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I can't seem to customise browser options.

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SlimSylv
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At long last I have a new computer, with WIN 10. Coming from WIN XP has been challenging so far. Some things are familiar, but customising it all to suit my needs has been a nightmare. WIN 10 gave me only 4 colourway options, none of which worked for me, the one I chose I'm having problems with. I am sight challenged, so need larger fonts/text and appropriate colours to help make my reading a joy & not a pain. Also, I used to be able to open a browser session & stay on that all day, new sites would load/open into a NEW TAB each time, now I can't seem to do that, all the new sites I click on are opening in the same tab, making it difficult to keep track of my work. The colourway I chose from WIN 10 gave me a black background, so some add-ons I can't read, & some add-ons are coming up with a white/very light background, so that some of the text is not showing, & this is also so when I mouse over some things, cannot read any text. This also affects trying to change the colours in TOOLS ~ OPTIONS, the colours just aren't visible. Also cannot play any videos, but maybe I should ask that in another forum?

Please can you suggest a fix for me (detailed, please!) This is very stressful, even though I am trying to keep calm, I am not sleeping properly, my mind is trying to solve the problems!

Many thanks in advance for any help Kind regards Sylvia

At long last I have a new computer, with WIN 10. Coming from WIN XP has been challenging so far. Some things are familiar, but customising it all to suit my needs has been a nightmare. WIN 10 gave me only 4 colourway options, none of which worked for me, the one I chose I'm having problems with. I am sight challenged, so need larger fonts/text and appropriate colours to help make my reading a joy & not a pain. Also, I used to be able to open a browser session & stay on that all day, new sites would load/open into a NEW TAB each time, now I can't seem to do that, all the new sites I click on are opening in the same tab, making it difficult to keep track of my work. The colourway I chose from WIN 10 gave me a black background, so some add-ons I can't read, & some add-ons are coming up with a white/very light background, so that some of the text is not showing, & this is also so when I mouse over some things, cannot read any text. This also affects trying to change the colours in TOOLS ~ OPTIONS, the colours just aren't visible. Also cannot play any videos, but maybe I should ask that in another forum? Please can you suggest a fix for me (detailed, please!) This is very stressful, even though I am trying to keep calm, I am not sleeping properly, my mind is trying to solve the problems! Many thanks in advance for any help Kind regards Sylvia

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Hi, you seem to be using Firefox 43 which might be causing some problems, so you should update to v47.0.1 To do that, open the 3-bar menu > Help (question mark at bottom right) > About Firefox. Alternatively, you can press the Alt key to bring up the main menu bar > Help > About Firefox. More - Update Firefox to the latest release.

You have seen this, I expect - Font size and zoom - increase the size of web pages.

For issues specific to Win10, this forum has tutorials and help - http://www.tenforums.com/

You don't seem to have Adobe Shockwave Flash which is needed for videos on some websites - https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ (Take care to deselect any optional offers)!

For you tabs issue: There is a setting in some search engines to open results in a new tab. In Google for example, search for anything in the search bar - to open the results page, then > Options (top right corner) > Search Settings > 'Results Window,' and tick/check ' Open search results in a new browser window.' (They will open in a new tab).

Alternatively you can hold down Ctrl while clicking the link, or right click Open Link in New Tab, or there are several addons which will do it automatically -

Hope that is of some help!

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you!

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Hi, you seem to be using Firefox 43 which might be causing some problems, so you should update to v47.0.1 To do that, open the 3-bar menu > Help (question mark at bottom right) > About Firefox. Alternatively, you can press the Alt key to bring up the main menu bar > Help > About Firefox. More - Update Firefox to the latest release.

You have seen this, I expect - Font size and zoom - increase the size of web pages.

For issues specific to Win10, this forum has tutorials and help - http://www.tenforums.com/

You don't seem to have Adobe Shockwave Flash which is needed for videos on some websites - https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ (Take care to deselect any optional offers)!

For you tabs issue: There is a setting in some search engines to open results in a new tab. In Google for example, search for anything in the search bar - to open the results page, then > Options (top right corner) > Search Settings > 'Results Window,' and tick/check ' Open search results in a new browser window.' (They will open in a new tab).

Alternatively you can hold down Ctrl while clicking the link, or right click Open Link in New Tab, or there are several addons which will do it automatically -

Hope that is of some help!

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you!