Firefox... taming the beast !

@Anak

Yeah... I don't know how that works.

But here's one way to get an idea...

This line in about:config makes you "able" to uncheck this box... in Tools > Settings

browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser = False







Without unchecking that box, everytime FF was started, it would ask if you wanted to make FF your default browser.







And back when FF 75.0 was released... the address bar would expand in height, every time a new tab was opened...

How to restore the old Firefox address bar - gHacks Tech News

That's what these settings were for...

browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus
browser.urlbar.update1
browser.urlbar.update1.interventions
browser.urlbar.update1.searchTips
browser.urlbar.update1.view.stripHttps

In MY about:config, they are still set to false, cause I set them way back when FF 75 was released.
This is why I mentioned (in the 1st post), that these were OLD settings.

Anak said:

@Ghot Btw,
Some of the about:config settings in your first post are coming up as bolean for me, and then ask me to add them, I haven't tried adding any that ask to be. I figure that not being there is as good as makin' 'em false.

I think it may be just the opposite. Firefox will assume true till you turn it off with a created about:config preference.

I recall this case from last year with a new preference to remove the Recommendations tab in addons, as an example.

bo elam said:

A few days ago, I went back to using Firefox Stable (I used ESR for a few months). One of the things I like changing in Firefox is getting rid of the Recommendations tab in about:addons. The about:config setting that used to work with Stable to get rid of that tab, doesn't work anymore, it doesn't work in Firefox 79.

But I found this new about:config setting that gets rid of the annoying tab.

extensions.getAddons.showPane

You have to create the setting, and set it to false. This is for users who likes to clean the addons tab, and I am posting the solution here as perhaps someone finds it useful.

Attachment 292804

Bo

@OldMike65

Here is the newest Chrome folder (with userChrome.css already edited), which supposedly fixes the download button's workings...

Chrome 3.2.3.7z


Also... the 1st post of this topic has been updated with this file.

das10 said:

There was a new commit (ver 3.2.2) yesterday, and it says

[Buttons]
(fix) Fx89+/Proton: custom icons size + downloads buttons is back again

I think this particular change refers to the fact that it now shows the progress (of downloads) in a Circular icon and the normal download icon doesn't disappear afterwards. As I have already created and made changes in "my_userChrome.css" this means I only have to comment/uncomment a few options in the "userChrome.css" file.

Could you explain what I would need to do to add this one new feature [Buttons] to the 3.2.0 version I am using now??

Only feature I would like back is getting the progress (of downloads) in a Circular icon back ....any help would be appreciated.

Ghot said:

@OldMike65

Here is the newest Chrome folder (with userChrome.css already edited), which supposedly fixes the download button's workings...

Chrome 3.2.3.7z


Also... the 1st post of this topic has been updated with this file.

Thanks Ghot ....didn't see this post until just this sec ... .

OldMike65 said:

Thanks Ghot ....didn't see this post until just this sec ... .

Kinda figured that. It took me about 10 minutes to go through it all.
I tried to test on mine, but I still get that blank download "wheel" thing.

I assume yours will be different. It must be some about:config setting in my FF?
Or maybe they made a change in the userContent.css file, or one of the other .css files in the folders, (which I don't mess with).

Remember... after swapping this new Chrome folder for the old one... you need to restart FF.




I DO know they did change something. I used to get a blank icon ALL the time for the downloads, but now I do get the down arrow and the horizontal bracket, but I still don't get the download spinning circle.
But you might.

Other than that, I don't see any changes.