Add option to remove/replace the home Button in Firefox mobile Browser bar

[Ford_Prefect]

Add option to

• remove the home button (🏠) from the menu bar
• add functionality to the menu bar (e.g. browser add on menu, history, close browser, specific addon (e.g. screen reader), ...)

Why: This would allow users to fully customize and utilize the sparse mobile screen real estate. The current "home menu" does little for the proficient firefox mobile user, as it's provided functionality is practically useless and can be furthermore invoked via various other ways.

Firefox Mobile

[ffffff]

Remove, replace or add a toggle for the address bar/toolbar home button on mobile/android

I'm not against having something there, but I've never used or saw a need for the home button. Sadly, it feels like a waste of space. I'd rather be able to read more of the URL, or have an actually useful button there. For comparison, Vivaldi does something interesting: it has a sidebar-like button that opens a floating menu with easy and quick access to bookmarks, history, downloads, translator, and so on, all without having to "leave" the currently open webpage. Also, it has a separate home/start button you can toggle on and off in the settings.

This Idea is meant to serve a general interest gauge among FF users in doing something specifically about the home button.

Related idea: Customizeable toolbar on android.

[Jon]

Thanks for submitting an idea to the Mozilla Connect community! Your idea is now open to votes (aka kudos) and comments.

[ffffff]

I posted a similar idea a few days earlier, but it seems that hasn't been approved yet. @Jon probably should merge that into this one, or delete mine from the queue—I'm sorry, I can't find any delete button on my end.

I'm including what I posted since it seems relevant to the discussion.

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I'm not against having something there, but I've never used or saw a need for the home button. Sadly, it feels like a waste of space. I'd rather be able to read more of the URL, or have an actually useful button there. For comparison, Vivaldi does something interesting: it has a sidebar-like button that opens a floating menu with easy and quick access to bookmarks, history, downloads, translator, and so on, all without having to "leave" the currently open webpage. Also, it has a separate home/start button you can toggle on and off in the settings.

This Idea is meant to serve a general interest gauge among FF users in doing something specifically about the home button.

Related idea: Customizeable toolbar on android.

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[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[Jon]

@ffffff thanks for the tag and heads up! Not sure what happened with your post - but I was able to dig around and push it through.

[Psyche]

Add option to remove/replace the home Button in Firefox mobile Browser bar

Add option to remove the home button (🏠) from the menu bar add functionality to the menu bar (e.g. browser add on menu, history, close browser, specific addon (e.g. screen reader), ...) Why: This would allow users to fully customize and utilize the sparse mobile screen real estate. The current "home menu" does little for the proficient firefox mobile user, as it's provided functionality is practically useless and can be furthermore invoked via various other ways. Firefox Mobile Accessibility Add-ons Design Mobile Mobile-Android Tabs Toolbar

[apandya]

Hello, and thank you for sharing your feedback here on Connect! After our recent UI update to the toolbar and menu, we're excited to take the next step by exploring how we can make these new designs more customizable. We truly appreciate your patience and would love to hear your thoughts—please share your feedback through this link.

Thank you for helping us improve Firefox!
– The Firefox Team

[adior]

Definitely a good idea. And i agree with you all

[kuba-orlik]

Great idea - a home button feels like an outdated idea and I'd gladly just see more of the URL