We do have multiple types of users. You’re clearly keyboard focused thus not really in the target audience of the New Tab Page. There is a ‘x’ button in the upper-right corner that lets you disable the new view and just gives you the old blank page.

This statement is not entirely true. See the screenshots (Wait for the screenshot to change)

http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/3/7810492620-orig.png

also on Jack Beauregard's Link

I think the method for getting rid of it is hard to discover though; it really should just be a checkbox on the Tabs panel in the preference window. I wouldn’t have noticed it myself; I had to look around and find a place where someone mentioned it.

by Eric Shepherd on February 10, 2012 at 5:48 pm. Reply #

Yes, I agree that this is not really easy to discover. We’re thinking about having a drop-down menu in the Preferences dialog that lets you choose the url for the new tab page.

by Tim Taubert on February 10, 2012 at 5:54 pm. Reply #

Well yes is a necessary requirement really.
Maybe part of Firefox Options settings lie the home page settings
There has to be a simple and accessible way to switch this on to allow choices to users. otherwise it will be mayhem.

OK thx

Old hat ?

http://makingwindowseasy.com/2012/02/16/mozilla-to-disable-firefoox-new-...

JB

You will be pleased to hear that Ef has come up with a fix for this whole business

Should be uploaded soon to AMO by Ef

Ef did all of the work with an inavaluable suggestion from telega

This is gooooooood news !