[kwlug-disc] Firefox 106 "View" tab?

Doug Moen doug at moens.org
Wed Oct 12 12:13:38 EDT 2022


I suggest going to `about:config` and searching for config items containing "FirefoxView" and "firefox-view". You can probably find a switch for disabling the feature. I am not running Firefox 106 yet.

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022, at 11:31 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> I upgraded today to Firefox 106 (on Xubuntu), and there is an annoying feature. 
> 
> It is a persistent tab in every browser window, called "Firefox View".
> It is like a pinned tab, but you cannot close it. 
> One feature is "Tab Pickup" for switching tabs to other devices, but it wants you to sign up for an account. 
> I am not interested in that, but can't close that "View".
> 
> I searched on "Firefox 106" and "Firefox View" and found nothing. 
> 
> Anyone see the issue, or better yet knows how to solve it?
> 
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> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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