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I suspect that a large percentage of Firefox's remaining user base are power users - people who tend to value function over fluff. It seems odd to me that they
by xedrac 5y ago
I suspect that a large percentage of Firefox's remaining user base are power users - people who tend to value function over fluff. It seems odd to me that they'd alienate their current users like this. I've used Firefox for over 10 years, but I think I'll start using chromium until the next Firefox UI overhaul. The tab design is just unacceptably awful.
- oblak 5y agoI've been using FF for 20 years. More if you count its previous incarnations. Not that it's a competition or anything. Looking at the screenshots, UI changes seem mindful and subtle to me. They even removed some useless iconography. Content aware tabs aren't such a bad idea and seem to be executed nicely. Having an option to remove the clutter would be nice, though. I've been reading about people switching to Chromium due to UI changes for over a decade. Still doesn't make sense to me. I feel people just want to vent but I could be wrong and UI changes do have this powerful effect on some. Still though, Gnome and FF making UI changes somehow generates tons of rage that I mostly ignore but sometimes find amusing.
- dandellion 5y agoI used to think the same. Then they broke my favorite extensions, then removed RSS, later bookmark descriptions. Just wait long enough and they'll probably get to the features you like. The other day I installed a different browser to see what it was like and you know what, there wasn't anything I missed from Firefox. I didn't change my default because I'm used to the Firefox dev tools, but I really have no reason to prefer it anymore, I'm one extension or feature away from becoming one of those people that left for something else.