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How do I get back link previews?

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sideburns
sideburns

I've just upgraded to Fedora 21 and Firefox 42. Among other issues, I don't have link previews any longer, and I use them regularly to see just where a link leads before using it. I have Status4Ever installed, but it doesn't help. What else can I do?

I've just upgraded to Fedora 21 and Firefox 42. Among other issues, I don't have link previews any longer, and I use them regularly to see just where a link leads before using it. I have Status4Ever installed, but it doesn't help. What else can I do?

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OK, when I did that, I had no menus, no status bar, no way to exit except for clicking on the Close button in the top right corner. However, I did have a pop-up on the lower left of the window that shows links. I've restarted Firefox, and it seems to be working correctly. Weird. (Changing the theme wasn't an issue, as I only use the default.) I have no idea what when wrong, or how this fixed it, but thanx for the suggestion.

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FredMcD
FredMcD

Interclue 1.6.3.1-signed by Seth Wagoner Interclue {web link} Ever wanted to know what was behind the link before you clicked? Interclue tells you everything you need to know before you open yet another tab.

sideburns
sideburns Question owner

That's not what I asked for. What I want is to get back the functionality that I had before: the url itself shows up on the status bar. Nothing more, nothing less. If you don't know, don't waste my time with things I didn't ask for and don't want.

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
sideburns
sideburns Question owner

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OK, when I did that, I had no menus, no status bar, no way to exit except for clicking on the Close button in the top right corner. However, I did have a pop-up on the lower left of the window that shows links. I've restarted Firefox, and it seems to be working correctly. Weird. (Changing the theme wasn't an issue, as I only use the default.) I have no idea what when wrong, or how this fixed it, but thanx for the suggestion.

FredMcD
FredMcD

It could have been a corrupt file that was overwritten.

sideburns
sideburns Question owner

It's always possible, because I'd just had an OS upgrade go bad and it took three days at a CLI to get it working again.