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How do I Get Rid of Little Boxes that Belabor the Obvious?

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Little boxes that explain what is already obvious hover over some menus. They get in the way of seeing the full range of menu options. I want to disable this feature. How can I do it? I am using Windows Vista.

Little boxes that explain what is already obvious hover over some menus. They get in the way of seeing the full range of menu options. I want to disable this feature. How can I do it? I am using Windows Vista.

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You can set the Boolean pref browser.chrome.toolbar_tips to false on the about:config page.