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Re: Firefox 78

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Post by matsemann »

satori99 wrote: post #107
noisy_boy wrote: post #92

I am a pretty ardent Firefox supporter and prefer it over Chrome but some of the issues are still jarring and really affect the user experience. E.g. this 10 year old bug which I still have to deal with multiple times every month where if you have couple of windows open with one having pinned tabs and close the other one first, the pinned tabs are not restored upon restart: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?i…

Oh wow, I hate this one so much. I try to avoid opening multiple FF windows because I always close the wrong one last.

Try restore the other windows with ctrl+shift+n

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by amazing_stories »

ProAm wrote: post #100
Yizahi wrote: post #3

Does it still have UglyBar from v77? Seems like that.

This new bar is why I stopped upgrading FF. with 76 you could change it with about:firefox options, then in 77 you had to use userChrome.css I got tired of trying to find a workaround for a piece of utility software. I shouldnt have to relearn functionality every minor release of a browser. I love FF, but Im sticking with 76 for the foreseeable future.

I agree, I got so aggravated I switched to Vivaldi. I went to school for UI/UX and in my opinion the MegaBar is bad, bad, bad.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

snide wrote: post #25

I recently tried to move to Firefox (again). I try to to this every couple years. I run into the same three blockers every time. 1. The omnibar completion isn't as good. Chrome figures out where I go pretty regularly, and autocompletes extremely well based upon habits. 2. The dev tools aren't as good. I mostly work in the frontend, and simple things like how you write css overwrites with tab completion is just not as…

> 3. I often run with lots of tabs. Although firefox lets you make tabs smaller, it's default method of "scrolling" tabs isn't as nice as chrome infinite method.

That rather sounds like you run with a medium amount of tabs. I have one browser session that literally has >900 tabs in it (I started pruning when it hit 1000); if Chrome even let me have that many tabs, the interface would no longer be usable.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by oblib »

My old Mac Mini is getting left behind here.

I dread the thought of buying a newer one but everyday it's getting closer to a necessity.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by recursive »

robotmay wrote: post #48
Yizahi wrote: post #3

Does it still have UglyBar from v77? Seems like that.

I hate the UglyBar so much. I've got a user style to fix it but my god, who thought it was a good idea? It's so much worse and it didn't need doing.

> It's so much worse and it didn't need doing.

It's subjective. I like it.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by amazing_stories »

tandr wrote: post #182
bzb3 wrote: post #6

Firefox 78 will be the new ESR. That unfortunately sets the new, ugly omnibar in stone.

https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx has some tweaks to make it less annoying.

Once I saw the only way to fix this terrible MegaBar was by modifying code that will break later I realized I was no longer the target demographic and switched browsers.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by mmphosis »

interfixus wrote: post #157

So ... "Close tabs to the right" and "Close other tabs" moved from top level context menu to submenu "Close Multiple Tabs". This is the kind of ungraceful UI degradation which would send me packing if there was anywhere else decent to go.

Wow. Right-click on a tab. I didn't even know that menu existed.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by lucb1e »

Anyone know what this means?

> We fixed bugs in the search results quality composition and improved search result texts based on recommendations by our partners.

It sounds like Firefox has its own search engine? Do they mean the browser history+bookmark search feature? Or the search query suggestions when you have third-party autocomplete turned on? What "partners" (this sounds very markety) is this about?

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by paulryanrogers »

pessimizer wrote: post #175
Santosh83 wrote: post #12

Great. Unlike many, I walk my talk and have always used Firefox since more than a decade with no exceptions. The very commonly given reason that DevTools are better in Chrome still doesn't stop one from using Firefox for all other general browsing. Unless we support alternatives we really shouldn't complain when they gradually die off in a space that is increasingly coming under the control of giant corporations with…

> Unless we support alternatives we really shouldn't complain when they gradually die off in a space that is increasingly coming under the control of giant corporations with bottomless pockets. The company behind Chrome also supports Firefox. And will continue to, for fear of their browser dominance being used against them within an antitrust action.

IIRC there was a time Yahoo bought search-default rights, for the US at least. So it's not guaranteed that Google will always have influence over Mozilla.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by Hemospectrum »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #191

My Firefox's About page says I'm running Firefox 77.0.1, and that my browser is up-to-date. Is it because I'm running OS X 10.9, and they're planning to migrate me to ESR but the ESR build isn't out yet or something? Because I'm on 10.9, and I know my system is vulnerable, I always try to update to the latest release very quickly.

According to IRC rumors, automatic updates are delayed for a bit after the release is announced. Not sure if this is due to CDN replication or some other issue. At any rate, you can get the update faster by downloading and installing it manually.
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