Update: Firefox 29 released

[HansV]

Mozilla has released Firefox 29, with the long-awaited 'Australis' interface.

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Download from Firefox.

[Rudi]

....and Eileen's Lounge comes FREE with the download and install

[Leif]

Ta!

[John Gray]

I can't see any great difference between the interface in Fx 29 compared with 28, other than that the top inch of the screen has been messed around with again, and you don't seem to be able to move the tabs down.

The Google toolbar (as amended) still works.

Have the FX developers added an "Are you sure?" prompt yet to the "Remove All Cookies" button?

[HansV]

The main differences in the interface are:
- Rounded tabs that make Firefox look more like Chrome.
- The Firefox button has been replaced with a 'hamburger' button on the right hand side of the address bar.
See Firefox 29 (new interface) released: Find out what is new for more info.

[Rudi]

- The Firefox button has been replaced with a 'hamburger' button

Cheese and mushroom, monkeygland, pepper, periperi ???

[HansV]

It doesn't look like a specific type of hamburger...

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[John Gray]

Oh, OK - it has become more 'cool'...!

[Rudi]

It doesn't look like a specific type of hamburger...

Could have fooled me...

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[TonyE]

Firefox does now look more of a Chrome clone. I don't mind the new look, but if anybody wants the old look, the Classic Theme Restorer add-on allows you to customize the look to be similar to the old theme.

[HansV]

People who don't like the new look might consider switching to the Pale Moon browser - see Pale Moon 24.5.0.

[PaulB]

I think I will be able to get accustomed to the new look of the default theme

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But I will never be able to use the 'Birdies on a wire' theme ever again.

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[HansV]

I understand why...

[viking33]

I don't see the minimize\full screen\exit buttons in the upper right corner?

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[Rudi]

Is that a walnut next to the Home button?
When do you use that button...

[viking33]

Is that a walnut next to the Home button?
When do you use that button...

That's with the Walnut 2 theme for Open Menu. How appropriate!

[HansV]

I don't see the minimize\full screen\exit buttons in the upper right corner?

It looks like your theme doesn't play nicely with the new interface (yet)...

[viking33]

I don't see the minimize\full screen\exit buttons in the upper right corner?

It looks like your theme doesn't play nicely with the new interface (yet)...

I suppose that's it, Hans but when the install of Ver29 finished and it checked for any incompatible add-ons, it said there was a new version of the Walnut 2 theme available, so I got the new version of the theme as recommended. However, even before I updated the theme and the default "blah" Firefox theme was showing, there were also no buttons up in the right corner showing.
I have found that if I click on the area where the exit button should be, it does exit me out of Fx but no deal on the other two functions.

[HansV]

Strange - I do get the three standard buttons (close, maximize, minimize).

[viking33]

Strange - I do get the three standard buttons (close, maximize, minimize).

Somehow, I seem to get the strange ones!
I have sent an email to the author of Walnut 2 to see if he can make anything of it.
He is from your neck of the woods in The Netherlands, name of Alfred Kayser. Perhaps you know him and can speak directly to him about this?