Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1

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Post by abdullahdiaa » Tue, May 25, 2021, 4:32 AM UTC

Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
blog.mozilla.org

Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1

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Post by purplecats » Tue, May 25, 2021, 5:10 AM UTC

not sure i like the complete separation of the tabs from the rest of the browser. makes it seem disconnected and thus uncorrelated which tab corresponds to what is being rendered.

Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1

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Post by BallCramp » Tue, May 25, 2021, 5:12 AM UTC

All I heard was "We're going to break your plugins again, because reasons".

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Post by jchw » Tue, May 25, 2021, 5:13 AM UTC

I wasn't a huge fan of most of the UI refreshes lately in both Chrome and Firefox, but this is definitely the least welcome so far. I do not really expect these tabs to grow on me.

(Also, it obviously looks fine, but I really dislike the new trend of adding a bunch of empty space for no real reason other than aesthetics. The first thing I do in Firefox right now is remove the spacers next to the address bar...)

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Post by wumpus » Tue, May 25, 2021, 5:13 AM UTC

Needs a "video" label, there's no content without the video.

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Post by dual_dingo » Tue, May 25, 2021, 5:14 AM UTC

Ah yes, we have no money so let's invest a ton of work into something that will do nothing to bring in new or lost users, but, given our track record, has the potential to alienate even more of our ever fewer remaining users.

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Post by Minor49er » Tue, May 25, 2021, 5:16 AM UTC

Every announcement makes me happier that I disabled auto updates several versions ago

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Post by nik736 » Tue, May 25, 2021, 5:16 AM UTC

Been using it for quite a while with the Developer Edition and I have to say while the tabs looked weird at first I absolutely love the new look now!

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Post by skavi » Tue, May 25, 2021, 5:17 AM UTC

purplecats wrote: post #2

not sure i like the complete separation of the tabs from the rest of the browser. makes it seem disconnected and thus uncorrelated which tab corresponds to what is being rendered.

To me it still seems fairly clear which tab is being focused since it's the only one outlined.

I think separating the tab into its own bubble may pave the way for more interesting UI in the future. These bubbles could be stacked or displayed vertically while remaining aesthetically consistent.

These tabs also seem to more clearly communicate that they can be dragged around.

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Post by inamiyar » Tue, May 25, 2021, 5:17 AM UTC

I'm pretty excited about this. In general it looks fine, but I really gotta ask - why do browsers always redesign tabs? They don't change in functionality for the most part and yet they always get refreshed. Regardless, excited to try the new design, hopefully they really have streamlined it. I personally find the firefox menu navigation a bit weird and hard to...well navigate through so that's what I'm hoping has been cleaned up.