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Re: Firefox 91

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Post by BuckRogers »

djkoolaide wrote: post #112
asddubs wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm still rocking that search bar, i love it as a little store for notes or if I need to copy/paste two things over and over

Just make sure to disable search suggestions, or Google gets a peek at your "corner clipboard" all the time.

That isn't true if you set your default engine to DDG or Startpage though! Would be quite the dystopian agreement between Google and Mozilla if so.

I use it for notes too, and being able to update and resubmit my last search easily. And it's probably the core reason why I can't leave Firefox. The tab sync/send is just better too.

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by kbelder »

svnpenn wrote: post #51

Id like to note that Android Firefox has explicitly disabled support for installing custom add-ons [1], while they try to force developers into registering on AMO. 1. https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/20647

Wow. That should be bigger news.

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by misterdata »

nguyenkien wrote: post #74
Renaud wrote: post #55

I'm always glad when I see Firefox churning along a new version. My overwhelming feeling is one of gratitude to the devs and people working on Firefox. It's the last bastion of Browser independence with super-high customizability. I also tend to use Edge over Chrome now. MS has done a pretty good job of making that a nice experience, BUT they are also pushing some less palatable ones. For instance, t used to be simpl…

"Try that on Edge now. It's basically impossible from the settings." Not that hard: https://imgur.com/a/yVBOnjY clean new tab page: https://imgur.com/a/YdLyWrt

This only shows about:blank in the first windows opened (after starting Edge) but still gives me the "new tab page" with the Microsoft search bar on it for each window and tab opened subsequently (with no way I know of to set this to about:blank...)

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by wintermutestwin »

yNeolh wrote: post #120
Renaud wrote: post #55

I'm always glad when I see Firefox churning along a new version. My overwhelming feeling is one of gratitude to the devs and people working on Firefox. It's the last bastion of Browser independence with super-high customizability. I also tend to use Edge over Chrome now. MS has done a pretty good job of making that a nice experience, BUT they are also pushing some less palatable ones. For instance, t used to be simpl…

What I don't like about Firefox is the fact that it will load all the tabs and windows you had opened before shuting down the computer and there is not a clean way to make it stop. When I finish my day, I like to shutdown the computer and go to sleep or whatever and every day when I open Firefox, all the windows will reopen and I need to close it and re-start... I just want to be able to disable this behaviour from t…

This doesn't directly address your problem, but I use the Total Suspender extension and it keep all the tabs from reloading when FF starts up.

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by doubled112 »

FiveOhThree wrote: post #131
jamienicol wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Equally a lot of users are happy with it. Should those users have been disregarded instead?

It's a good way to further push away a chunk of your userbase. They're moving towards a touch-friendly UI, but a lot of us just want a compact desktop app that doesn't waste screen space with excessive padding. The proper solution to this would be to have different modes if this is so critical. To their credit they did put in a "compact" mode after beta, but this is explicitly "unsupported" and even then still has mo…

Know what I can do in ESR that I can't in 89+? See my whole bookmarks menu without scrolling.

Know what I can't do on any of my machines? Touch the screen.

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by wayneftw »

Milner08 wrote: post #24
xqcgrek2 wrote: post #14

I'm so glad I switched to Brave.

I've never heard a good thing about brave... What makes you prefer it over Firefox?

Here you can read over 100,000 mostly positive reviews on Apple's app store [0].

There are over 500,000 mostly positive reviews on the Google play store [1].

Plenty more here [2].

[0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brave-private-web-browser-vpn/...

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.brow...

[2] https://www.google.com/search?q=software+reviews+brave+brows...

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by b112 »

hdjjhhvvhga wrote: post #128
b112 wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Computing UIs initially changed for two reasons. The first? Newer display technology and processing power, allowed for more complex menus, decision trees, and visual effects/feedback. The second? Computing was new, and we were still learning how to build basic, usable UIs. Yet ever UI change distracts, causes lag for users, and the above two points are long factored in. No one needs a fork to change. No one needs the…

I completely agree with your comments - but I am still grateful for Firefox, in spite of these user-hostile UI changes.

My feelings are actually fairly close here.

But I feel I must be critical, and loudly, else firefox may disappear.

It is criticism born from love.

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by Zardoz84 »

yNeolh wrote: post #120
Renaud wrote: post #55

I'm always glad when I see Firefox churning along a new version. My overwhelming feeling is one of gratitude to the devs and people working on Firefox. It's the last bastion of Browser independence with super-high customizability. I also tend to use Edge over Chrome now. MS has done a pretty good job of making that a nice experience, BUT they are also pushing some less palatable ones. For instance, t used to be simpl…

What I don't like about Firefox is the fact that it will load all the tabs and windows you had opened before shuting down the computer and there is not a clean way to make it stop. When I finish my day, I like to shutdown the computer and go to sleep or whatever and every day when I open Firefox, all the windows will reopen and I need to close it and re-start... I just want to be able to disable this behaviour from t…

by default, on a fresh I install, Firefox dont saves the tabs. You would enabled it.

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by FiveOhThree »

jamienicol wrote: post #145
FiveOhThree wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a good way to further push away a chunk of your userbase. They're moving towards a touch-friendly UI, but a lot of us just want a compact desktop app that doesn't waste screen space with excessive padding. The proper solution to this would be to have different modes if this is so critical. To their credit they did put in a "compact" mode after beta, but this is explicitly "unsupported" and even then still has mo…

So they did exactly what you describe as the "proper solution". > and even then still has more padding than "large" mode in the old UI. This is objectively false. Your hyperbole undermines your argument.

My mistake, there may have been more than two modes in the older builds. Perhaps it was called "Regular" or something, whatever the default was.
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