How do I get rid of the "improved" search and how do I stop the nags to update other machines?
This "improvement" may improve your "bottom line", but does nothing for ease of use. I have other personal machines that are now getting nags to "update"... it would be nice if they were to stop.
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That is a different setting, you want browser.search.showOneOffButtons, it's a bit down the page from browser.search.hiddenOneOffs.
Sorry, I meant right-click. Right-click the option and then select "Toggle".
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Hi, wfa17332
If you want to restore the previously used standalone window to manage search engines then you can toggle this pref to false with a middle-click on the about:config page.
about:config page: browser.search.showOneOffButtons = false You need to close and restart Firefox to make this work properly.
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
And to help you with the to disable the update notifications:
- Click on the menu button
, and select "Options".
- Click on "Advanced" and select the "Update" tab.
- Select "Never check for updates (not recommended: security risk).
- Click "OK".
That should stop the update notifications.
No problem getting "about:config" to come up, but this is my "browser.search.hiddenOneOffs;Google,Yahoo,Wikipedia (en),Mysearchdial" and I have no "middle click". I double click on the line and get "Google,Yahoo,Wikipedia (en),Mysearchdial" with the option to accept or cancel. I don't see how changing this will stop the "drop down", but I'll try what you say.
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That is a different setting, you want browser.search.showOneOffButtons, it's a bit down the page from browser.search.hiddenOneOffs.
Sorry, I meant right-click. Right-click the option and then select "Toggle".
Worked like a champ! Thank you for the Christmas present.
No problem! Glad I could help! :)