations.

For details of how to find your profile folder see https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Profiles

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Firefox 4.0 introduces itself very attractively but it is instead a quantum leap ended up into manure: HOW DO i OPEN A NEW TAB? That is the most common action. Where are delicious bookmarks? I do not give any damn about other bookmarks. Where's my web developer toolbar? Can't find it. Video about easier user interface? Had not any human like me in your groups, unfortunately.

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oliopepesale:

Open a new tab

  1. As always you can press Ctrl+T
  2. Using the Firefox button (Firefox 4): click Firefox button > New Tab
  3. Using Menu Bar: click File > New Tab
  4. If you have the Ask Toolbar installed, un-install it as it is causing a problem with opening new tabs
  5. Otherwise:
    • You may need to try Firefox Safe Mode

Delicious Bookmarks

  1. The developer of Delicious Bookmarks has not updated the Extension; that is the developer's responsibility

Web Developer Toolbar

  1. Are you talking about this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/
    • If so, have you updated to the Firefox 4 compatible version?
  2. Have you looked at: click Firefox button > Web Developer ?

Modified by Helper7677

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Follow TonyE's instructions on how to delete some folders from your personal profile (click 'Help' then 'Troubleshooting Information...' then under Application Basics, click on 'Open Containing Folder').

Go to the Control Panel and uninstall Firefox 4. Do not put a checkmark in the box if you want to keep your personal settings.

Go here and download Firefox 3.6.16: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

Modified by Nobrun

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I see a lot of people talking about how to make 4 LOOK like 3.6..big deal...I want it to BEHAVE like 3.6...like not taking up 2 gigs of RAM if I leave it open more than 90 minutes.

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Thanks for the instructions. I'm switching back. The version 4 'forgets' everything. Passwords and custom settings. For example, I had to go back in my privacy settings to find my password for this site since auto fill in FF4 didn't log me in. To my surprise, the password and login info wasn't there.

Buttons I add to the toolbar disappear after the browser is closed (cut, paste etc). No tab button. V4 is terrible compared to 3.6

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I need help aswell :3