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This article has a few good ones. https://9to5linux.com/firefox-89-enters-beta-testing-with-stunning-new-look-improved-privacy https://9to5linux.com/firefox-89

by drew-y 5y ago

This article has a few good ones. https://9to5linux.com/firefox-89-enters-beta-testing-with-stunning-new-look-improved-privacy https://9to5linux.com/firefox-89-enters-beta-testing-with-st...

guessmyname 5y ago
> Error establishing a database connection I am not sure what I expected ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ --- Here are the most relevant images: • https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta.jpg https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... • https://i0.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-1.jpg https://i0.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... • https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-2.jpg https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... • https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-3.jpg https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... • https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-4.jpg https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... There is also a video: https://9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-3.webm https://9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89be...
- ronsor 5y ago
  So it's literally Chrome now.
  - Valmar 5y ago
    Hardly. Mimicking a UI doesn't make something "literally" that. Also, stop using "literally" when you don't literally mean that.
  - nerdponx 5y ago
    Looks more like GNOME Ephiphany.
  - Spivak 5y ago
    It was literally Chrome before. Every desktop browser has the exact same UI for tabs sans the skin.
- ocdtrekkie 5y ago
  This just looks remarkably unpleasant. :/
- bscphil 5y ago
  Your third link shows that they're adding sponsors to the top sites list. As far as I know that's kind of flying under the radar, previously the only ads on the new tab page were article recommendations from Pocket.
  - JaggedJax 5y ago
    Unfortunately that's not new. It was previously listed as Sponsored Top Sites. At least it can be disabled easily.
    - bscphil 5y ago
      Thanks. Was this added in the last few versions? I'm usually on top of these things but I hadn't noticed that setting in the home page section of preferences until now. (For me, toggling it didn't add or remove any sites from my list, so it had no noticeable effect.)
  - DistressedDrone 5y ago
    Pocket seems to be the only menu item visible by default, and they've adopted the idea of searching on Google from the URL bar. Is Mozilla short on cash again?
- foofoo4u 5y ago
  Floating tabs? I am surprised that got approved.
  - josalhor 5y ago
    I am extremely surprised about this as well. Breaking the integration between the tab and the URL bar looks terrible to me.
- Shadonototro 5y ago
  screens have less height than width, and yet they manage to waste more height space than ever.. that is not a good UX
idsout 5y ago
Am I the only person who prefers light mode 95% of the time?
andrepd 5y ago
Whitespaaaace, whitespace everywheeeeere. The year is 2070. Advances in ultra-high density displays have finally realised modern designers' wet dreams of having fonts whose lines are only 1 micrometre thin. I can't think what's more idiotic in those screenshots. The ungodly amount of whitespace, or the checkboxes-turned-slideswitches (despite the fact that the "slide" metaphor doesn't even make sense outside of touch interfaces), the gray-on-gray colour scheme ("accessibility, what's that?"), the neon-blue accents marketed as a "calming, fresh new design"... Come on.
- viraptor 5y ago
  The text in the menus / tooltips depends on your system. That part is not specific to FF. It does match the rest of the gnome environment. (used for screenshots) I'm not sure the thin font complaint really belongs here. > the gray-on-gray colour scheme ("accessibility, what's that?") As long as the contrast is large enough, it doesn't seem like an accessibility issue. (Accessibility has to account for people who don't see colour) For accessibility you don't want black-on-white either, so you do need some level of grey. It would be interesting to see what does the high-contrast system setting do to the display, but otherwise... are you actually commenting about low contrast? On the active window the lowest contrast I can find is 4.64:1 (for placeholder text in the address bar) which passes WCAG AA for normal text (AAA for large).

by drew-y 5y ago

This article has a few good ones. https://9to5linux.com/firefox-89-enters-beta-testing-with-stunning-new-look-improved-privacy https://9to5linux.com/firefox-89-enters-beta-testing-with-st...

guessmyname 5y ago

> Error establishing a database connection I am not sure what I expected ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ --- Here are the most relevant images: • https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta.jpg https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... • https://i0.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-1.jpg https://i0.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... • https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-2.jpg https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... • https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-3.jpg https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... • https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-4.jpg https://i1.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f... There is also a video: https://9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89beta-3.webm https://9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/firefox89be...

ronsor 5y ago
So it's literally Chrome now.
- Valmar 5y ago
  Hardly. Mimicking a UI doesn't make something "literally" that. Also, stop using "literally" when you don't literally mean that.
- nerdponx 5y ago
  Looks more like GNOME Ephiphany.
- Spivak 5y ago
  It was literally Chrome before. Every desktop browser has the exact same UI for tabs sans the skin.
ocdtrekkie 5y ago
This just looks remarkably unpleasant. :/
bscphil 5y ago
Your third link shows that they're adding sponsors to the top sites list. As far as I know that's kind of flying under the radar, previously the only ads on the new tab page were article recommendations from Pocket.
- JaggedJax 5y ago
  Unfortunately that's not new. It was previously listed as Sponsored Top Sites. At least it can be disabled easily.
  - bscphil 5y ago
    Thanks. Was this added in the last few versions? I'm usually on top of these things but I hadn't noticed that setting in the home page section of preferences until now. (For me, toggling it didn't add or remove any sites from my list, so it had no noticeable effect.)
- DistressedDrone 5y ago
  Pocket seems to be the only menu item visible by default, and they've adopted the idea of searching on Google from the URL bar. Is Mozilla short on cash again?
foofoo4u 5y ago
Floating tabs? I am surprised that got approved.
- josalhor 5y ago
  I am extremely surprised about this as well. Breaking the integration between the tab and the URL bar looks terrible to me.
Shadonototro 5y ago
screens have less height than width, and yet they manage to waste more height space than ever.. that is not a good UX

idsout 5y ago

Am I the only person who prefers light mode 95% of the time?

andrepd 5y ago

Whitespaaaace, whitespace everywheeeeere. The year is 2070. Advances in ultra-high density displays have finally realised modern designers' wet dreams of having fonts whose lines are only 1 micrometre thin. I can't think what's more idiotic in those screenshots. The ungodly amount of whitespace, or the checkboxes-turned-slideswitches (despite the fact that the "slide" metaphor doesn't even make sense outside of touch interfaces), the gray-on-gray colour scheme ("accessibility, what's that?"), the neon-blue accents marketed as a "calming, fresh new design"... Come on.

viraptor 5y ago
The text in the menus / tooltips depends on your system. That part is not specific to FF. It does match the rest of the gnome environment. (used for screenshots) I'm not sure the thin font complaint really belongs here. > the gray-on-gray colour scheme ("accessibility, what's that?") As long as the contrast is large enough, it doesn't seem like an accessibility issue. (Accessibility has to account for people who don't see colour) For accessibility you don't want black-on-white either, so you do need some level of grey. It would be interesting to see what does the high-contrast system setting do to the display, but otherwise... are you actually commenting about low contrast? On the active window the lowest contrast I can find is 4.64:1 (for placeholder text in the address bar) which passes WCAG AA for normal text (AAA for large).