Firefox 72: Recommendet by Pocket section shows only 3 items
Hello,
since the update to Firefox 72, the section "Recommended by Pocket" on a new tab shows only 3 entries. In previous versions of Firefox I got plenty of recommendations there (approx. 12) in multiple rows. Unfortunately there is no preference to define the number of items or rows to be shown in that section.
I like to get back those many recommendations, which I used frequently to pick interesting articles - 3 are far to less.
Is this a bug or a feature? And is there a way to configure the number of displayed recommendations?
Thanks and best regards, Michael
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Hello Michael,
Would you try this please :
Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (ignore the warning)
Type in the search bar :
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.enabled
It's value should be set to true.
If you had to change the value, then close and restart Firefox.
Does that work ?
Does it help if you set the number of row to 3 for the Highlights section in "Options/Preferences -> Home" in case there is only a global setting ?
cor-el trɔe
cor-el said
Does it help if you set the number of row to 3 for the Highlights section in "Options/Preferences -> Home" in case there is only a global setting ?
Hello, thanks for the answer. However, there is no popup to set the number of rows for the "Recommended by Pocket" section. You can only set it for the other sections: "Important sites" and "Overview" (don't know the exact English names; mine are German).
Michael trɔe
cor-el said
Does it help if you set the number of row to 3 for the Highlights section in "Options/Preferences -> Home" in case there is only a global setting ?
Hello, Thank you for your answer. I tried this. However, the property was already set to "true".
Hello again Michael,
Have you tried changing the value of the preference I mentioned ?
McCoy said
Hello Michael, Would you try this please : Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (ignore the warning) Type in the search bar : browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.enabled It's value should be set to true. If you had to change the value, then close and restart Firefox. Does that work ?
Hello, thank you for your answer. However, that property was already set to "true".
Michael trɔe
It's interesting: If I use normal Firefox 72, there is no popup to define the number of rows for Pocket recommendations in the preferences. See screenshot.
However, if I use the latest version of Firefox Extended Support Release 68.4.1, I still have the popup (see screenshot). For me it looks like this configuration possibility was removed. The question is: Was that on purpose (then why?) or is it just a bug?
Michael trɔe
Michael said
The question is: is it just a bug?
I think you're right, cause I found this bug report :
What I meant is that there is only a row setting for the Highlights, just like there is only one row setting for the Top Sites section.
What happens if you increase the number of rows for Highlights ?
cor-el trɔe