Are you tired of waiting for the official activation of Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Firefox?

See how easy it is to enable them now with a simple about:config hack.

When hovering over the Firefox Icon in the Taskbar, you only see the one thumbnail.

Enable Thumbnail Previews for Firefox in Windows 7 Taskbar

There are two things in particular to notice here: 1.)

The Tab Bar for Firefox is displayed with all four tabs visible in the Thumbnail Preview 2.)

bang out about:config in the Address Bar and press Enter.

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Unless you have previously disabled the warning you will see this message after pressing Enter.

tap on the I promise!

Button to finish entering the options.

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Both work equally well…choose the method that you like best.

After restarting Firefox on our system the Thumbnail Previews were definitely looking very nice.

Notice that the Tab Bar is no longer displayed in the Thumbnail Previews.

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The Taskbar Icon also had a “fanned edge” indicating that multiple tabs were open.

For more great Firefox 3.6.x about:config hacks read our articlehere.

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