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I switched to Waterfox a few months ago after infamous Proton redesign. I love Firefox in principle but hate UI redesigns for the sake of "fresh" look without i
by Croftengea 5y ago
I switched to Waterfox a few months ago after infamous Proton redesign. I love Firefox in principle but hate UI redesigns for the sake of "fresh" look without improvements in usability.
Waterfox based on Firefox but with an old school compact UI and privacy features turned on by default.
- SubiculumCode 5y agoI like proton. THe menus are easy to scan. I don't have to learn a bunch of icon-function associations, I just scan the short titles. It's clean, but it doesn't diminish usability. It got rid of a bunch of clunky design choices.
- funOtter 5y agoI like their idea in general, but are you concerned that System1 ("[we] operate the world's most advanced Responsive Acquisition Marketing Platform") owns the project?
- Croftengea 5y agoYes, but the same concerns are applicable to Firefox given that Google is their major sponsor.
- programmer_dude 5y agoFrom wikipedia >In February 2020, Alex Kontos faced criticism over selling Waterfox to System1, an advertising company.[23][24] >In 2018, How-To Geek advised users to not use Firefox forks such as Waterfox because security updates take longer to be incorporated into the forks compared to Firefox.[25]
- mrob 5y agoHere are instructions for customizing the Proton UI to imitate previous versions: https://www.userchrome.org/firefox-89-styling-proton-ui.html https://www.userchrome.org/firefox-89-styling-proton-ui.html