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On Google, this is what the Mozilla Update article shows on update 134 Changes:
Is this what the 134 update changes the Firefox main homepage to? I’m hoping this only applies to Tabs or is able to be disabled! Holding off updating because of this.
I’m on FF134 and this is my Home page. I only have two rows of links activated. The weather widget in the upper left is optional if you don’t want it, you can hide it.
What’s on my home page is what I chose to be on my home page (in Settings).
This is what my Home page (with Askwoody site up) looks like on 133.0.3:
What happened to the arrows on the left, the Reload circle, the homepage house, the hamburger, the space for the ublock origin icon, etc.?
You can customise the homepage to what you want, by selecting the ‘Gear cog’ in the top right of the screenshot provided.
As for the arrows, if you right click on the home button, you can still ‘Customise Toolbar’ layout to your preference by adding/ removing or moving tools around in the menubar.
I didn’t shoot the menubar. It’s above the screenshot.
Right click hamburger on right -> More Options -> Customize Menubar
Drag and drop the stuff where you want it
At the bottom – menubar checked
I have my opening homepage as about:addons in order to manually check for extension updates before I start browsing. That screenshot should be ignored as it represents mozilla’s choice of view. The menubar and toolbar as you know it, is still there. IOW muchadoaboutnothing
My current FF menubar on linux and windows with dropdown bookmarks within folders and subfolders along the wider edge of the screen display, keeping the interface slim and unobtrusive.
You may have noticed, or not, no colorful site icons just wireframe, there’s a good reason for that..
browser.chrome.site_icons
is set to FALSE within about config thus boosting bookmark responsiveness when there a lots and lots of site bookmarks 
Think of it as a firefox navigational performance tweak.
My current FF menubar on linux and windows with dropdown bookmarks within folders and subfolders along the wider edge of the scren display, keeping the interface slim and unobtrusive.
I have one dropdown folder (with subfolders) that does not show up on the android version of FF on my cell phone. Yet, if I search for a shortcut, it shows up.
As I was typing this, I just figured out the problem. I had not named the folder. Once I entered any character, the folders all showed up on my cell.
FWIW: I updated last night to FF 134.0 on my daily driver (Mint 20.3 Cinnamon) and it looks almost the same as before (133.0.3). I’ve got the arrows on the left, the reload circle, the menu bar, and the hamburger. I don’t have the home page house icon, but then I never did as I don’t have a spcified homepage. The major difference is that the FF icon is now in the upper left and the local weather icon is in the upper right – just the reverse of what it used to be.
Frankly, I don’t get why FF is making a big deal out of it; IMHO the changes are trivial.
I use Firefox Home (Default) and dislike the stuff that Mozilla places on its default home page. For years I have unchecked each and every item in my settings for Firefox Home Content. So far, after updating to FF 134.0 the homepage has remained clean and uncluttered.
For years I have unchecked each and every item in my settings for Firefox Home Content.
Here is what Firefox looks like when I start it. Totally blank. 
Yeah, that’s what I have too, a blank screen. I do let the “File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help” stay up at the top left hand. I’ve just gotten accustomed to having them there and using them.
Help -> about Firefox
What version does it say you are on. Still 133.0.3 or did you get 134 and not realize it? 
I’m on 134 and have had no problems.
I’m still on 133.0.3 My settings are to check for updates but let me choose when to install them … ie no auto updating. Last week I was getting notifications that 134 was available. When I went to update this morning, it’s now telling me I’m up to date with 133.0.3 via ‘about’ and in the settings ‘general’ with the smiley face
I’m wondering if Mozilla paused the auto updating due to potential bugs as there are various posts of issues on reddit. I could probably force install 134, but I’m in no rush. I just wanted to make sure my updating isn’t broken on my Firefox
Firefox version 134.0.1 just came out Tuesday January 14:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/134.0.1/releasenotes/
update to this “point one” release if having some issues with youtube or google docs
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