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They could ask.
And receive answers like, "A faster horse."
Better than keep removing features and reasons to use Firefox from some of their loyalest users, even if they are a minority. User retention seems Mozilla's largest issue at the moment now they're down under 10%.
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arrrr... what they don't realize when they review their telemetry data is that most people that use this feature have turned off sharing telemetry data. Combine that with the fact that they haven't advertised the feature in the past decade and it leads to devs thinking nobody uses it.
The usage stats from telemetry showed a 0.01% usage rate. Even if 99% of people that used the Live Bookmarks feature disabled telemetry that implies that 99% of Firefox users did not use the feature.
They removed the visibility years ago, then progressive updates made them ever less visible, including hiding then removing RSS notification. Once the first step was taken, the route to removal was set, including the telemetry figures.
If they were as visible as pocket, perhaps as visible as pocket stories on new tabs, usage would be hugely higher.
I really wish they would implement tab stacking, that is the feature that I really miss from the old Opera, here is a video of how it looks in case you don't know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWpJvg8icmM I've tried to find an extension for FF that does this, but so far I was unable to find one.
Have you tried out TreeStyle Tabs? It has all of the stacking features I saw in that video, but doesn't have the preview features (maybe you can use it alongside another extension that provides that). https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...
While I love the tool, it definitely has some rough edges with integration.
It has the same problem Firefox Multi-Account Containers has: Trying to change internal UI for an internal feature by using an addon simply isn't practical (yet).
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I am pretty sure that changing it would be a bad idea if you care about your privacy.
Why? Is there even a way to test whether this is enabled?
There's always been a look & feel problem for me with Firefox...something that seemed to be solved right out of the box with Chrome. I've not been able to put my finger on it, but I think this kind of small user-convenience stuff is part of it. It's not "features" per se, but more the feel of how the application works. It reminds me of old platform video games before Super Mario Bros. (and for a while after) Superfic…
Other places that could use some revamp are manage bookmarks dialog.
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!hn for hacker news, !gi for google images and !wt for wiktionary.
Thanks for these. I always want to search in hn specifically. This will be so helpful.
There's always been a look & feel problem for me with Firefox...something that seemed to be solved right out of the box with Chrome. I've not been able to put my finger on it, but I think this kind of small user-convenience stuff is part of it. It's not "features" per se, but more the feel of how the application works. It reminds me of old platform video games before Super Mario Bros. (and for a while after) Superfic…
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Have you tried out TreeStyle Tabs? It has all of the stacking features I saw in that video, but doesn't have the preview features (maybe you can use it alongside another extension that provides that). https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...
I've been using TreeStyle tabs for a few months now. While I love the tool, it definitely has some rough edges with integration. It has the same problem Firefox Multi-Account Containers has: Trying to change internal UI for an internal feature by using an addon simply isn't practical (yet).
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It's called usability through famiarity. Customising UI elements is a usability antipattern. Per [1], predictability and familiarity are key in creating usable interfaces. Making things look nice "because you can" doesn't necessarily mean you should. > When designing your interface, try to be consistent and predictable in your choice of interface elements. Whether they are aware of it or not, users have become famili…
Just curious: does this principal apply only to scrollbars or should sites not be able to change the appearance of other controls -- like buttons, for example?
Sadly the world has gone the other way and basically ditched the whole concept of native widgets and consistent look and feel.