"can i use the old new tab page? the new one in quantum is awful." [Number 2]
The previous solution of changing browser.newtabpage.activity-stream... no longer works.
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Hi billycarter91, what aspects of the page would you like to change?
You know that you can specify the content you want on the page using the gear / wheel / sprocket icon on the right side. See: Customize your Firefox New Tab page.
That still leaves the issue of the small size of Top Sites tiles. For more control over the page, you can try this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/
If you prefer to make light edits to the page by just overriding some style rules, that's also possible, but would need to be hand-crafted to your needs by you or someone else who knows what you want.
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Hi billycarter91, what aspects of the page would you like to change?
You know that you can specify the content you want on the page using the gear / wheel / sprocket icon on the right side. See: Customize your Firefox New Tab page.
That still leaves the issue of the small size of Top Sites tiles. For more control over the page, you can try this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/
If you prefer to make light edits to the page by just overriding some style rules, that's also possible, but would need to be hand-crafted to your needs by you or someone else who knows what you want.
The problem was that everything was fine and I had my go-to sites at the ready and their locations on the screen muscle-memorized. Quantum erased my pinned sites and screwed up the layout. That sucked, but overall the Quantum update is amazing and I got it fixed with some about:config changes. But now I get off work and come home to find I have to fix it again because of an update, only this time the fix doesn't work and I have to waste more time undoing an update (I originally reinstalled firefox pre-quantum and disabled updates to fix it).
Basically, the aspect I want changed is the practice of implementing abrupt ui overhauls that slows everything down on the consumer end.
The addon you linked looks like it'll do. Thank you.
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