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New Firefox -- awful. Lost ability to go "back" more than one page.

StephenKnudsen
StephenKnudsen
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Why did you totally revamp Firefox? In prior versions I could use the "back" virtual button to go back multiple pages .... now I apparently cannot do this. So many things I dislike about the New Firefox, especially that left-right "bouncing ball" when FF is loading something. I don't know how to "load" the prior version but I want to. I have an HP desktop about 3 years old, running Windows 7. Thank you.

Why did you totally revamp Firefox? In prior versions I could use the "back" virtual button to go back multiple pages .... now I apparently cannot do this. So many things I dislike about the New Firefox, especially that left-right "bouncing ball" when FF is loading something. I don't know how to "load" the prior version but I want to. I have an HP desktop about 3 years old, running Windows 7. Thank you.

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Shadow110
Shadow110
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Please : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles then https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings TEST....... If no issues then Extensions which need to be added back in 1 at a time and tested ..... Or it is your Profile : Make a new one and test ...: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

Fyi: the loading page balls can be removed (am not sure how myself) https://www.howtogeek.com/333110/how-to-customize-firefox-quantum-and-remove-the-white-space-around-the-title-bar/ and https://www.howtogeek.com/333805/how-to-change-or-customize-firefoxs-new-tab-page/ and https://www.userchrome.org/

Note: Any customization will revert back to default, you will also need to reinstall Extensions.

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

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi StephenKnudsen, could you explain this problem further:

In prior versions I could use the "back" virtual button to go back multiple pages .... now I apparently cannot do this.

There still is a Back button, and if you right-click it there is a menu of the history of that tab. Is it not working, or not working the way it did before?

So many things I dislike about the New Firefox, especially that left-right "bouncing ball" when FF is loading something.

Those dots can be changed using a custom style rule, as can many aspects of the appearance of Firefox's interface. If you're interested in diving into that, it involves creating a userChrome.css file, and takes 5-10 minutes. Once you have the first rule set up, it's faster for the next one, etc.

This page describes how to create the file:

https://www.userchrome.org/how-create-userchrome-css.html

This discussion thread on Reddit has a rule that switches the dots back to the old circling arrow design:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS/comments/71vbds/revert_the_tab_throbber_in_firefox_57/