My Homepage option : set to be that of the NewTab, and NewTab set with a dedicated userChromeJS script after implementation of the userChromeJS “protocol” built by xiaoxiaoflood and available at. I tend to follow your assumption but a friend of mine who’s far more in contact with many “basic” users than I am tells me that he still encounters situations where people believe Google is the Web, that when Google Search happens to be unavailable on their browser they believe their connection to the Web is “broken”.ġ- Nothing laughable, of course, knowledge and intelligence are distinct, and even if they weren’t what’s funny about a low IQ? Am I stupid because besides fried eggs and spaghetti I know nothing about cooking, am I dumb because I’m illiterate in arts?Ģ- Are such users a minority, what’s the average technological knowledge of those using a connected device, nowadays? I’m afraid that average is quite modest, sufficiently modest to satisfy the inquisition of the leading Web corporations. Now You: do you use the homepage option of your nothing rude but I’m not sure your assumption of users’ knowledge of the Web, of Web tools, of their browser, is correct. about:config, about:downloads, about:profiles, or about:telemetry.

Tip: you may set other internal Firefox pages as the homepage, e.g. Blank Page - Type about:blank to set a blank homepage without content.Custom URLs - use the same syntax as in the field in the Settings.Firefox Home (Default) - Type about:home to restore the default homepage of the Firefox browser.The preference's value sets the homepage.Â Just double-click into the value field to make it editable, and add your preferences. Load about:config in the Firefox address bar.All options are provided and it may be useful for users and administrators who want to configure the homepage for managed devices. Advanced Firefox Homepage changing optionsĪdvanced users may change the homepage using configuration files or about:config.

Also, when Firefox is starting, it is loading the homepage by default as well unless you have configured the browser to restore the last session. When you open a new window in Firefox, the homepage or pages set as the homepage are loaded (not in Private Browsing Mode). You could make Ghacks the homepage in Firefox, if you want. Tip: to add more than one custom URL, use | as the separator, e.g.

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