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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

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Post by menotyou »

initplus wrote: post #142

I was an old school die-hard Firefox user back in the day, have since switched to chrome... I want Mozilla to succeed and fight the browser monoculture. I'm just not really sure what the "killer feature" to bring users back is? Chrome has kept their core UI relatively stable since forever. Meanwhile we are onto another big Firefox redesign where we make the tabs look different? Why follow UI trends (big spacing) that…

One killer feature which made me switch from FF to Vivaldi (but AFAIK available in Chrome as well) is the fast changing of profiles.

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

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Post by purplecats »

skavi wrote: post #9
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.

great points, thanks for sharing

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

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Post by _pgu »

inamiyar wrote: post #10

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 be…

At first i was underwhelmed by the new design. But as soon as i disabled the title bar and added the 'Breeze Duo' extension (i'm on KDE/Breeze) i was hooked. And concerning Pocket - i just removed the icon, works for me.

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

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Post by yosito »

foepys wrote: post #42
yosito wrote: post #28

Firefox doesn't need another UI refresh. It needs performance enhancements and bug fixes. I've been using Firefox as my primary browser for years, and I'm tired of feeling like I'm using second class software.

The people who are making the designs are not the same people who are fixing bugs and improve performance. If you replaced all UX designers with SWE you will gain development speed in the short term and end up with an outdated looking app after a few years.

> outdated looking app

I honestly don't care. The "outdated look" from 10 years ago looked just fine. My browser is not my outfit. I don't need a new style all the time. I need a reliable, performant, secure, open source browser. The UI can look exactly the same for 50 years, and I would be happy.

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

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Post by jiofih »

nindalf wrote: post #178
jiofih wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In what timeline would you take them seriously? Why would they stop complaining if nothing has changed? Your position is illogical, you’re simply refusing to even entertain the idea that they might have a point.

They have tree style tabs now, but still complain about its absence. What do you want from me here, haha.

This is about Pocket and the design choices made, not treetabs.
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