Text labels on buttons have disappeared, and the tabs have moved ABOVE the address bar. Why?
Last night I updated to Firefox 29.0.1. Now, I don't mind change - and I don't mind redesigns - but I HATE it when options are removed. I want text labels on my buttons (the "Home" button for example"). In the previous version of Firefox you could right-click in the grey space at the top, and select "customise". From there, you could drag and drop which things you wanted to appear in your toolbar or not - and there was a tickbox to selext if you wanted text labels to appear underneath them or not. Now as hard as I look, I can't find this option. It looks like you're now forcing people to ONLY use icons. I hate that. My brain processes the word "Home" a lot faster than it recognises a little picture of a house. You need to understand that people work in different ways - and just because the Firefox developers might not personally use the text labels, that doesn't mean that no-one does!
What is the point in taking away the option? None at all. Please re-introduce the option. In the meantime, I will revert to the previous version of Firefox.
Additionally, I see that the tabs have now moved on top of the address bar. Again - WHY? I like them below. Why do you feel the need to make design changes - and then not give people the option to customise things how they like?
Ausgewählte Lösung
You can look at the Classic Theme Restorer extension to restore some functionality that was lost with the arrival of the Australis style in Firefox 29.
- Classic Theme Restorer: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/
You can check the settings of the CTR extension via its Options/Preferences button on the "Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions" page.
See also:
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/common-questions-after-updating-to-new-firefox
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/learn-more-about-the-design-of-new-firefox
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I am with you on this Eurosong, I find the text labels make it so much easier to navigate. Hopefully there is an answer for this.
Ausgewählte Lösung
You can look at the Classic Theme Restorer extension to restore some functionality that was lost with the arrival of the Australis style in Firefox 29.
- Classic Theme Restorer: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/
You can check the settings of the CTR extension via its Options/Preferences button on the "Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions" page.
See also:
Thanks for your quick and informative reply cor-el. Is the theme restorer safe to use. I think I saw another post saying it may not be?
Yes you can install the Classic Theme Restorer extension without a problem.
See also the current support web page of the CTR extension.
Thanks so much!
Thank you for providing these links for people who want buttons with text labels in Firefox! I installed Classic Theme Restorer, and followed the directions. Voila! My theme is now the way I want it.
Thanks very much! That did the trick. Although it should not require an add-on just to restore lost functionality, which Firefox inexplicably decided to take away! Poor show, Mozilla. Please return this functionality to the next Firefox update, so we're not dependent on add-ons for BASIC features.