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Does anyone know why the tabs on my firefox no longer tell me the name of the site im on, they just show the symbol of the site im on?

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Does anyone know why the tabs on my firefox no longer tell me the name of the site im on, they just show the symbol of the site, i have the latest additon of firefox and only noticed this today...so not after i updated it, the name of the site appears if i hover the mouse over the tab but it flashes and will not stay there, i cannot seem to find a way to get the name of the site back onto the tab...help please!

Does anyone know why the tabs on my firefox no longer tell me the name of the site im on, they just show the symbol of the site, i have the latest additon of firefox and only noticed this today...so not after i updated it, the name of the site appears if i hover the mouse over the tab but it flashes and will not stay there, i cannot seem to find a way to get the name of the site back onto the tab...help please!

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hello, can you try to replicate this behaviour when you launch firefox in safe mode once? if not, maybe an addon is interfering here or it's an issue with hardware acceleration...

Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

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hello, can you try to replicate this behaviour when you launch firefox in safe mode once? if not, maybe an addon is interfering here or it's an issue with hardware acceleration...

Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

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Ok so it looks like its something called colourful tabs... when i disable it my tabs go clear when it is enabled they are white, is there a way to disable the colourful tabs and keep them white?