..as I've always clicked on the "home page" icon (the little house)... But you are correct, the rotating circle of dots in the upper right corner does NOT take you to your home page on FF 2.0.. The circle only acts as a "I'm busy" notification when the browser is loading a page..much like the "waving flag" on Internet Explorer 6 SP2.
Hope thishelps.
Grif
just installed...windows xp home broadband connection
you know the little circle above the search bar on the upper right side of the header? Well, in 1.5 I could click it and go directly to firefox/mozilla page..now it will not click at all..is anyone else finding that? I know I can click on the house and go there but I had always used the circle before...

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