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I hate the new firefox format, is there a way to go back to the way it looked before this stupid update?

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F__Kfirefox1
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The solution that I read is just too complicated. It said to go to the profile manager and open the root directory blah blah blah! Why do these F**King companies always change stuff regardless of whether or not the user will like the "new and improved" version? They should let the user make the decision as to whether or not they want the new format and provide a SIMPLE way to reverse it if they don't!

The solution that I read is just too complicated. It said to go to the profile manager and open the root directory blah blah blah! Why do these F**King companies always change stuff regardless of whether or not the user will like the "new and improved" version? They should let the user make the decision as to whether or not they want the new format and provide a SIMPLE way to reverse it if they don't!

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Shadow110
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May want to read these first : How about looking at these 2 URL's first : https://www.howtogeek.com/333110/how-to-customize-firefox-quantum-and-remove-the-white-space-around-the-title-bar/ and The name is not descriptive enough : https://www.howtogeek.com/332449/whats-new-in-firefox-quantum/

More information will come out slowly. New extensions are being made and some older ones being updated that can track here : http://bit.ly/2j0Anlj

Going back : unfortunately 56.0.2 is no longer safe to use for every day use, but 52.5.0 ESR is! It will continue to get security updates until May 2018, and you can download and install it from this page: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/ Note : Legacy Extensions will be deleted or removed in any version update after May 2018.

You should make a backup of your Profile before going back and just because: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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Update : Here's a more comprehensive project which affects not only tabs but brings back the old "grid-style" options menu. https://github.com/axydavid/FirefoxUI/blob/master/README.md

It isn't completely possible to use the Australis design with Firefox 57, but depending on what you want, you might be able to customize the UI to look more like the old one:

This project: https://github.com/wilfredwee/photon-australis lets you have the old tab bar appearance back in Firefox 57. You can remove the space around the address bar by right-clicking on the spaces, and choosing "remove from toolbar".

Note the Black Theme is just a Example and can be found in Customize.

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.