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The help for customizing tab is flawed I need the real deal

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I went to link "https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/hide-or-display-sites-new-tab-page#w_show-a-blank-new-tab_2" and it showed how to set up new tab preferences. Only the gizmo it showed, a little gear in the upper right corner, is not actually on firefox. So, having searched for that and found it but its not real, can somebody tell me how to control - in the real firefox of today - the content of a new tab? thanks

I went to link "https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/hide-or-display-sites-new-tab-page#w_show-a-blank-new-tab_2" and it showed how to set up new tab preferences. Only the gizmo it showed, a little gear in the upper right corner, is not actually on firefox. So, having searched for that and found it but its not real, can somebody tell me how to control - in the real firefox of today - the content of a new tab? thanks

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FredMcD
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With Firefox 41 (and higher), it's no longer possible to customize the page shown in a new tab via changing the preference browser.newtab.url in about.config. Because of the fact that hijackers abused the preference in the past, Mozilla decided to remove it (see bug 1118285). Fortunately, by removing it, Mozilla also introduced a new API to bring this functionality back to life as an add-on. This add-on allows the user to choose a certain page in a new tab.

New Tab Override (browser.newtab.url replacement) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/

This is also available using Classic Theme Restorer (Customize Australis) {web link} Restore squared tabs, appmenu, add-ons bar, small button view and more on Australis UI (Windows/MacOSX/Linux + Fx 29+).