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Numerous bugs experienced: toolbar, tabs, new window

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Carlyle
Carlyle

Here are some of the bugs I experienced in just a few hours with this clearly not ready for release version:

  • Reload, stop loading and home buttons disappeared from toolbar
  • Firefox no longer remembers the tabs I had open a previous session, nor does it issue the famous "Well, this is embarrassing..." message. They're just gone.
  • I opened some new windows by holding down shift and clicking on a link. The window did not contain the contents of the linked site. And when I started Firefox again, each time it created one new window for each time I'd opened a new window. Right now, everytime I start Firefox 4, I get and must dismiss six blank windows.
  • There is an extra title bar containing the orange Firefox menu, and extra minimize, maximize and exit buttons. The first two work normally; the exit button works only if more than one tab is open. It then dismisses the application.
Here are some of the bugs I experienced in just a few hours with this clearly not ready for release version: * Reload, stop loading and home buttons disappeared from toolbar * Firefox no longer remembers the tabs I had open a previous session, nor does it issue the famous "Well, this is embarrassing..." message. They're just gone. * I opened some new windows by holding down shift and clicking on a link. The window did not contain the contents of the linked site. And when I started Firefox again, each time it created one new window for each time I'd opened a new window. Right now, everytime I start Firefox 4, I get and must dismiss six blank windows. * There is an extra title bar containing the orange Firefox menu, and extra minimize, maximize and exit buttons. The first two work normally; the exit button works only if more than one tab is open. It then dismisses the application.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister

1. The "Reload" and "Stop" button are on right-side of the Location bar, combined into the same space as the "Go" button; whichever button is appropriate at any time is what is displayed. The "Go"button when you are typing in the Location bar, the "Stop" button when a page is loading, and the "Reload" button when a page is fully loaded.

If you want any or all of those buttons in their former location, as they were in Firefox 3.6, you can Customize your Toolbars and put them where you want them.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+customize+the+toolbar

2. Firefox 4.0 automatically saves the session as you are closing Firefox, without asking you. To restore the previous session after you have opened Firefox, go to History and use the Restore Previous Session menu item. Also on the default homepage - about:home.\

3. ?? maybe an incompatible extension ??

4. ?? probably an incompatible theme or extension ??

Need more information from you to figure out 3 & 4.

Firefox 4.0 had like 10 times the number of Beta testers that any previous version of Firefox ever did.

Carlyle
Carlyle Fragesteller

Thanks for your reply

  1. Yes, I do want these buttons visible all the time. I don't actually need Firefox to do my thinking for me as regards what controls I want to see. :) Before posting I tried to find a solution, and found an article similar to the one you linked. The buttons weren't on the 'customize' panel that I could find. Nor did clicking 'restore default set' help. They are gone.
  2. I'd prefer it automatically restore my previous session, as 3.+ did. Is this no longer possible? That would be a shame, and a downgrade.
  3. Shift + click a link to open the link in a new window in inherent to Firefox prior to version 4.0. I've seen folks complaining about other features, like the status/progress bar, that one must now install add-ons to provide. Perhaps they took this useful feature out of 4.0. That would also be a shame, and a downgrade.
  4. I can't imagine what extension could be causing an extra title bar to appear, but I'm sure you're aware that Firefox won't actually run an extension that hasn't been tagged as compatible. There is, of course, no guarantee the developer didn't lie.

"Firefox 4.0 had like 10 times the number of Beta testers that any previous version of Firefox ever did."

Isn't it a pity the developers do not appear to have listened to them. They made changes for the sake of making changes - changes that aren't actually improvements, and they degraded the user experience for those long-time users.

I'll probably try it again around the end of the summer or so, when they've had a chance to shake some of these bugs out of it. Right now, it's just not useful or reliable enough for me.

But I do thank you for making the attempt to solve my problems. Take care.