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Dissenting opinion: my first reaction was, "Wow, that's strange and pretty ugly," but after using it for an hour I stopped noticing. It's still Firefox. The UI

Dissenting opinion: my first reaction was, "Wow, that's strange and pretty ugly," but after using it for an hour I stopped noticing. It's still Firefox. The UI changes were mildly annoying at worst and the people I see losing their minds over it are overreacting.

OldTimeCoffee 5y ago
I just wonder who is clicking on the border instead of the text or icon on the tab. I don't see where a visual demarcation of a tab is helping someone navigate when there are other much stronger visual indicators. Is there some secret turn off favicon and title text mode for tabs I don't know about? I agree, these UI changes are practically unnoticeable except the menu changes. I would like more contrast for the address bar, though.
HarHarVeryFunny 5y ago
I've been using FF 89 for a few days now, and other than tabs-on-bottom getting broken by the update, my only - but major - complaint is that the new "tabs" suck. They don't look like tabs any more, just a bunch of buttons on a bar. Not only don't the "tabs" look like tabs anymore, it's also very difficult to tell which one is actually selected, which can be very annoying depending on how you use tabs. How is a bunch of page-select buttons on a bar an improvement on a design where they actually look like tabs? Edit: Actually, the lack of visual feedback on which "tab bar" button corresponds to the current page (i.e is the current tab) is likely annoying for most users, since you need to know in order to close that tab rather than some other one by mistake. Best bet to be sure is to click on the tab button you think is the current one, to reselect it, before clicking again on the "x" to close it.
- 45ure 5y ago
  >Not only don't the "tabs" look like tabs anymore, it's also very difficult to tell which one is actually selected, which can be very annoying depending on how you use tabs. I couldn't even tell which tabs were selected before this update, which is really frustrating if you have over 400+ tabs open. I realise it is excessive, and would appreciate a solution other than Tree style, Session management, Tab suspender add-ons/options to manage everything 'smarter' and also limit the fingerprinting at the same time. Anyways, from my limited usage of the new version, I am glad that the container accents are now shown at the top, and tabs playing audio have more focus.

OldTimeCoffee 5y ago

I just wonder who is clicking on the border instead of the text or icon on the tab. I don't see where a visual demarcation of a tab is helping someone navigate when there are other much stronger visual indicators. Is there some secret turn off favicon and title text mode for tabs I don't know about? I agree, these UI changes are practically unnoticeable except the menu changes. I would like more contrast for the address bar, though.

HarHarVeryFunny 5y ago

I've been using FF 89 for a few days now, and other than tabs-on-bottom getting broken by the update, my only - but major - complaint is that the new "tabs" suck. They don't look like tabs any more, just a bunch of buttons on a bar. Not only don't the "tabs" look like tabs anymore, it's also very difficult to tell which one is actually selected, which can be very annoying depending on how you use tabs. How is a bunch of page-select buttons on a bar an improvement on a design where they actually look like tabs? Edit: Actually, the lack of visual feedback on which "tab bar" button corresponds to the current page (i.e is the current tab) is likely annoying for most users, since you need to know in order to close that tab rather than some other one by mistake. Best bet to be sure is to click on the tab button you think is the current one, to reselect it, before clicking again on the "x" to close it.

45ure 5y ago
>Not only don't the "tabs" look like tabs anymore, it's also very difficult to tell which one is actually selected, which can be very annoying depending on how you use tabs. I couldn't even tell which tabs were selected before this update, which is really frustrating if you have over 400+ tabs open. I realise it is excessive, and would appreciate a solution other than Tree style, Session management, Tab suspender add-ons/options to manage everything 'smarter' and also limit the fingerprinting at the same time. Anyways, from my limited usage of the new version, I am glad that the container accents are now shown at the top, and tabs playing audio have more focus.