Downloading IE because Firefox is messed up...multiple issues (1) browser window missing = no window to input address data. (2) No back or forward arrow buttons (3) tabbed browsing not working

absolutely frustrated since Friday
THERE is NO DATA in the help files for this:
I CANNOT navigate the WWW with these parts of FireFox missing.
1) backwards and forwards arrows are missing
2) The Tabbed browsing is not working
when I click on tabbed browsing I get a blank screen and because the browser window is missing I cannot type in an address or any other data.

Pressing "F11" will toggle Full Screen mode on/off in most browsers. In Full Screen mode you will not display toolbars.
* [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/keyboard.htm Firefox and other Browser Keyboard Shortcuts (Comparison Table)]
Location bar in Firefox or Address Bar in any other browser is where you type in a url address, it is on the Navigation bar and it is not a window.
If you are missing toolbars and are not in Full Screen mode,
* "Alt" > Toolbars > ...check mark menu bar or other toolbar
If you have your toolbars but are missing parts of thyem use "cutomization".
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customization_-_Firefox
* https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/how-do-i-customize-toolbars
You can make '''Firefox 8.0.1''' look like Firefox 3.6.*, see numbered '''items 1-10''' in the following topic [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#fx4interface Fix Firefox 4.0 toolbar user interface, problems (Make Firefox 4.0 thru 9.0, look like 3.6)]. ''Whether or not you make changes, you should be aware of what has changed and what you have to do to use changed or missing features.''
* http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#fx4interface
<p>There is a lot more beyond those first 10 steps listed, if you want to make Firefox more functional.</p>
<p><small>Please mark "Solved" one answer that will best help others with a similar problem -- hope this was it.</small></p>

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