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firefox 23, homepage opens in a tab

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I just upgraded to firefox 23.

When I start firefox, it loads my homepage, but it loads it in a tab.

In the past, it would just load the homepage, without the tab.

Is there a way to go back?

Thank you.

I just upgraded to firefox 23. When I start firefox, it loads my homepage, but it loads it in a tab. In the past, it would just load the homepage, without the tab. Is there a way to go back? Thank you.

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The options have changed on the Options > Tab panel. The check-box item for hiding the tab bar when only one tab is open has been removed by the developers (See first and last "Changed" items on the release notes page for the check-box items removed from the Options panels in Firefox 23.0 - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/23.0/releasenotes/ ). A workaround for hiding the tab bar when only one tab is open is to install the following add-on:

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may be you got wrong Mozilla modifications, try set to default Mozilla again.

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The options have changed on the Options > Tab panel. The check-box item for hiding the tab bar when only one tab is open has been removed by the developers (See first and last "Changed" items on the release notes page for the check-box items removed from the Options panels in Firefox 23.0 - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/23.0/releasenotes/ ). A workaround for hiding the tab bar when only one tab is open is to install the following add-on:

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Thank you for posting this information. I am so tired of developers assuming that users want tabs. If Mozilla developers are reading this, please stop forcing tabs down users' throats.

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VaFFUser:

The changes and the reasons for them are discussed in the following from March 2013 - http://limi.net/checkboxes-that-kill/

You can submit a very brief comment to developers by using Help > Submit Feedback on the Firefox menu.