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Initial startup time is several times longer after update.

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Katerpie
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After the recent update to version 89, FF has gone from 1-2 seconds load time to around 20 seconds, just for the initial load from clicking the icon. The only new things I have done to it since the update was reverting the tabs (disable proton) and setting the menu spacing down to 2px.

After the recent update to version 89, FF has gone from 1-2 seconds load time to around 20 seconds, just for the initial load from clicking the icon. The only new things I have done to it since the update was reverting the tabs (disable proton) and setting the menu spacing down to 2px.

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dave d
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I had this problem too.

From several options that were available to begin trying to get back old functionality I picked this as being the easiest to implement: "Here are the steps to switch the temporary preference between the Firefox 57-88 ("Photon") appearance and the Firefox 89 ("Proton") appearance: 

   In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.
   In the search box in the page, type or paste browser.proton.enabled and pause while the list is filtered.
   Double-click the preference to switch the value between true (Proton style) and false (Photon style)."

That comes from about two-thirds of the way down on this page [https://www.userchrome.org/firefox-89-styling-proton-ui.html#me...]

I made the change, restarted Firefox and have regained the speed in loading pages in new tabs that I previously had and loved. Next I want to find an easy solution to eliminate all the added space in the menu for creating a bookmark. Who needs that huge thumbnail at the top? I know what I'm bookmarking!

Katerpie
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Setting the browser.proton.enabled value from true to false was the very First thing I did with this new update actually. To restore the darker theme of the tabs I had from the previous version. The second was creating a chromeuser.css file and changing the px size to 2 for the menu spacing. Those two things are the Only things I have done.