{"id":782,"date":"2014-01-11T16:25:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T21:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/?p=782"},"modified":"2014-01-11T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T21:25:33","slug":"firefox-new-tab-page-vs-new-window-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/firefox-new-tab-page-vs-new-window-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox new TAB page, vs new window page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, in Firefox (by Mozilla) the default start page for a new <i>tab<\/i> differs from that for a new <i>window<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>For the more common new <i>window<\/i>, the default page in the &#8220;Mozilla Start Page&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_google.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-795\" alt=\"mozilla_start_page_google\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_google.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_google.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_google-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_google-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That has Google search build in.<\/p>\n<p>Of course i like DuckDuckGo.com, so my Mozilla Start Page is set with the DuckDuckGo search engine, replacing google:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_duckduckgo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794\" alt=\"mozilla_start_page_duckduckgo\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_duckduckgo.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_duckduckgo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_duckduckgo-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mozilla_start_page_duckduckgo-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Then again, probably the most popular home page is the world is the google home page, super simpler, less-is-more:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/google_home_page.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-793\" alt=\"google_home_page\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/google_home_page.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/google_home_page.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/google_home_page-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/google_home_page-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But, for the new <i>tab<\/i> in Firefox, it&#8217;s different.<\/p>\n<p>The default is the &#8220;Speed Dial&#8221; page:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_speed_dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-792\" alt=\"firefox_new_tab_speed_dial\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_speed_dial.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_speed_dial.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_speed_dial-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_speed_dial-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>If you dont like that, you can hide it off by clicking the tab button in the upper right corner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_hide_new_tab_page-w-oval.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-788\" alt=\"firefox_hide_new_tab_page-w-oval\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_hide_new_tab_page-w-oval.jpg\" width=\"1107\" height=\"749\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, then your new tab page is just blank.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_blank.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-789\" alt=\"firefox_new_tab_blank\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_blank.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_blank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_blank-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_blank-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not very interesting, helpful, or convenient.<\/p>\n<p>However, something obvious, say, making your new <i>tab<\/i> page the SAME as your new <i>window<\/i> page, is surprisingly non-obvious.<\/p>\n<p>You have to use the advanced, somewhat dangerous <code>about:config<\/code> page.<\/p>\n<p>Type <code>about:config<\/code> in the address box (NOT the google search box):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_warning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-787\" alt=\"firefox_about_config_warning\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_warning.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_warning.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_warning-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_warning-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You will get the warning above.  Click &#8220;I&#8217;ll be careful.  I promise&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and, please, do, be careful.  Only change this ONE thing.<\/p>\n<p>What thing?  Well, type <code>newtab<\/code> in the search box (not the address bar):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-785\" alt=\"firefox_about_config_newtab\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It should find name <code>\"browser.newtab.url\"<\/code> on the left, with value <code>\"about:newtab\"<\/code> on the right.<\/p>\n<p>RIGHT click on that value, and click Modify:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab_modify.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-786\" alt=\"firefox_about_config_newtab_modify\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab_modify.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab_modify.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab_modify-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_about_config_newtab_modify-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll get a pop-up window.  Type in a new value, eg <code>about:home<\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_about_home.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-783\" alt=\"firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_about_home\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_about_home.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_about_home.jpg 999w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_about_home-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_about_home-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This particular value will make your new <i>tab<\/i> go to the default Mozilla Start Page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_mozilla_home_page.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-791\" alt=\"firefox_new_tab_mozilla_home_page\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_mozilla_home_page.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_mozilla_home_page.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_mozilla_home_page-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_mozilla_home_page-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Or, modify the value to be <code>google.com<\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_google.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-784\" alt=\"firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_google\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_google.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_google.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_google-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefix_about_config_new_tab_modify_google-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This will make a new tab go to the google home page.  You can set it to exactly what your home page is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_google.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-790\" alt=\"firefox_new_tab_google\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_google.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_google.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_google-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/firefox_new_tab_google-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, in Firefox (by Mozilla) the default start page for a new tab differs from that for a new window. For the more common new window, the default page in the &#8220;Mozilla Start Page&#8221;: That has Google search build in. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/firefox-new-tab-page-vs-new-window-page\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,9,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}