[Tip] Disable Download Notification Animation in Mozilla Firefox

Recently we told you how to make Mozilla Firefox faster by disabling unnecessary UI animations such as stop/reload button animation, tab opening/closing animation, etc.

[Tip] Make Mozilla Firefox Faster by Disabling UI Animations

In above mentioned tutorial, we also told you that in newer Firefox versions, now a single preference “toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled” controls almost all animations and effects. But there is still an animation left which is not disabled by this preference.

This animation is shown when a download completes and the download button in the toolbar shows a notification. Following image shows the animation in action:

This animation can also be disabled using the same Firefox’s hidden secret advanced configuration “about:config” page.

If you also want to disable this notification animation, following steps will help you:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and type about:config in the addressbar and press Enter. It’ll show you a warning message, click on “I accept the risk!” button.

2. Now type animate in Search filter box and it’ll show following preference in the window:

3. Double-click on browser.download.animateNotifications preference and it’ll change its value to false. Alternatively, you can right-click on the preference and select Toggle option.

That’s it. It’ll immediately disable the animation effect which is used by Firefox to notify about a download complete. Now you should notice more improvements in Firefox performance.

NOTE: If you always want to show the missing “Downloads” button in Firefox toolbar, following tutorial will help you:

[Tip] Restore Missing “Downloads” Button on Firefox Toolbar