Firefox 4 made unwanted change
March 28, 2011 11:50 AM Subscribe
Before I installed Firefox 4 I had a bar across the bottom of the screen of my MacBook Pro (OSX 10.6.6) that displayed various apps--
AccuWeather current local conditions for example. Now it's gone. I can't remember what that bar is called, and, search as I may, I can't find it. Any ideas?
Best answer: It's now the Addon Bar. View > Toolbars > Addon Bar.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 12:00 PM on March 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Dipsomaniac at 12:00 PM on March 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
Yeah, I'm not sure why they decided to remove that bar completely without notifying you. You can restore it by right-clicking anywhere in the blank space on the top bar and checking 'Add-on Bar' at the bottom.
posted by Hargrimm at 12:09 PM on March 28, 2011
posted by Hargrimm at 12:09 PM on March 28, 2011
You want to use an addon called Status 4 Evar to allow you to see page / download status in the Addon Bar, much as the status bar allowed you to in prior versions.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 3:36 PM on March 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 3:36 PM on March 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
View > Toolbars > Addon Bar.
Very funny. My FF 4.0 has no View button.
However, under Options you can show and hide toolbars.
posted by exphysicist345 at 6:05 PM on March 28, 2011
Very funny. My FF 4.0 has no View button.
However, under Options you can show and hide toolbars.
posted by exphysicist345 at 6:05 PM on March 28, 2011
If you have the 'menu bar' hidden, you get no 'view button'. Right-clicking to the right of the right-most tab lets you select the 'add-on bar' (what most people know as the status bar) and make it visible.
posted by dg at 8:33 PM on March 28, 2011
posted by dg at 8:33 PM on March 28, 2011
Very funny. My FF 4.0 has no View button.
Mine does. Or rather, it's a View menu. But then, like the OP, my FF 4.0 is running on MacOS. I gather Windows and Linux users just have a big orange Firefox button that everything's been rolled up into, and I assume you're on one of those platforms.
posted by mumkin at 9:56 PM on March 28, 2011
Mine does. Or rather, it's a View menu. But then, like the OP, my FF 4.0 is running on MacOS. I gather Windows and Linux users just have a big orange Firefox button that everything's been rolled up into, and I assume you're on one of those platforms.
posted by mumkin at 9:56 PM on March 28, 2011
Thanks. My FF 4.0 (Windows) came with the menu bar hidden by default. It's good to know that the menu bar is just hidden, and we can resurrect it when we need to.
posted by exphysicist345 at 11:46 PM on March 28, 2011
posted by exphysicist345 at 11:46 PM on March 28, 2011
I'm using a PC and had the same problem. Thanks to you all and especially to Inspector.Gadget for suggesting the Status 4 Evar addon.
posted by deborah at 2:50 PM on May 1, 2011
posted by deborah at 2:50 PM on May 1, 2011
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