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FF4 has too many extraneous features. Can these features be disabled?

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Zephouria
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FF4 has too many extraneous features. Can these features be disabled? They cripple my normal method of browsing. I *want* to be able to have the same window open multiple times - best way to keep up with auctions. I DON'T want Panorama (and it sounds like it would just slow the system down). I don't want to be able to 'choose' different search engines, I want to install only the ones I want. I don't need tabs on top. I don't need a 'bookmark button'. I want the home button on the LEFT, where it's SUPPOSED to be. I want to keep my plugins and profiles. 3.6 eats loads of my comp's system resources, and the FF4 looks far worse.

Please, listen to the users - let us decide what features we want. These new changes sound like you're trying too hard to be a Windows clone - if we WANTED a Windows clone, we'd just stick with IE.

FF4 has too many extraneous features. Can these features be disabled? They cripple my normal method of browsing. I *want* to be able to have the same window open multiple times - best way to keep up with auctions. I DON'T want Panorama (and it sounds like it would just slow the system down). I don't want to be able to 'choose' different search engines, I want to install only the ones I want. I don't need tabs on top. I don't need a 'bookmark button'. I want the home button on the LEFT, where it's SUPPOSED to be. I want to keep my plugins and profiles. 3.6 eats loads of my comp's system resources, and the FF4 looks far worse. Please, listen to the users - let us decide what features we want. These new changes sound like you're trying too hard to be a Windows clone - if we WANTED a Windows clone, we'd just stick with IE.

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cor-el
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You can remove unwanted toolbar buttons and move other to the position where you want them to appear.

Open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize" or via "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout"

Firefox 4.0 has a combined Reload and Stop and Go button that appears at the right end of the location bar.

To restore the Firefox 3 appearance you can use these steps:

  • Open the "View > Toolbars > Customize" window to move the Stop and Reload button out of the location bar.
  • Move the Reload and Stop buttons to their previous position at the left side of the location bar.
  • Set the order to "Reload - Stop" to get a combined "Reload/Stop" button.
  • Set the order to "Stop - Reload" or separate them otherwise to get two distinct buttons.