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Firefox Release 89.0

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Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by pessimizer »

claudiojulio wrote: post #9
jmkni wrote: post #3

I was worried last year (I think it was last year...) when Mozilla laid off a bunch of people that Firefox would be a casualty. Thankfully that doesn’t seem to be the case!

Just because they renewed the look does not mean that Firefox is doing very well. The entire research industry was fired. Firefox in the future will be stagnant and will be swept away by Chrome. But I'm sure the community will raise another titan to fight Google's ills. Automatically translated.

Firefox's market share is already a rounding error. A change in focus to the browser (not saying that this is what's happening) could be nothing but an improvement or a no-op.

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

leodriesch wrote: post #53

It is fascinating how much negative feedback the redesign is getting on HN. I am using it on Mac and Windows now and I think it is great! The Firefox design always felt very dated compared to Chrome, Safari and Edge. Not the case anymore :)

I always hated the latest roundish design of Chrome. Previous was much better, cleaner and more friendly.

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by Hamuko »

arrayjumper wrote: post #56

I don't like the removal of tab separators. Now all the background tabs kind of merge into one large mega tab :( for example - https://i.ibb.co/p4LWvtb/2021-06-01-19-12-43-3841x169.png

The lack of tab separators and the poor contrast between the tab bar and the rest of the chrome are my biggest issues. Chrome has both tab separators and higher contrast between the tab section and the rest. And of course, the old Firefox design also has tab separators and very high contrast.

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by nsonha »

ddek wrote: post #41
userbinator wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because "designers". I'm absolutely sick of this trend of dumbing-down lowest-common-denominator UI, removing useful features and affordances for learning. Insanely huge buttons, rounded corners everywhere, floating controls in a sea-of-white/blackspace... On the bright side, I believe the UI is still highly customisable so it should be possible to make it look exactly as you want, but it's not exactly straightforwar…

I think I'll throw a fit when my 'tabs-on-the-bottom' css inevitably stops working. Why? I don't know. It's not notably better, it's just I like having the top of the content at the top of the screen. But it uses the most legacy of firefox's legacy features, so I can't see it staying around forever.

hey have you tried taskbar at the top? I know you didn't ask for suggestion but I'm guessing the taskbar is why you prefer tabs at the bottom?

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by PascLeRasc »

toomanyducks wrote: post #12

I bounce between qutebrowser, brave, and firefox - could anyone who exclusively uses ff convince me to switch? I've always viewed ff as a solid fine out of ten, and would be interested in hearing more about any unique and cool features.

For me it’s built-in PIP and a good reader mode. I don’t like doing either of these via an extension.

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by Torwald »

stuff4ben wrote: post #45
Torwald wrote: post #19

Still can't use it. The tabs have the close button on the wrong side, for me as a Mac user. And yes, this is a serious issue. So far Opera and Vivaldi got it right. Brave and Firefox lack behind here.

Is it really? I have so many tabs open at once, it's just a slight move to the right to close a tab. But then I usually close my tabs with Command+W anyways.

I am not sure what you are trying to say here.

For me as a die-hard, old-school Macintosh user the irritation is just too much.

This wasn't a problem when you could just hide the tab bar and use windows instead. But having loads of windows open, all with one tab AND the tab bar, that's ridiculous.

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by Hamuko »

leodriesch wrote: post #53

It is fascinating how much negative feedback the redesign is getting on HN. I am using it on Mac and Windows now and I think it is great! The Firefox design always felt very dated compared to Chrome, Safari and Edge. Not the case anymore :)

What part of the new design is actually better than the old design?

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by fsflover »

Torwald wrote: post #19

Still can't use it. The tabs have the close button on the wrong side, for me as a Mac user. And yes, this is a serious issue. So far Opera and Vivaldi got it right. Brave and Firefox lack behind here.

Why do you even need the close buttons on tabs? I close them with the middle click.
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