I was sceptical but this actually looks fresh and makes my visual system relax into the simplicity. Yay for going forwars bravely.
Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
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Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
#12Their video on the front page contradicts itself. They highlight the UI coded by "user interaction" and no surprise, the Pocket button in the URL bar has tiny usage. And yet, in the new design? It's bigger and more prominent. And they try to say this is data-driven in the voice-over.
Now, yet again, I'll have to just pin Firefox and stop updating it everywhere for a few months until the inevitable "undo all these changes" plugins are ready.
Update: Just tried the new design. As expected, the new tabs take up substantial vertical space and even compact mode (now hidden behind about:config) barely helps. Time for more userChrome.css...
Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
#13Wasn't there a big redesign just recently?
Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
#14Every announcement makes me happier that I disabled auto updates several versions ago
I have been hearing people saying this for over a decade now...
Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
#15The UI heatmap shows that nobody clicks Pocket, but the video highlights that pocket is "refreshed" and is part of the new design. Dear Firefox, that's not how things work.
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#16I 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...)
I disliked the new tabs at first but after a few weeks I'm totally used to them.
Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
#17Ah 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.
> we have no money
Daddy Google need to keep them alive to avoid a lawsuit, so free money is guaranteed to keep coming.
Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
#18Ah 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.
Back in the early days of Chrome, I definitely feel that a lot of people switched and continued using it because it looked and felt better.
Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
#19I 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...)
Those spacers on both sides of the address bar made absolutely no sense, I agree.
But there's some logic to the growth of empty space everywhere. Even laptops have touchscreens these days. Click targets need to be bigger because fingers are fatter than mouse pointers. I just wish they'd keep around a compact option for non-touch devices, but unfortunately another recent trend is to get rid of user-configurable options.
Re: Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
#20I 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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