# Mozilla customizing **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 26, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-customizing/197667 "2003-08-26T02:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![quelquechose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/6f9a4e/32.png) [@quelquechose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quelquechose)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-customizing/197667/1 "2003-08-26T02:37:29Z")
When I click ‘open in a new tab’ the view switches to the tab. Is there any way to make the new tab open in the background while I continue to use the tab from which I opened the other? Also, when I click file-\>new-\>navigator tab, can I make it open to my home page instead of the current page? I’m new to linux so forgive me if these are simple questions with obvious answers. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-customizing/197667/2 "2003-08-26T03:01:05Z")
EDIT-\>Preferences-\>Tabbed Browsing click “load links in background” I don’t know how to make the new tab open to the home page, if that’s possible. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that option though, but I don’t see it now. It might be in the next alpha version that I tried for a bit, but abandoned. ---
**Author:** ![Fredge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Fredge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredge)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-customizing/197667/3 "2003-08-26T03:35:15Z")
Starting with version 1.4 you can have new tabs and windows open with your home page. Go to Edit-\>Preferences-\>Navigator There’s a ‘Display On’ dropdown box; there you can set the default page to display for Navigator Startup, New Window, and New Tab. If you want your home page for all three (startup, new windows and new tabs) You’ll have to set the preference for each separately. ---
**Author:** ![Fredge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Fredge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredge)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-customizing/197667/4 "2003-08-26T03:37:05Z")
I missed that you were using Mozilla on Linux when I first read your note. My comments apply to the Windows version - I’m not sure if things are consistent between different OSs. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-customizing/197667/5 "2003-08-26T13:45:10Z")
By the way, if you haven’t tried Mozilla Firebird yet, you should. Version 0.6 is very stable. It has a neat feature that you can add, to block display of flash animations unless you click on the rectangle where it goes. I just wish it had Opera’s one-button toggling of images on/off. ---
**Author:** ![Fredge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Fredge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredge)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-customizing/197667/6 "2003-08-27T03:11:36Z")
I’ve been looking forward to trying Firebird but I want to wait until it is fairly polished (as Mozilla is) and also I need the Mozilla Mail counterpart to Firebird to be ready as well (Currently I use Mozilla for both Browsing and Mail and it works quite well but philosophically I believe the two should be separate). The ability to block Flash ads might sway me over a bit sooner than planned though; It seems the web designers are getting wise to popup blocking and going to more flash. Also, if you aren’t using the BannerBlind plugin to Mozilla I can recommend it; it’s a great way to remove annoying banner ads from pages you frequent regularly.