Mozilla has released Firefox 57 with Quantum browser engine, Photon UI with Squared tabs, unified address and search bar, WebExtensions, Tracking Protection functionality and the new New Tab Page.
The redesigned New Tab Page in Firefox Quantum displays Top Sites thumbnails, the Search bar, Highlights and Snippets. Are you missing something? Yes! The ‘Pocket Recommendations’, they’re currently available to users located in the United States, Canada and Germany only.
Firefox 57 : Get the old New Tab Page back
Mozilla integrates Pocket into Firefox Activity Stream
Without need to wait for Mozilla to roll out the Pocket Recommended stories to your Firefox new tab, you can get them right now, here is how.
Enable Pocket Recommend Stories for New Tab Page in Firefox 57
1. Visit about:config
2. Search for ‘topsites’ and change browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.topsites preference value to true.
To disable ‘Recommended by Pocket’ section on New Tab in Firefox Quantum, you need to change the above preference value to false.
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Fantastic! Thanks so much for this helpful tip! I’m an American living in Europe, and it’s only been a few days but I was definitely missing those stories… :)
Glad that you got pocket recommended stories finally.