Quick Tips: Get the old address bar in Firefox 3 Video

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Quick Tips: Get the old address bar in Firefox 3
Created: 06/19/2008
Video description: If you don't like Firefox's new 'awesome bar,' here's how to get back the address bar you love.

Quick Tips: Get the old address bar in Firefox 3 Video Transcript

Don't love the new "Awesome Bar" in Firefox 3? Come on it's aweeeeesoooooome! It knows your history and your bookmarks and it's soooo pretty. OK, fine, I'm Tom Merritt from CNET TV and here's a quick tip to get the old Firefox 2 address bar back in Firefox 3. Go to addons.mozilla.org and get the oldbar 1.2 add-on. Add it to Firefox. Close the browser and restart. You should see the address bar you've come to know and love. If you ever get the urge to live in the present again, just turn the add-on off and your awesome bar shall return. That's it for this quick tip, I'm Tom Merritt. CNET.com.

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