New tab now a grid

Another curious change in v29: when I open a new tab, I see a 3 by 3 grid of lightly dashed rectangles. It isn't an inconvenience, I suppose, but what's that about?

''jhaber3 wrote:''
I'm attaching a screen shot
I see what you mean now. I suppose the idea was to further emphasize that the blank tiles are just placeholders and you can drag stuff on top of them.
If you find the dashed borders very bothersome, you can get rid of them with a user style.
# Install Stylish and restart Firefox when prompted.
#* https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/stylish/
# Click the ≡ Menu Button and choose Add-ons.
# In the Add-ons Manager, click User Styles on the left.
# Click the Write New Style button at the top. Paste the following in the text box, give the style a name, then click the Save button.
<pre><nowiki>
@-moz-document url("about:newtab") {
.newtab-cell { border-style: solid !important; }
</nowiki></pre>
If you don't want to install an add-on, you can use the ''userContent.css'' file instead, but I don't recommend it.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserContent.css

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