Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2015-07-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 11 Jul 2015, John Jason Jordan wrote: Firefox 38.0 on Xubuntu 14.04.1, up to date. Firefox-31.8.0 on Slackware-14.1 here. Does anyone know how to get the URL bar back? I had one of the bars disappear after an upgrade a few versions ago. The View - Toolbars menu allowed me to

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2015-07-12 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 08:01:59PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: Firefox 38.0 on Xubuntu 14.04.1, up to date. I used to have an URL bar and a smaller search bar in the same toolbar. Suddenly my URL bar is missing; that is, what was the URL bar has become a larger search bar. I no longer

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2015-07-12 Thread Dale Snell
On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 20:01:59 -0700, in message 20150711200159.5d8b5d83@Devil-Bonobo, John Jason Jordan wrote: Firefox 38.0 on Xubuntu 14.04.1, up to date. I used to have an URL bar and a smaller search bar in the same toolbar. Suddenly my URL bar is missing; that is, what was the URL bar

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2015-07-12 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 07/12/2015 08:30 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 06:08:23 -0700 Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.us dijo: Thanks to all for the responses. I didn't know about Ctrl-l, but I did try the Customize link. Unfortunately, it opened a blank page. A Google search produced the

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2015-07-12 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 06:08:23 -0700 Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.us dijo: On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 08:01:59PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: Firefox 38.0 on Xubuntu 14.04.1, up to date. I used to have an URL bar and a smaller search bar in the same toolbar. Suddenly my URL bar is

[PLUG] Firefox again

2015-07-11 Thread John Jason Jordan
Firefox 38.0 on Xubuntu 14.04.1, up to date. I used to have an URL bar and a smaller search bar in the same toolbar. Suddenly my URL bar is missing; that is, what was the URL bar has become a larger search bar. I no longer have any way to tell what URL I am on. If someone thought this was an

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2012-06-25 Thread Steven Susbauer
about:config browser.newtabpage.enabled - set it to false. The outcome is the same as setting the url to about:blank, without the circle of Firefox still trying to load something. -or- browser.newtab.url - set it to something other than about:newtab. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Richard

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2012-06-24 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Chrome does something similar. I struggled to make the new tab open my home page, with limited success. But I was not highly motivated, so I lost interest in solving it. -Denis On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 8:15 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote: After the latest upgrade to Firefox

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2012-06-24 Thread Robert Citek
It's called the new tab page http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-mozilla-firefox-remove-disable-hide-new-tab-page/ Let us know if this works for you. Regards, - Robert On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 11:15 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote: After the latest upgrade to Firefox 13.0 I

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2012-06-24 Thread Denis Heidtmann
I found this: http://www.guidingtech.com/8004/have-new-tab-page-open-specific-website-firefox-chrome/ -Denis On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.comwrote: Chrome does something similar. I struggled to make the new tab open my home page, with limited

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2012-06-24 Thread Richard C. Steffens
On 06/24/2012 08:13 AM, Robert Citek wrote: It's called the new tab page http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-mozilla-firefox-remove-disable-hide-new-tab-page/ Let us know if this works for you. I found the display of a grid of past pages annoying, too. The above mentioned solution, clicking

[PLUG] Firefox again

2012-06-23 Thread John Jason Jordan
After the latest upgrade to Firefox 13.0 I notice that when I open a new, blank tab it displays the most recently visited pages all over the page so I can go back to the pages just by clicking on the link. This is a good idea? What if someone's wife opens a new tab on his machine and sees all the