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Why the massive change in appearance?

Firefox
haildarklord antwortete vor 15 Jahren
Poltor
Poltor

The new appearance of Firefox 4 has effectively stopped me using it. There are no drop-down menus and as far as i can see no way of changing it back to the previous version. I do not like or want tabbed browsing. Why change something that worked just fine!


moderator cleaned up the language in the title

The new appearance of Firefox 4 has effectively stopped me using it. There are no drop-down menus and as far as i can see no way of changing it back to the previous version. I do not like or want tabbed browsing. Why change something that worked just fine! ''moderator cleaned up the language in the title''

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Xircal
Xircal

Here are a few tips to make FF4 look like the previous version.

  • Right click a blank part of the tab bar and click "Tabs on top" to remove the checkmark. Tabs will subsequently reappear below the search bar. Turn them off altogether by changing the setting to open in Windows in the Tabs menu. See: Tabs panel

  • Repeat the same steps, but click the top one called "Menu bar". This will reinstate the text links at the top.

  • To rearrange the layout, repeat the same steps again and choose "Customize". A panel will open and while that remains onscreen, you can move elements like toolbars, buttons etc around and place them anywhere you wish. You can also drag anything you don't like into that panel and add anything you want by dragging it out of there.

  • To replace the status bar at the foot of the page, install this add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/status-4-evar/

See screenshot. Both top and bottom views are FF4.

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Poltor
Poltor Fragesteller

Many many thanks - I'll give the info a chance - Firefox seems to think that all its users can read the minds of the compilers - many of us need our hands holding to some extent - an on-line handbook would be a good idea!

Xircal
Xircal

There's a sort of handbook here: https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/home

Anyway, you can always post again if you run into difficulties ;)

P.S. I'll be on vacation from Thursday until mid-July, but I'm sure the other guys will be able to assist you if things go pear-shaped somewhere.

Poltor
Poltor Fragesteller

And again - thanks. Have a good vacation.

haildarklord
haildarklord

The best solution is to go back to a previous version and not use the V4.0 or above till they get the hint that the new styles are not as well accepted as they would think or get feedback on.