Firefox 4

[Zebo]

How do I install back the menu bar and icons? (file, tools, print, home, stop etc) I get really annoyed when product developers start "improving" the intuitive windows interface.

 

[sandmanwake]

Right click gray empty space near top of browser and check "menu bar".

 

[ProfJohn]

I really enjoyed the original FireFox, didn't realize there was one sequel let alone 3!!! Wow.

 

[mikeymikec]

If you don't like how the menu bar looks on Vista/7 (with the grey cloudyness around the text) I would advise installing a Firefox persona.

Also, if you want the status bar back, I use the 'status-4-evar' add-on. There's also a menu editor add-on that you can use to reinstate the 'open in new tab/window' options to be the old way around if you prefer, which I did for a while but just bit the bullet in the end because I use FF4 on a number of machines.

 

[Zebo]

Right click gray empty space near top of browser and check "menu bar".

Thanks. I still can't find the house/home button tho.

mikey - checking out that extension now...

 

[Zebo]

I really enjoyed the original FireFox, didn't realize there was one sequel let alone 3!!! Wow.

Yeah ther're screwing it up every gen from 2. with 3 that added smart /awesome bar, then 4 no bar.

 

[hclarkjr]

Thanks. I still can't find the house/home button tho.

mikey - checking out that extension now...

if you are using firefox 4 look upper right hand corner

 

[Zebo]

if you are using firefox 4 look upper right hand corner

Dur Thanks! Yeah that makes sense.

 

[hclarkjr]

also try this add on if you want some of the old features from older firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/status-4-evar/

 

[ProfJohn]

Yeah ther're screwing it up every gen from 2. with 3 that added smart /awesome bar, then 4 no bar.

I was talking about the movie.

 

[Anubis]

i really wish there was a way to move the address bar to the bottom of the stack, there are only 2 options in FF AFAIK and they both suck. opera does it in such a better way

Good

Bad
Tabs on bottom

Tabs on Top

 

[sandmanwake]

Dur Thanks! Yeah that makes sense.

You can also right click the gray space and choose "customize" and add other buttons back on and move buttons around to the way you had them before.

 

[1sikbITCH]

I use Opera and I've never been sick, never had a cavity. My life is perfect. With Opera I have homes all over the globe and supermodels blow me on my jet as I fly around the world from one vacation to the next! OPERA OPERA OPERA OPERA!

- sorry, the thread was not complete without it 😛

 

[qliveur]

I actually prefer FF4's minimalist approach.

 

[cubby1223]

Ah, the reason why I use the SeaMonkey browser 😉

 

[Glitchny]

I actually prefer FF4's minimalist approach.

same here, I never use those menu buttons, and hell if I wanted to they show up if you hit alt anyway. I'm currently using the add-on that hides the address bar as well.

 

[Zebo]

Not me. I use so many addons that need frequent tweaking. (no script, flash block, etc) need controls. Plus we are creatures of habit and it just nice to have things where you're used to them.

 

[qliveur]

I have all of those buttons where I can at them quickly. I have tabs on top and the address and search windows below them with the buttons on either side of the windows, basically in the same places they were in FF3. I checked the "use small icons" option.

What I ended up with was two thin rows at the top that provide all of the functionality of a big, fat toolbar without taking up a third of the screen.

 

[Cerb]

How do I install back the menu bar and icons? (file, tools, print, home, stop etc) I get really annoyed when product developers start "improving" the intuitive windows interface.

I agree, at least as far as the menu bar (they really should do like chrome, and refactor the UI to not need a menu bar). The status bar, as well, was not a broken feature.