Quantumbar: we tested the new megabar coming to Firefox
The web browsers that most of us use today are programs that we have been open for most of the day. Whether through Firefox or Google Chrome , they give us access to the Internet, hence the importance they have today.
That's why their developers keep working on it and releasing new updates. In this way, they get safer and more stable software with an interface that is as comfortable as possible to use. This is what happens, for example, with Mozilla's proposal, Firefox , which keeps growing to take on Chrome.
Indeed, the firm offers users a trial version of its browser, the Nightly version, so that we can test all the new features being launched. This is the case we are going to talk about in these lines. And for the moment, Mozilla just activated a new design for the address bar in Firefox Nightly aforementioned . Let's say that the address bar is one of the most used elements of browsers, hence its importance.
How to activate the new address bar, the Quantumbar
Once in the program, we go to the page of test in visiting "about: config" and looking for the "browser.urlbar.megabar" flag. Next, we will need to change the state of this entry to True in order to activate the new functionality. For the changes to take effect we need to restart the browser and now we can use the Quantumbar.
Well, the new bar that we are referring to in this case, has been called by the company the Megabar, or also known as the Quantumbar . Internally it has been redesigned based on web technologies such as HTML , JS and CSS .
Here is the news of Quantumbar, the new Firefox address bar
Among the aesthetic novelties it presents, we will say that it no longer occupies the entire width of the toolbar of the Sailor when searching. Likewise, this new bar is also characterized as it tries to capture our attention by showing suggestions as we type in the terms of research or we move the cursor from the Souris on this new element.
It should be noted that the company has been working on a new address bar design for some time. Therefore, the new Quantumbar is an important evolution in terms of design and functionality in Firefox. It is also important to know that with the new bar now integrated into Nightly , the firm uses a new architecture. With all of this, the goal is to provide a better search experience for users, which is always appreciated.
Indeed, this research is one of the actions that we carry out most often with these programs, hence the work that has been done in Quantumbar. Therefore, if you want to start using this renewed bar right away, we will show you how to do it. Of course, at the moment we can only enable it in Firefox Nightly, especially in its latest updated version.
