Because, as I just mentioned, most of the old extensions will not work in Firefox Quantum (versions 57, 58 and later). I like that I can customize every little bit of my browsing experience in Firefox… or rather, could. I like that it’s developed by the Mozilla Foundation (and not Microsoft or Google or Apple - three giants that I don’t like particularly). I am using Mozilla Firefox (and before that, Mozilla Suite) for ages. Unfortunately, Firefox Quantum brought not only some cool stuff but some bad stuff as well, and namely, it broke all the existing (pre-Firefox-57) extensions! And so Status-4-Evar was gone as well. Firefox was not exception.īut then, the Status-4-Evar extension fixed exactly that: it restored the status bar to the location where it belonged, and allowed Firefox users to browse happily with the status bar displayed at all times! No more status bar “flickering” on/off! :-) Page is loading and the status bar “pop-up” shows at the bottom of the browser window page has loaded - status bar disappears you mouseover one or a few links on the page you’re reading - and the status bar shows then hides then shows again… On/off, on/off, on/off… hundreds of times! It’s visually distracting.Ī bit of history: Google Chrome was the first browser to introduce this annoying “show/hide status bar” behavior and then many other browser vendors started adopting it as well. In my opinion, displaying and hiding the status bar based on context, is not ideal UX (user experience). Here’s the catch though - you can display the status bar in a few different ways:Ī) it can be either permanently on display at the bottom of the browser window (which was the default for all browsers only a few years back) ī) or, you can display and hide it based on context - which is the new default for most browsers, including Firefox. In one word: the status bar is something very, very useful! When a web page is loading (1), the status (2) bar may display brief glimpses about its loading progress. Or, when you mouse over a link on a page, the status bar will display the URL even before you click on the link. For example, while a web page is loading, the status bar may display brief glimpses about its loading progress.
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But there was this excellent little extension that could bring it back in just a click: install Status-4-Evar, and bingo, the status bar is back! :-)īut what’s a status bar, you may ask? Usually it’s a little ribbon near the bottom of the browser’s window which can display a variety of information whenever needed. To be fair, in Firefox 56 and earlier, the status bar was in a way missing too. One thing is missing though - OK, maybe not one, but one that highly annoys me: the status bar.Īnd I am not the only one - Google “predictive results” suggests that probably thousands of people search for the status bar in the latest Firefox release. It’s fast, secure, and it has great support for all the latest “bells and whistles” in HTML/CSS/JS. The new Mozilla Firefox Quantum is quite cool.
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