changed preferences in latest iceweasel

[musca]

Hello,

i just noticed that iceweasel changes the presentation of its "Preferences" in latest version 36 and it now comes as a modern website in the content area of the browser.

The structure just changes from horizontal tabs to vertical menu items - but i admit, i felt completely lost.

Though i will stay with the new about:preferences presentation, i still appreciate that users have choice to disable it.

So if you prefer the old settings dialog as floating window method:
- open  about:config,
- filter for preferences,
- toggle browser.preferences.inContent to "false".

greetings
musca

[der_bud]

Thanks for telling us how to revert to the look one is used to. Just fyi, the new iceweasel/firefox versions just changed the default of the said key to true. The key browser.preferences.inContent itselfs exists in earlier Versions (since ~31?), and manually setting it to true worked already (for those who like that). One benefit is that the settings dialog now is a tab beside all other open tabs, so you can leave it open while testing the impact of changed settings. The 'old' setting blocked the browser when opened.

[piper]

Thanks musca, even though I am used to the "new" way, it's still a great tip.

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