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Re: [LUG] Firefox Browser

 

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 22:38, Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 27/04/2020 13:30, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 13:25, Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> So, being very obedient, I have been using  FF over the last two days.
> >> This was partly triggered by version 75 appearing. I must say that I am
> >> well impressed. It is fast and has plenty of tweaks available. Just the
> >> one that used to be there is still missing, putting the tab bar at the
> >> bottom. That still annoys me.
> >
> > I am a little confused here. Are you saying that FF puts your tab bar
> > at the bottom by default and you don't like it, or that you FF puts
> > the tab bar at the top and you want it at the bottom?
> >
> > Grant. :)
> >
> FF puts the tab bar at the top, just under the menu bar. They used to
> give you the choice of putting it as the lowest bar, just above the main
> screen. I am so used to this that I go to the wrong bar every time.
>
> They removed this facility with I think version 29. They said that users
> should put that bar where Mozilla decreed in future. There have been
> lots of moans and requests ever since from users. to no avail. I thought
> Linux was all about choice.
>
> Neil

Neil, you are conflating things that you shouldn't.

Absolutely you have a choice in Linux - you can choose another
browser, you can choose another graphical environment, you can choose
an entirely different distro.

Firefox is not Linux.

Having said that, Firefox is an open SOURCE application. You are
always more than welcome to take the source-code, make the necessary
tweaks so it behaves to your liking, and compile the browser yourself.
You have that choice.

Grant.

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