First of all I’d like to say that Firefox 2.0 is a great improvement as far as I can see.
But there’s a little annoyance that’s still bothering me after using 2.0 for 2 days. The developers changed the way you close the tabs. I was used to the nice and shiny X on the far right side of Firefox 1.5. But they thought it would be better to move the close button to the active tab.
I found an easy way to change it back to the way it was.
1. Type about:config in your address bar and hit the enter button
2. Look up browser.tabs.closeButtons , as you can see the value right now is 1
3. You’ve got to double click on the 1 and change the value to 3
That’s it!
November 2nd, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Yes I was annoyed, Thank you!
November 3rd, 2006 at 2:43 am
Many thanks for a most useful hint. Works like a charm and am back to the best way to close tabs.
November 3rd, 2006 at 3:11 am
I personally like the new interface for the tabs. Now I can close tabs directly without switching to them first.
Sure, it may take a few times to get used to it, but once the habit is formed it is a much more efficient system.
Nonetheless, if you like it the traditional way, then go right ahead and change it.
Maybe tab X’s should be a user configurable option in the settings window without having to go to the FF config file.
November 3rd, 2006 at 4:13 am
I like the new way personally. I found myself searching for it the way it used to be positioned, but now when I look at the tab and it’s right there. To each his own I guess :)
November 6th, 2006 at 1:52 am
This was the only thing I didn’t like about 2.0, and now it’s fixed. Thanks!
November 7th, 2006 at 4:36 am
I wonder if there is a way to have both at the same time….?
March 11th, 2007 at 5:05 am
That WAS one of the things about Firefox 2 that was annoying me. I like the old location better, too. Thanks for the info!
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