Smaller back button and thinner address bar in Firefox 30

Question

I'm using the latest stable Firefox 30.0. I'm bothered by the big round Back button and the wide address bar that goes with it.

I would like it to change it to a lean Back button (just a rectangle) and a thin address bar.

The usual advice is to right-click the toolbar, click Customize and enable "Use small icons". But Firefox redesigned the browser customization recently and the new look doesn't have this option.

I'm open to installing add-ons to solve this, but a browser-only solution gets priority.

Note: I'm not looking for rectangular tabs.

Clarification:
My main intention in asking this was to reclaim the wasted space from the wide address bar. I like the Australis look, and I don't mind having it (with the round Back button). For this reason, I picked Australis Small Icons over the Classic Theme Restorer.

Solution 1

Well, I don't know of any browser-only solution. I guess there's none like that.

So, I will advise you to install an add-on like the Classic Theme Restorer or Australis Small Icons. You will get the small icons and the thin bar.

If you want to get back the rectangle tab (not Australis, like before), choose the Classic Theme Restorer add-on.

Solution 2

1. Install Classic Toolbar Buttons.
2. Enable small buttons in addon settings.

Comments

[ADTC]

Neither add-ons seem to change the round Back button to a rectangular one that takes up less space. I don't want rectangular tabs. Thanks though. PS: Don't use code blocks for non-code content. Please use italics, quote marks, etc.

[ADTC]

FWIW, I tried the Australis Small Icons add-on and I'm happy that the tab bar and address bar are now taking up 24% less space. The Back button is still round, but it's not so bad. Thanks! :)

[Falco]

24% exactly... like you measured it in pixels??? o_O

[ADTC]

Well, not exactly. How does 23.94366197183099% sound to you? :D Yes, measured in pixels. Original: 71 pixels wide. After enabling add-on: 54 pixels wide.

[Doktoro Reichard]

To expand on my previous comment: Classic Theme Restorer has an option called "Movable back-forward button". When activated, it restores the square-ish buttons.

[ADTC]

Thanks @Doktoro for pointing it out. But I'm growing to like the look of Australis with Australis Small Icons. Although I mentioned I want a squarish Back button, my main intention was to reclaim the wasted space. The add-on I picked does this very well, and therefore I don't mind the Back button still being round (but I'm glad it's smaller).

[Wagner_SOFC]

I'm glad to heard that :) and thanks for the advice and fix. At the moment, I didn't know how formatting my message. I'm not very familiar with that... Also for the button, I wasn't totally sure to understand that you will. Anyway, if you really wanted it back, I think you should looking for something like the Classic Toolbar Buttons add-on.

[YH Wu]

A little more detail to Greg's solution. It is Preference --> General UI --> Mode --> Show icons only. Thanks Greg!