topic Re: Why get rid of bookmarks button??? in Discussions

Why get rid of bookmarks button???

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:57:55 GMT

to open a bookmark it was 1. open bookmarks 2. open the site.
Now its 1. open sidebar 2. open bookmarks 3. open the site. why does adding the side bar got rid of a simple button that just opens the bookmarks...

Re: Why get rid of bookmarks button???

WanderingOwl — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:36:23 GMT

Just came here to say the same thing! And if I’m not mistaken, this isn’t the first time they’ve removed the bookmark button. It’s like they have a personal vendetta against it 😄

Re: Why get rid of bookmarks button???

siffemcon — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 03:00:01 GMT

Answered at https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1jpy23a/comment/ml3pebu/.

Re: Why get rid of bookmarks button???

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 03:12:11 GMT

Thanks a lot! I could've sworn I tried that, but I guess not 😄

Re: Why get rid of bookmarks button???

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:08:33 GMT

Just in case that reddit link is dead, solution was:

Go to FF menu > Settings > search for sidebar > disable 'Show sidebar'.

Re: Why get rid of bookmarks button???

RBS — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 22:40:00 GMT

I'm dropping firefox and going to BRAVE! You **bleep**ing assholes. You **bleep**ed me over 3 times now with bookmarks being deleted. I'm DONE! You piles of 💩

Re: Why get rid of bookmarks button???

NMurugesan — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:13:27 GMT

Short cut which I used to use for more years when using firefox.exe:

To disable:

Alt v t b n

To enable:

Alt v t b a

Also I used to use:

C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\distribution\policies.json

murugesan_openssl@127.0.0.1 /cygdrive/c/Users/murugesan_openssl/AppData [ 0 ]
$ find $PWD -name policies.json
/cygdrive/c/Users/murugesan_openssl/AppData/Local/Mozilla/Firefox/distribution/policies.json
/cygdrive/c/Users/murugesan_openssl/AppData/Local/MozillaFirefox/distribution/policies.json
murugesan_openssl@127.0.0.1 /cygdrive/c/Users/murugesan_openssl/AppData [ 0 ]
$

{
            "policies": {
                       "AppUpdateURL": "http://127.0.0.1/",
                       "DisableAppUpdate": true,
                       "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,
                       "DisableSystemAddonUpdate": true,
                       "DisableTelemetry": true,
                       "ExtensionUpdate": false
            }
}

Delete mozilla firefox maintenance service using services.msc

Murugesan@127.0.0.1 /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2/MOZILL~1 [ 0 ]
$ find ./ -name "*.exe*"
./maintenanceservice.exe.gz
./maintenanceservice_tmp.exe.gz
./Uninstall.exe.gz
Murugesan@127.0.0.1 /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2/MOZILL~1 [ 0 ]
$

Using appwiz.cpl I am having only:

Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) alone without any maintenance service for years.

Re: Why get rid of bookmarks button???

n8leon — Sat, 10 May 2025 00:45:39 GMT

On top of that, when you do find Bookmarks under the "hamburger" menu, it is only Recent Bookmarks and "Other Bookmarks" on the toolbar is some random subset. Now you're just trying to annoy your users. Seriously, people hate, Hate, HATE!!! it when UI folks move stuff around.

Please fire on-the-spot any PM who says "fresh new look"

I've verified 'Show sidebar' was already disabled in Settings, but I'm not clear on what is supposed to happen then? I'm guessing the old Bookmarks button does *not* magically re-appear?

Sigh, I hate Firefox 10% more today, thanks for wasting my time

Re: Why get rid of bookmarks button???

siffemcon — Sat, 10 May 2025 01:18:39 GMT

No, it does not magically re-appear; you open it with FF menu bar > View > Sidebar > Bookmarks

(If you don't see the menu bar on top, press the ALT key.)

Or you could just press ctrl-b.