Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by looperhacks » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 12:55 PM UTC

Firefox Release 89.0
mozilla.org

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

#2

Post by jhvkjhk » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 12:57 PM UTC

Looks like this is the first stable version with their renewed UI? Downloading.

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by jmkni » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:23 PM UTC

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!

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by jefftk » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:27 PM UTC

Developer information: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Rel...

I'm excited about top-level await and PerformanceEventTiming

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

#5

Post by rwaksmunski » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:27 PM UTC

How do I get the old style of tabs back? I need every vertical pixel I can get.

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by bserge » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:30 PM UTC

jhvkjhk wrote: post #2

Looks like this is the first stable version with their renewed UI? Downloading.

Oh dear God, is it like the mobile version? I need to turn off updates asap and test it first.

I was willing to give it more time on Android, but it would randomly stop loading pages and that was the last straw. I begrudgingly use Chrome now :/

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by capableweb » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:30 PM UTC

rwaksmunski wrote: post #5

How do I get the old style of tabs back? I need every vertical pixel I can get.

> How do I get the old style of tabs back?

Don't know but:

> I need every vertical pixel I can get.

If this is really important to you (as it is for me), try Tree Style Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...). First just installed it to move the tabs to the side, but now I gotten so used to tabs in a logical tree that anything else is a big hassle to use.

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by apetresc » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:30 PM UTC

rwaksmunski wrote: post #5

How do I get the old style of tabs back? I need every vertical pixel I can get.

In that case, install the Tree Style Tabs[1] extension, disable the tab bar altogether, and get back 100% of it :)

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

EDIT: Ah, looks like capableweb beat me to it by a fraction of a minute!

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by claudiojulio » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:31 PM UTC

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.

Re: Firefox Release 89.0

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Post by kevincox » Tue, Jun 01, 2021, 1:31 PM UTC

Does anyone feel that this new UI brings notable improvement? I don't think it is much worse, other than taking some extra vertical space but for the most part my reaction is "meh". I feel like these resources could have been spent much better in other parts of the browser. Am I missing some reason why this is worth the investment?