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Disable New Tab Window Feature

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Tecknomage
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I do not like nor want to use the New-Tab Window feature.

How can I *permanently* disable this feature?

A 'config' page change maybe?

I do not like nor want to use the New-Tab Window feature. How can I *permanently* disable this feature? A 'config' page change maybe?

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If you don't want to see top sites when you make a new tab you can turn this feature off.

Go to about:config and change,,,

browser.newtab.url to browser.newtab.about:blank

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cor-el
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Firefox 13+ versions have an about:newtab page that shows the thumbnails of recent visited websites.

see:

Tecknomage
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Chosen Solution

If you don't want to see top sites when you make a new tab you can turn this feature off.

Go to about:config and change,,,

browser.newtab.url to browser.newtab.about:blank