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I hate this new version! What happened to the little house that got me back to the Firefox start page?

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When I am through with gmail, I want to go back to the Firefox start page, with the google bar. The little house icon that used to do that is no longer there.

How can I get back to the earlier version?

When I am through with gmail, I want to go back to the Firefox start page, with the google bar. The little house icon that used to do that is no longer there. How can I get back to the earlier version?

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It's on the right-side of the Navigation Toolbar, to the right of the Search Bar.

See the screenshot.

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Thanks for your reply. The problem seems to be that I don't have a search bar -- which I assume is another name for an address bar? I'm also guessing the navigation bar is the one that begins -- on the far left -- with "most visited"?

I have scrutinized every inch of the screen, and there is no little house, as shown on your reply.

Any more help would be appreciated. Thanks, again

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Official Old Version Release http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html


Unofficial site removed.

Modified by James

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Thanks again for your answer. I did install the earlier version, but nothing on the screen changed. I still don't have a navigation bar, no little house, no back and forward. In order to return to Foxfire home page, I have to go to most visited. I still prefer Firefox to Explorer, but this new version is making me begin to rethink that feeling.

Thanks again at your efforts to help me.

J Hart

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If the menu bar is hidden then press the F10 key or hold down the Alt key, that should make the menu bar appear.

  • Go to "View > Toolbars" and check-mark "Menu Bar" with a click if you want to make that permanent

See Restore the Menu bar in Firefox)

Make sure that the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible: "View > Toolbars"

  • If items are missing then open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize" or via "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout"
  • If a missing item is in the toolbar palette then drag it back from the Customize window on the toolbar
  • If you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar set up.

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If the above steps didn't help then see:

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Thank you so much! I finally have everything I need back.

Thanks again, Joan