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What the hell is wrong with these people? > "Compact" density is a feature of the "Customize toolbar" view which is currently fairly hard to discover, and we
by anoncake 6y ago
What the hell is wrong with these people?
> "Compact" density is a feature of the "Customize toolbar" view which is currently fairly hard to discover, and we assume gets low engagement.
1. If the feature gets little "engagement" because it's hard to discover – not because it's useless – maybe consider making it easier to discover?
2. Firefox is full of telemetry so I can't believe you have to "assume" the feature is little-used. My theory: This is corporate-speak for "We don't care if people use compact mode, some UI designer wants to remove it because
- they don't find it aesthetically pleasing (bonus points if people seeing "ugly" Firefox is bad for the brand).
or
- they get paid to change things. This is changing things, so they do it.
or
- they are part of a simplicity (cargo) cult."
> We want to make sure that we design defaults that suit most users and we'll be retiring the compact mode for this reason.
This makes no sense. The default mode doesn't suit people better because you remove the alternative.
> For clarity we retain the "Touch" density for accessibility reasons on touch devices.
So removing compact mode doesn't even simplify anything!