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Why is Firefox now NOT enabling the Back button and not automatically showing the current web address in the bar? When did that become good behaviour for a Browser??

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colwin54
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When I installed Firefox 4, these 2 features went away. sure I can now right click on the back arrow and choose a page to go back to. But most of the time I just want to go back 1 page. Why do I need to change my behaviour just for a new Firefox version?

Same with the web address URL bar. Why do I now have to forcibly click on the icon at left to show the current URL? It used to do that automatically? How can that be a security features to NOT display the current web page URL??

Please change these features in a new release of Firefox...

When I installed Firefox 4, these 2 features went away. sure I can now right click on the back arrow and choose a page to go back to. But most of the time I just want to go back 1 page. Why do I need to change my behaviour just for a new Firefox version? Same with the web address URL bar. Why do I now have to forcibly click on the icon at left to show the current URL? It used to do that automatically? How can that be a security features to NOT display the current web page URL?? Please change these features in a new release of Firefox...

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Do you have the McAfee SiteAdvisor?

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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Do you have the McAfee SiteAdvisor?

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

colwin54
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Thanks! It turns out it was the Yahoo Toolbar (which I hate anyway - it came along for the ride with Yahoo Messenger) and as soon as I disabled that... the problem went away.

Thanks for the suggestions!