How to Turn On or Off UI Animations in Firefox Quantum

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Starting with Firefox Quantum (version 57), there is a new user interface (UI) called Photon.

The Photon UI includes a number of animations enabled by default in Firefox Quantum. If you don't care for these new animations, you can turn them off.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off UI animations in Firefox Quantum for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.


Here's How:

1. Open Firefox.

2. Type about:config into the address bar, press Enter, and click/tap on the I accept the risk button. (see screenshot below)

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3. Type toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled into the search box, and press Enter. (see screenshots below step 4)

4. Double click/tap on the toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled setting to change its value to true (on - default) or false (off) for what you want. (see screenshots below)

Turn On or Off UI Animations in Firefox-firefox_animations-2.png Turn On or Off UI Animations in Firefox-firefox_animations-3.png

5. You can now close this about:config tab if you like.


That's it,
Shawn