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Bring back browser.newtab.url

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Artur
Artur
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I want to set the url of new tab. Old methods don't work with new Firefox 57.0 (browser.newtab.url is gone from about:config) Support is telling me to use plugins as workaround. The question is: why is browser.newtab.url depracated and why are you forcing me to use plugins for functionality that used to be a part of vanilla Firefox and should stay that way? Shouldn't that actually be in the settings, just like homepage?

I want to set the url of new tab. Old methods don't work with new Firefox 57.0 (browser.newtab.url is gone from about:config) Support is telling me to use plugins as workaround. The question is: why is browser.newtab.url depracated and why are you forcing me to use plugins for functionality that used to be a part of vanilla Firefox and should stay that way? Shouldn't that actually be in the settings, just like homepage?

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philipp
philipp
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hi, the browser.newtab.url preference is deprecated since firefox 41 released more than two years ago because it was a pref commonly targeted by adware. there are numerous good addons available that easily let you customize the new tab page though...