Firefox 76

Post by Wowfunhappy » Tue, May 05, 2020, 7:26 PM UTC

prophesi wrote: post #64

smnrchrds wrote: post #56

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Seconded. I prefer it to the old design. But we seem to be the minority.

It's just the HN effect; complain about the most minute details. Firefox simply wanted it to be more obvious that the address bar is in focus the moment you open a new tab.

Post by Wowfunhappy » Tue, May 05, 2020, 7:27 PM UTC

rebelwebmaster wrote: post #68

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #59

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Ironically though, I wonder if not using Firefox much is the cause of that annoyance. In other words, Firefox usually waits for an opportune time to update, but if it's been closed for a long time, it likely decides that it's too out of date, and updating asap is critical for security. I'll reiterate my recommendation for ESR, it's Firefox but for people who want less frequent updates. :)

Firefox ESR updates on the same frequency as the mainline release, they're just more limited in scope (i.e. mostly just security & stability fixes).

Post by snowron6 » Tue, May 05, 2020, 7:32 PM UTC

RandomBacon wrote: post #72

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #30

> The shadow around the address bar field is reduced in width when a new tab is opened; I mean, at least they're trying, I guess. Still seems to me like lipstick on a pig. I'm still trying to figure out what UX problem the expanding bar was intended to address.

They should just put a toggle for it under the Customization page. I think that would be the simplest way to placate peope that dislike it. (Yes I know you can about:config to fix it, but a toggle makes more sense.)

Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 05, 2020, 7:35 PM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #59

jhymn wrote: post #55

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I don't use Firefox often because of the constant updating that prevents me from using it right away. Chrome and Brave don't seem to do that, at least not in the same obvious way that Firefox does.

Ironically though, I wonder if not using Firefox much is the cause of that annoyance. In other words, Firefox usually waits for an opportune time to update, but if it's been closed for a long time, it likely decides that it's too out of date, and updating asap is critical for security. I'll reiterate my recommendation for ESR, it's Firefox but for people who want less frequent updates. :)

Post by dstaley » Tue, May 05, 2020, 7:39 PM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #76

leeoniya wrote: post #66

i just want to say, Firefox is seriously fast now, while Chrome continues to get slower [1]. my 10M datapoint uPlot benchmark runs in half the time, for both pure js (fake data gen) and canvas workloads (chart rendering). check out the console in [2]. however, i'm still waiting for the performance assessment in devtools to improve so i can get an easy summary as i can in Chrome. also, better default form input stylin…

> also, better default form input styling would be nice. it's so...Windows 98....but i'm on Windows 10. :\ Google and Microsoft seem to agree with you, but I totally don't get it! If the website doesn't specify a style, my browser should fall back to a design that matches my OS, not whatever the browser developer thought was pretty! And if Windows is coming back and telling the browser to use Windows 98 styled button…