http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Installing+a+previous+version+of+Firefox

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

I see there's a reply to the effect that the firefox button has to be installed on XP. i can't work out how to get the firefox button in vista.

i agree, firefox is now horrible - so complicated it's beyond me.

Please, guys - where has the firefox button gone?

Right-click either the Menu bar or a blank space on the Navigation bar, and click on the Menu bar item to de-select it.

Who is the "Brainiac" who decided to remove the "right click" menu item "reload image"? I used that ALL the time!

Does anyone know why I can't just type in a word into the browser to be directly sent to website. For instance, I used to be able to just type the words "will smith imdb" into the awesome bar and then firefox would send me directly to will smith's imdb page. NO GOOGLE. what happened to this?

thanks for your advice, but now that I've actually found the firefox button, when i click it i just get a button that says more information;

I then get a General box plus Media Feeds Permisssions and Security boxes - (no Tabs, Content, Applications, Privacy, Advanced or Sync boxes!)

There is no Startup box that enables me to click Restore to Default.

I agree. I hate certain aspects of this upgrade, like the new add-on tab (instead of opening in a dialogue box, ya know…), plus this version is incredibly slow, contrary to its claims of greater speed. the ed-meister suggested simply downgrading, but I don't think people should have to downgrade just to have a quality version (unless their dislike is due to some odd idiosyncrasy that most don't share), that's the whole point of making upgrades, is to make it BETTER. If a version is bad, then the developers should be working on a new one, not telling people to downgrade.

I think this is a case of trying to incorporate too many new changes into a single upgrade. Too much too soon. If it were gradual I think people might not be having such negative reactions. (I'm fearing that Mac OS X Lion will suffer from the same problem, from what I've heard about the changes… Although many of the changes are at least ones that I like…)

frankiehi

There is a change in Firefox 4 in how Location bar search works.

• In Firefox 3.6.x, Location bar search uses Google "Browse by name" search. With the browse by name search, it performs a Google search and
  • if there is a clear match it will take you to the site
  • otherwise it shows the Google search result page
• Firefox 4's default is
  • to perform a Google search and present the Google search results page if you type something which is not recognized as a URL
  • you must type a complete URL, such as www.youtube.com , to go directly to the site

To get the Firefox 3.6.x behavior in Firefox 4. you need to change a hidden preference.

1. Type about:config into the location bar and press the Enter key
2. If you see a warning, zccept it (promise to be careful)
3. A list of preferences will open
4. Filter = keyword.URL
5. Double-click on that preference in the lower pane
6. A small window will appear; copy the line below and paste into the box in that small window (or type it into the box in that window exactly as shown below):

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

See:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.URL
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search

HELPER7677 -

THIS IS PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

out of curiousity - why did firefox change this setting? I feel like the 3.6 broswer default is better. Was that not the consensus?

frankiehi

You are welcome. Please take a couple of minutes, sign in to the forum using your Username and Password, and click the "Helpful" button next to my reply. That will allow other users to find answers that were helpful. Thanks.

I have not researched developer discussions, if they exist, on that change.