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When the URL bar is processing its search, a neon green color fills the bar for a few seconds. How do I change or get rid of the color? It hurts my eyes.

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I would like to get rid of the neon green color that fills the status bar every time I search for something.

I would like to get rid of the neon green color that fills the status bar every time I search for something.

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That feature can be added by the Status-4-Evar extension (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions).
You can check the Options of that extension if you want to disable the progression shown on the location bar.

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Which extension did you install that provides that neon-green in the URL bar feature?

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I didn't install an extension.

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That feature can be added by the Status-4-Evar extension (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions).
You can check the Options of that extension if you want to disable the progression shown on the location bar.

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Thanks! I guess I did download an extension. I totally forgot.