Can I set up FF so that my tab bar is immediately above the display window, below the favorites and address bars?
This used to be the default in FF, and when they discontinued it, I was able to use the Classic Theme Restorer add-on to restore this behavior. Since version 57, FF no longer runs the dozens of productive add-ons I have relied on for many years. Luckily, there is a FF clone called WaterFox, a look-alike and work-alike to the older FF versions and it successfully runs all of the dozens of my old FF add-ons seamlessly, including the priceless All-In-One toolbar. It has replaced FF as my default browser.
Also, though I have only one FF application showing in the Application tab of Task Manager, I have 5 FireFox processes showing in the Process tab of Task Manager (never allowed in the old FF), each using between a half a Gig and 1.7 GB of RAM. Meanwhile my Waterfox - with more open tabs - is only one process using just under a half-gig.
No wonder I just read that Chrome is the most popular browser on Windows 10, steadily increasing its lead over FF (the native Edge and Win10/IE11 representing only about 14% of users).
Has FF finally jumped the shark?
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Yes, the tab bar moved to the top in Firefox 4 and some people have been fighting the change ever since.
To change the order of toolbars in Firefox 57+, you need to use custom style rules in a userChrome.css file. Here's how; take your time because the folder and file names need to be just right for this to work.
(A) You need to create a new chrome folder in your profile folder. This article has the steps for that (#1, #2, and optionally #3)
https://www.userchrome.org/how-create-userchrome-css.html
(There's a boring voiceover video if you are more of a visual person.)
(B) Download the following file and move it into that chrome folder:
https://www.userchrome.org/samples/userChrome-tabs_on_bottom.css
(C) Rename the file to just userChrome.css
This assumes you do not have a file named userChrome.css already. You can right-click file, then click Rename, and delete -tabs_on_bottom from the name, then click away to complete the edit.
The next time you quit Firefox and start it up again, it should discover that file and apply the rules.
Firefox is a multiprocess application, and it's not uncommon to see five to seven firefox.exe processes in the Windows Task Manager. If you think this is affecting performance, or you want to gain back a little of the memory overhead, you can reduce the number of content processes. See: Firefox's performance settings.
Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer