Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul • Hacker News Board

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by ksec » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:42 AM UTC

Well, Great, how about more snappy and perf bugs land on 25 as well. Still waiting for SuperSnappy or e10s, or the new Necko work.

Firefox is slow ( Comparatively ) , I hate opening Chrome from time to time keeps reminding me how fast Chrome is ( Although that have gotten slower in recent release ).

Edit: And God they drop the Firefox Menu Button! Do they have to copy chrome on every god damn thing? What the heck is happening with Opera and Firefox UI design team?

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by saratogacx » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:45 AM UTC

loupeabody wrote: post #8

Here are some very detailed mockups(?) on major platforms whose links are kind of tucked into the parent link: Linux: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows 7: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows XP: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... OSX: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... I personally think…

Why does it seem like everyone is moving to those curved tabs? They've always seemed like a waste of space and the overlapping bits make for an inconsistent tab UI.

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by Taylorious » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:49 AM UTC

Hi I'm Firefox and I'm trying to be just like Chrome. Maybe if I try hard enough I will eventually be indistinguishable from Chrome and then I can just give up and let Google push me out of the browser scene entirely.

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by spindritf » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:51 AM UTC

loupeabody wrote: post #8

Here are some very detailed mockups(?) on major platforms whose links are kind of tucked into the parent link: Linux: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows 7: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows XP: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... OSX: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... I personally think…

> I haven't really been using Firefox all that much mainly due to how busy the interface is

Firefox UI is as busy as you make it[1]. It's very customizable without much effort. Not that it couldn't use a refresh but I quite like it the way it is.

EDIT: The commenters below get it right. Tree Style Tab[2] add-on is responsible for the tabs and you can remove the clutter by right-clicking the refresh button for example, choosing "customize..." from the context menu and just dragging all the unused stuff away into the box (a window that will appear). Toolbars can be hidden from View → Toolbars. Enabling integration with Ubuntu also thins it a bit.

[1] http://i.imgur.com/zdIy63Q.png

[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by imalolz » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:54 AM UTC

loupeabody wrote: post #8

Here are some very detailed mockups(?) on major platforms whose links are kind of tucked into the parent link: Linux: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows 7: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows XP: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... OSX: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... I personally think…

I love firefox and use it daily on all platforms. What bothers me a bit (just a bit) about the design is that only on linux the menu bar row sticks out [1], while on Windows or Mac they were able to collapse it or hide it quite well. I suppose this is due to the GUI implementation constraints on the platform, but it is still very noticable when I switch from my mac to ubuntu.

[1]: http://i.imgur.com/qDUuOXH.png

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by srijan4 » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:56 AM UTC

spindritf wrote: post #14

loupeabody wrote: post #8

Here are some very detailed mockups(?) on major platforms whose links are kind of tucked into the parent link: Linux: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows 7: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows XP: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... OSX: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... I personally think…

> I haven't really been using Firefox all that much mainly due to how busy the interface is Firefox UI is as busy as you make it[1]. It's very customizable without much effort. Not that it couldn't use a refresh but I quite like it the way it is. EDIT: The commenters below get it right. Tree Style Tab[2] add-on is responsible for the tabs and you can remove the clutter by right-clicking the refresh button for example…

What are you using for those side tabs?

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by imalolz » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:58 AM UTC

spindritf wrote: post #14

loupeabody wrote: post #8

Here are some very detailed mockups(?) on major platforms whose links are kind of tucked into the parent link: Linux: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows 7: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... Windows XP: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... OSX: http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/australis-design... I personally think…

> I haven't really been using Firefox all that much mainly due to how busy the interface is Firefox UI is as busy as you make it[1]. It's very customizable without much effort. Not that it couldn't use a refresh but I quite like it the way it is. EDIT: The commenters below get it right. Tree Style Tab[2] add-on is responsible for the tabs and you can remove the clutter by right-clicking the refresh button for example…

Just saw your post after posting myself. Please share how you got rid of some of the clutter.

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by jasondenizac » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 4:01 AM UTC

You can download the UX nightly for all platforms at http://people.mozilla.org/~jwein/ux-nightly/

I'm using it now as my primary browser.

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by BoppreH » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 4:01 AM UTC

Whenever I download a new browser, the first thing I do is remove as much UI as possible. This saves space, removes clutter and generally makes it more robust.

My Firefox currently looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/93yRvie.png?1

A browser is the software I use most often, every UI change has great impact. Can't wait to see what they are bringing.

Re: Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

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Post by jasondenizac » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 4:01 AM UTC

imalolz wrote: post #17

spindritf wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I haven't really been using Firefox all that much mainly due to how busy the interface is Firefox UI is as busy as you make it[1]. It's very customizable without much effort. Not that it couldn't use a refresh but I quite like it the way it is. EDIT: The commenters below get it right. Tree Style Tab[2] add-on is responsible for the tabs and you can remove the clutter by right-clicking the refresh button for example…

Just saw your post after posting myself. Please share how you got rid of some of the clutter.

Menu > Customize. This puts the chrome in "edit" mode where you can add and remove UI elements.