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A big reason why I stick with Chrome is because Firefox's menu pisses me off how it's this popup box with huge icon rather than Chrome's more traditional list o

A big reason why I stick with Chrome is because Firefox's menu pisses me off how it's this popup box with huge icon rather than Chrome's more traditional list of text. Sounds stupid, but that's a big enough reason for me.

Hitton 7y ago
I have never switched to Chrome for similar reason. It doesn't allow tabs under address bar. That said in recent versions Firefox allows to do it only in rather complicated way by editing userChrome.css, but at least it's possible. I'm not very happy with many of recent decisions of Mozilla devs, but there isn't really any decent alternative to switch to.
Shaddox 7y ago
It doesn't sound stupid to me. Browser features are so rich and similar nowadays that only the smallest differences swing an user one way or the other. For example I was averse to Firefox for a long time because I didn't like the way scrolling pages felt.
Grumbledour 7y ago
I guess it just shows your privacy is not that important to you, which seems always to be the point with many posters here who, while complaining loudly about google, present rather minor reasons why they can't use firefox ever. That being said, while I vaguely remember there being huge icons at some point for a few versions, there aren't any now in my Firefox. Just a normal looking menu with small icons on the left and text on the right. I can't promise this is true for every platform, but maybe you want to take another look.
- hanniabu 7y ago
  This is like saying that somebody doesn't care about privacy if they don't PGP encrypt all their emails and messages. Convenience is always a factor.
  - Grumbledour 7y ago
    I don't think it is. If we talk using the browser of one of the worlds foremost data collecting companies vs. mostly no tracking, if privacy is important it should outrank most small to medium convenience factors. Especially the ones that can easily be overcome by customization or familiarity. While I think everyone should value their privacy, I did not mean that as an attack on you, but if a menu you never need to access once you learn some shortcuts is just as important a factor as being tracked on everything you do, you should reevaluate how important privacy really is to you.

Hitton 7y ago

I have never switched to Chrome for similar reason. It doesn't allow tabs under address bar. That said in recent versions Firefox allows to do it only in rather complicated way by editing userChrome.css, but at least it's possible. I'm not very happy with many of recent decisions of Mozilla devs, but there isn't really any decent alternative to switch to.

Shaddox 7y ago

It doesn't sound stupid to me. Browser features are so rich and similar nowadays that only the smallest differences swing an user one way or the other. For example I was averse to Firefox for a long time because I didn't like the way scrolling pages felt.

Grumbledour 7y ago

I guess it just shows your privacy is not that important to you, which seems always to be the point with many posters here who, while complaining loudly about google, present rather minor reasons why they can't use firefox ever. That being said, while I vaguely remember there being huge icons at some point for a few versions, there aren't any now in my Firefox. Just a normal looking menu with small icons on the left and text on the right. I can't promise this is true for every platform, but maybe you want to take another look.

hanniabu 7y ago
This is like saying that somebody doesn't care about privacy if they don't PGP encrypt all their emails and messages. Convenience is always a factor.
- Grumbledour 7y ago
  I don't think it is. If we talk using the browser of one of the worlds foremost data collecting companies vs. mostly no tracking, if privacy is important it should outrank most small to medium convenience factors. Especially the ones that can easily be overcome by customization or familiarity. While I think everyone should value their privacy, I did not mean that as an attack on you, but if a menu you never need to access once you learn some shortcuts is just as important a factor as being tracked on everything you do, you should reevaluate how important privacy really is to you.