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Dropping support for legacy extensions absolutely gutted what made Firefox different from every other browser. I'll use Firefox 56 and NoScript until the end of

Dropping support for legacy extensions absolutely gutted what made Firefox different from every other browser. I'll use Firefox 56 and NoScript until the end of time before I use a browser with tabs above the address bar.

yoavm 8y ago
Dropping support for these extensions made it possible to create Firefox Quantum. Also, I'm using Firefox with tabs on the side with Tree Style Tab and a simple userChrome.css hack. No need to stay with an outdated version just for that.
- acemarke 8y ago
  Yeah, I resisted the upgrade to FF Quantum for a while, but ultimately made the move and it's worked out well. The biggest things I needed were a WebExtension version of Tree Style Tabs, plus the restyling options from https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx .
sorenjan 8y ago
Having the tabs at the top is much better because of Fitts's law [0], essentially making their size infinite in one direction and therefore much easier to reach with a quick flick of the mouse. Although it is possible to move the tab bar using user CSS [1]. You're also missing out on a much faster browsing experience with the newer versions. In the older version I remember the scrolling lagged when I opened a new tab in the background, that hasn't happened in a while. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law [1] https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html#movetabbar https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html#movet...
PurpleRamen 8y ago
Not enough people are using addons to be such significant. It seems more that firefox had a slight growth last year because of quantum, but market grew faster, while some of that growth inflated again. Usernumbers went something like 250->300->275 Million. Seems they are somewhat stable in numbers.
Sylos 8y ago
Put this into userChrome.css to have tabs at the bottom: @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); #TabsToolbar { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 2; } If you don't know what/where userChrome.css is, just look it up.

yoavm 8y ago

Dropping support for these extensions made it possible to create Firefox Quantum. Also, I'm using Firefox with tabs on the side with Tree Style Tab and a simple userChrome.css hack. No need to stay with an outdated version just for that.

acemarke 8y ago
Yeah, I resisted the upgrade to FF Quantum for a while, but ultimately made the move and it's worked out well. The biggest things I needed were a WebExtension version of Tree Style Tabs, plus the restyling options from https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx .

sorenjan 8y ago

Having the tabs at the top is much better because of Fitts's law [0], essentially making their size infinite in one direction and therefore much easier to reach with a quick flick of the mouse. Although it is possible to move the tab bar using user CSS [1]. You're also missing out on a much faster browsing experience with the newer versions. In the older version I remember the scrolling lagged when I opened a new tab in the background, that hasn't happened in a while. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law [1] https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html#movetabbar https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html#movet...

PurpleRamen 8y ago

Not enough people are using addons to be such significant. It seems more that firefox had a slight growth last year because of quantum, but market grew faster, while some of that growth inflated again. Usernumbers went something like 250->300->275 Million. Seems they are somewhat stable in numbers.

Sylos 8y ago

Put this into userChrome.css to have tabs at the bottom: @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); #TabsToolbar { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 2; } If you don't know what/where userChrome.css is, just look it up.