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Compact Your Menu Bar Even More in Firefox

hide-the-menu One add-on I keep adding on is Tiny Menu, due to the fact that I like to have a minimalist browsing experience.  However, I have found one extension that does an even better job than Tiny Menu at compacting the standard menu bar down to one small popup menu, Compact Menu 2.

The major benefits Compact Menu 2 has over Tiny Menu are:

  • An even smaller footprint (one small blue globe to access your regular menu bar items)
  • You can move it anywhere (Tiny Menu was locked to one location)

As far as customization goes, you can select the menus you want to see in the new popup  compact menu.  These are:  File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks, Tools, Help.  Each has a check mark beside it, so if you don’t want to see it - get rid of the check mark, and then save your settings.

One thing that might catch people off guard, is it doesn’t work right off the bat after you have installed it.  After installation, right-click on menu bar and choose “Customize…”, drag the “Menu” button or the “Compact Menu” icon to the position where you like on toolbar, then click Done.

Compact Menu 2 has earned it’s spot into my day to day use, so I give it two thumbs up.

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Comments and Feedback

LethAL said on November 13, 2008 (permalink)

Um, PersonalMenu has been around ages.

It can do all of this, and have a seperate menu for bookmarks and history.

You can even re-order the menu.

Mitch said on November 13, 2008 (permalink)

Very nice, never heard of it before - but thanks for the suggestion. :)

Here is a link (PersonalMenu) if anybody else wants to check it out:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3895

Mandar Deodhar said on November 13, 2008 (permalink)

hey .. this is really nice .. I switched from tiny menu to this new one :)

Chris said on November 13, 2008 (permalink)

Hide Menubar is even better i think!
It doesnt need an icon at all, as it shows the menu by pressing the alt-button.

ysamjo said on November 13, 2008 (permalink)

When it comes to screen optimizing, my personal favorite is Hide Menubar.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4762

Mitch Keeler said on November 14, 2008 (permalink)

Another nice choice! :)

Mark said on November 14, 2008 (permalink)

Thanks for the tip!

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