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Re:Firefox 76 by snowron6 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:32PM (#23083909)
What do you change in about:config to change it? It's been driving me crazy since they implemented it.
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Re:Firefox 76 by Nas808 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:55PM (#23084191)
browser.urlbar.update1 set to false will disable it, but that option is being removed in FireFox 77.
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Re:Firefox 76 by roter on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @04:00PM (#23084273)
Confirmed [0].

[0] https://www.ghacks.net/2020/04/08/how-to-restore-the-old-fir...

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Re:Firefox 76 by RandomBacon on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:26PM (#23085270)
I can handle about:config, but if they take it away, that will be very frustrating.

For me, the bigger address bar is just as bad as an advertisement: it's trying to steal my attention, except in this case no one else is benefiting from doing so.

If they remove the option, I hope someone smarter than me can come-up with an add-on to fix it.

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Re:Firefox 76 by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:38PM (#23085378)
There's no "if" they take it away, it's already gone in Nightly builds.

Furthermore, Firefox extensions don't have the capability to mess with the address bar.

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Re:Firefox 76 by acqq on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:39PM (#23085391)
> that option is being removed in FireFox 77

Awful. As soon as it can't be turned off, that's the moment I'll finally stop using the browser.

It breaks absolutely "normal" expectations of a GUI.

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