FireFox 2.0
2006/10/26 filed under /softwareMuch have been said about the new FireFox version and I've decided to give it a go to (mostly because my gentoo `emerge` listed it as being available).
On thing that bugged me straight away was the close buttons on all the tabs. After some scanning I've noticed how to revert to the old situation though!
Open about.config and type closeButtons. You'll see a setting called browser.tabs.closeButtons. The value is an integer, so after some messing with it, I came to this conclusion:
- Somewhat new, only a button on the active tab.
- Default "new" setting. A close button on all the tabs.
- No close buttons at all
- "Old" setting! Only one button on the right of all the tabs.
I barely use the button (I usually hit CTRL+W), but every now and then, the one button next to the tabs is nice for rapid fire closing.
Ah, and I ran into another useless button that you can disable, being browser.urlbar.hideGoButton. I think I have never used that one.
After that, I had to alter a lot of extensions (the .xpi files are mere zip files. Unzip them, change the (usually 1.5+) value into something higher (found in install.rdf). Re-zip and install.
