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Does anyone happen to know how to change the tab view on firefox android from "grid" to "list" without using the UI meant for that?

Is it buried in about:config somewhere? I can't find it. When I try "tab settings" where it's supposed to be controlled, the browser just crashes.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Okay I hate the "grid view" so much that I actually figured it out. You have to add "pref_key_tab_view_grid" in fenix_preferences.xml and set it to false.

Between that and realizing that you can configure it to show visited links in a different colour like normal, Ironfox is my new favourite android browser. Maybe the only acceptable one I've found. The tab settings thing not working is not unique to it, so I suppose its authors are probably not to blame.