I-Firefox Isithangami Sokwesekwa

I miss being able to open up tab to my search engine or to the list of recently closed tabs...I thought I remembered being able to do that before, am I going crazy?

I have just upgraded to firefox 4.01. In the new features page it shows a FIREFOX button and a new look to the page with more new features... However, my upgraded browser looks just like the old one with no new features. I have upgraded two computers with the same results. Why don't I have the new features?

The tutorial directions tell me that if I want a blank page as my home page then I should open a new tab and drag&drop the icon over the "home" button on the right. Nothing happens.

In the past, I used to have an auto complete function that would take me to a website even if I didn't type the entire URL.

For example, just typing "you" in the address bar would take me to youtube without any extra searching or clicking.

I know currently the "awesome bar" is similar and shows the url, but that still needs me to click and search.

On XP every time I open a new tab it will bring the side bar as well which I have to close. During the initial load of the browser it loads my home bookmarks without the side bar. This is for Firefox 4.0.1

I just upgraded to Windows 7, Office 10 and now Firefox 4. Is one of these programs stopping me from manipulating my web pages as I have done in the past? And if so, which one and how do I fix it? Thanks.

Spent 3 months modifying google and firefox then moved to a new computer, FF didn't install from other hard drive. Now there's sponsored links, ads and annoying ff box below search box and history won't go away either. Is this another 3 month project?

On the previous version - 3.6.17, the Navigation Toolbar has arrows to go back one page, go forward one page, and a drop down tab for recent pages. The new version leaves out the drop down tab. I use it constantly. But since it is not there, I went back to the previous version. Any way this can be fixed?

When I typed in a word, for ex, "space", originally FF would take me to "google search" with all the options for "space" in that search. Suddenly, "yahoo search" butted in and my searches are redirected to that place. I went through the forums etc. They had suggested "about:config", "keyword.url". Then right clicking and setting on "reset". Well, when I do that, my "reset" function is not available. It is faded. Then, I right click on "modify", and type in the one search option for google available in forums etc:

"http://www.google.com/ig?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&aig=0&reason=1"

From here on, when I go to awesome bar and type in "space", it does not take me to that "google search" page, but it takes me either to my own "igoogle" page, or if I sign out of igoogle, it takes me to a regular google home page.

Then, I want what I searched for to be in the google's or igoogle's search box with all the "google" search results available. '''But the search box is empty.

What to do now?

I hope that I am clear about the issue. This I could not find in the forums/help pages.

Thank you for your help.

ps. Vista, Newest updated version of FF (4).

I've had a quick look in options, but I can't see if there's a way to have the drop-down list of pages visited.

I find it useful if I want to go back to before a page where I was submitting information in a form, otherwise it gets all "Do you want to submit this again?" etc etc.

Whether it was Netscape, SeaMonkey or earlier versions of Firefox, there was always a symbol of "home" to return to from wherever other page I was visiting. Now it is gone. How do I set it?