I installed FireFox 3 and I liked it right from the start. It’s faster and has some new features that I believe most of the users are going to like.

This is not a review post about the new version of FireFox 3. I am going to share with you two solutions to two things with FireFox 3 that I found very annoying.

The first one is the URL bar. In FireFox 3 the URL bar behave differently. When you start to type a URL you get a list of close matched URLs. It’s based on the page title and the URL address. Ultimately you get more results. It’s changed the way I browse. I am sure that many will find the new URL bar incontinent. I tried to get used to it but with no luck. I looked around and found an add-on named OldBar. At first I was very surprised to see that there is already an add-on with that name. But… I can understand why people rushed to develop this add-on. After you will install it you will have the benefit of the new FireFox 3 and the old URL bar behavior.

Another thing that I found annoying is the fact that in a full screen mode the URL bar disappears. It gives you more browsing space but you can’t work with tabs or to change the URL without the need to expose it first.
The solution for this is easier. You don’t need to install anything. In the URL bar click “about:config”. This will give you access to FireFox parameters list. Look for “browser.fullscreen.autohide” and set it to false by double-clicks on it. Change the “browser.fullscreen.animateUp” to 0 and you are done.

Now you can enjoy FireFox 3 in the old way

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