How do I set the new tab page to Google.com?
See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1013039?fpa=1
The "browser.newtab.url" property in "about:config" mentioned in the answers does not appear to exist for me on Firefox Quantum 64.0 64-bit.
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aaronfranke said
See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1013039?fpa=1 The "browser.newtab.url" property in "about:config" mentioned in the answers does not appear to exist for me on Firefox Quantum 64.0 64-bit.
Hello aaronfranke,
That preference was removed for security reasons - please see this bug report :
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118285
The extension that Franz_von_Suppe suggested will do what you want .....
McCoy said
That preference was removed for security reasons - please see this bug report : https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118285
Thank you both, but can I just say, that was a stupid decision on Mozilla's part. Clearly this feature is very much desired since that extension has hundreds upon hundreds of 5-star reviews. Why should I download an entire browser extension to do what a 20 byte string could previously do?
aaronfranke said
Thank you both, but can I just say, that was a stupid decision on Mozilla's part.
As I said : that preference was removed for security reasons - hackers abused it. So it was in fact a very wise decision - had the users' best interest at heart ......
Sigh. Please re-enable this. Now I have to use a different browser as these "new tab" addons are not signed.