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There's always been a look & feel problem for me with Firefox...something that seemed to be solved right out of the box with Chrome. I've not been able to put m

by bane 8y ago

There's always been a look & feel problem for me with Firefox...something that seemed to be solved right out of the box with Chrome. I've not been able to put my finger on it, but I think this kind of small user-convenience stuff is part of it. It's not "features" per se, but more the feel of how the application works. It reminds me of old platform video games before Super Mario Bros. (and for a while after) Superficially, they looked and played kind of the same, but there were a thousand little tweaks in how Mario handled that made it feel right. I'm definitely going to give Firefox a spin and see how it handles these days.

clumsysmurf 8y ago
Some of the dialogs seem clumsy, like when you want to clear cookies (level 1 dialog) and then a modal "are you sure" pops over the first dialog (now 2 levels of dialogs). Other places that could use some revamp are manage bookmarks dialog.
- modzu 8y ago
  decent bookmark management is all thats keeping it from being my daily driver. id love to support moz but cant coming from opera which has fantastic bookmarking and speed dials
JoshuaScript 8y ago
If you want the Chrome look with Firefox, check this out: https://github.com/muckSponge/MaterialFox https://github.com/muckSponge/MaterialFox
nnain 8y ago
Same here. I gave Firefox a fresh chance at v57 (Quantam), but I'm back to Chrome. It was fine honestly, no problems with performance or with what I could do. But Right after install, I spent several minutes in just fixing some very basic UI irritations. It had some extra-spacing on sides of the address bar, a 'heavy' looking menu bar, etc. (most users don't want to do that, and rightly so). I don't mind the different styled settings or menu items at all. The balance (or lack thereof) between font-sizes/font-weights, line weights, the darker gray lines etc. is what perturbs me. Maybe they should look at making the UI look a little 'lighter', like Safari and Chrome.
- cerberusss 8y ago
  It reads to me as though you easily get used to Firefox. I can see some advantages related to privacy. Why not give it a shot and use it for two weeks?
- Ayesh 8y ago
  Firefox is my main browser and I love it, but I totally see what you mean. Chrome looks just right out of the box, but even a small line in Firefox UI makes it irritating. I have several userChrome CSS changes to make it look exactly as I want. All these taming took me some time, but it's totally worth it because this is a software you spend a few hours every day on.
Dylan16807 8y ago
I'm amused that you say that specifically about dragging tabs around, because it's magnificently buggy on chrome. Windows popping up and down because they're technically under the drag despite multiple windows in between, big flashes of white, positions where it flickers constantly between states, issues where I hit the limit of the drag and have to do a second drag to get the tab completely in place...

by bane 8y ago

clumsysmurf 8y ago

Some of the dialogs seem clumsy, like when you want to clear cookies (level 1 dialog) and then a modal "are you sure" pops over the first dialog (now 2 levels of dialogs). Other places that could use some revamp are manage bookmarks dialog.

modzu 8y ago
decent bookmark management is all thats keeping it from being my daily driver. id love to support moz but cant coming from opera which has fantastic bookmarking and speed dials

JoshuaScript 8y ago

If you want the Chrome look with Firefox, check this out: https://github.com/muckSponge/MaterialFox https://github.com/muckSponge/MaterialFox

nnain 8y ago

Same here. I gave Firefox a fresh chance at v57 (Quantam), but I'm back to Chrome. It was fine honestly, no problems with performance or with what I could do. But Right after install, I spent several minutes in just fixing some very basic UI irritations. It had some extra-spacing on sides of the address bar, a 'heavy' looking menu bar, etc. (most users don't want to do that, and rightly so). I don't mind the different styled settings or menu items at all. The balance (or lack thereof) between font-sizes/font-weights, line weights, the darker gray lines etc. is what perturbs me. Maybe they should look at making the UI look a little 'lighter', like Safari and Chrome.

cerberusss 8y ago
It reads to me as though you easily get used to Firefox. I can see some advantages related to privacy. Why not give it a shot and use it for two weeks?
Ayesh 8y ago
Firefox is my main browser and I love it, but I totally see what you mean. Chrome looks just right out of the box, but even a small line in Firefox UI makes it irritating. I have several userChrome CSS changes to make it look exactly as I want. All these taming took me some time, but it's totally worth it because this is a software you spend a few hours every day on.

Dylan16807 8y ago

I'm amused that you say that specifically about dragging tabs around, because it's magnificently buggy on chrome. Windows popping up and down because they're technically under the drag despite multiple windows in between, big flashes of white, positions where it flickers constantly between states, issues where I hit the limit of the drag and have to do a second drag to get the tab completely in place...