I think the only reason it looks more cluttered is the google search bar, which I never use anyhow. If I get rid of it (I should have done that earlier) and mov

I think the only reason it looks more cluttered is the google search bar, which I never use anyhow. If I get rid of it (I should have done that earlier) and move the buttons around, they start looking really similar[1]. (I also got rid of the home and bookmark buttons which I don't use either.) [1]: http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~tikhon/browsers1.png http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~tikhon/browsers1.png On the other hand, Firefox looks more native--for example, it has the same reload button (but not the forward/backwards buttons, for some reason) as KDE programs. Also, unlike Chrome, it is pretty trivial to turn off the url bar, saving even more space. However, my real point is that getting a fairly minimal firefox/chrome (although not as minimal as the example alexis-d gives) on Linux is easy and can, in fact, be done even without any extensions. You could even use KDE's tabbed windows and eschew Firefox-specific tabs entirely, but turning the tabs off in Firefox may require an extension. Of course, a meta-point is that tinkering around with my window manager is fun :)