New "Firefox Search" thing, how can I disable it?
With my current settings, this ring appears 50 ms after I press "Home" button and makes my tablet lag for 1-3 sec every time. This way I can't do anything for that lag time, my cursor is locked inside that ring and the screen doesn't react to my touches. How can I disable it, or where can I find an older .apk file to downgrade my firefox so there is no such ring. I deleted/disabled all apps that make something appear on this ring, so now there is only "Firefox Search" on this ring.
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Hi EthereanOne
There is no way to disable the Search widget once you download FF35 for Android.
There is the following workaround however:
1. you can set it to use Google Search or some other non Firefox search widget
If you do file a bug as Ererer suggested please post a reply with a link to the bug.
Cheers!
...Roland
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No info on disabling this thing there too
Hello. If you would like, you can download an older version of Firefox (34) that doesn't have the search issue. Note: on older versions of Firefox, there may be security issues and performance flaws, so it isn't recommended.
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/
And sorry for the issue that you are having. To get more help, or to notify the Mozilla Devs about this issue, file this "bug" (kind of) to bugzilla. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
Chosen Solution
Hi EthereanOne
There is no way to disable the Search widget once you download FF35 for Android.
There is the following workaround however:
1. you can set it to use Google Search or some other non Firefox search widget
If you do file a bug as Ererer suggested please post a reply with a link to the bug.
Cheers!
...Roland