It used to be that when I opened a new tab in Firefox, one of the options was to open the bookmarks page. Suddenly, this option is gone. Any way to get it back? Or should I just switch to chrome?
In the version of Firefox I have running you can get to the Bookmarks through the Library (little bookshelf icon). It doesn’t open in a new tab, but allows you to view them via dropdown, add a bookmarks link to the tool bar, or view them in the sidebar. If you choose “View all Bookmarks” it opens your bookmarks in a popup.
When I right click a link all I have ever seen is “Open in a new tab”, “Open in a new window” or “Open in a new private window”.
Dennis
I think I understand better now. What do you see when you open a new tab?
I see a Google search bar with a list of commonly used sites below. In the upper right is a Star to get a dropdown menu. On that menu are choices to display different things when opening a new tab. Perhaps your settings were lost? Go to that Settings popup and you can customize what you want on your New Tab, including bookmarks.
When I click on the + to get a new tab, the tool bar shows a left arrow, a right arrow, a 3/4 circle arrow, a long search window, a >> icon, and a triple line icon. If I hover over the >>, it says more tools. If I click on it, one the tools is a library icon. Clicking on it shows a star, which is the bookmark icon. Clicking on it gives me a subset of my bookmarks and, at the bottom, show all bookmarks. Clicking on the appears to give fewer bookmarks. So only 6 clicks gives me a subset of my bookmarks. Who dreams this stuff up? Chrome it is.
There’s an extension that will open a specified folder of bookmarks, but that’s not exactly what you asked for.
There’s another extension that will open a specific URL with each new tab. Since Firefox stores your bookmarks in an HTML file, you could use this extension along with a “file:///” URL pointing to your bookmarks to make it display all of your bookmarks with each new tab. The file is called “bookmarks.html”, and is stored in your profile, but I can’t give you an exact location since it varies for each user.
I agree with your distaste for the replacement of the old functionality with the new “Firefox Home” page. You shouldn’t need an extension for this, but apparently, you do.
Bizarre: Just as suddenly as the library icon was replaced by the >> icon, it is now back! It would be nice to know how the program actually works.