Re:Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
by GekkePrutser on Friday May 21, 2021 @07:17AM
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One thing that doesn't make sense is them saying they try to eliminate clicks. But they're removing lots of direct buttons and hiding stuff under hamburger menus which actually adds a lot of clicks and breaks my flow.
Re:Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
by GekkePrutser on Friday May 21, 2021 @05:45PM
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I haven't seen the new one yet as I don't use nightly, but this is one of the criticisms I have of Firefox since the last redesign. For example, moving the bookmarks menu and history under "Library". Meaning one extra click to access both.
Of course you can put all this stuff back in the toolbar but I have many systems and this is annoying. In the super-short clips I didn't see any change to this. They still make everything pretty click-intensive.
Re:Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
by antonyh on Friday May 21, 2021 @08:36AM
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Given the reaction I received from speaking out about moving the 'close tabs to the right' option into a sub-menu, I'm not expecting good things here.
As for the video presentation, zero information. I'll tolerate it whatever it is, but if I want to find out what has changed I'll probably have to install a nightly or beta build.
Re:Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1
by antonyh on Friday May 21, 2021 @08:51AM
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Installed 'nightly'.
Key changes...
- tabs now look like buttons.
- there's no divider line between pinned tabs
- icons are a bit lighter, thinner lines
- bar at top is a bit taller
- a few label changes here and there, but that might be the installed default language pack
Either not all the changes are in nightly (which would be odd), or I just don't know what to look for.
Current: https://filedn.com/l4TAWvbSe5i8mJFf1TSvpfS/Image%205-21-21%2...
New: https://filedn.com/l4TAWvbSe5i8mJFf1TSvpfS/Screen%20Shot%202...
• Tabs look like buttons now
• Things feel taller
• Back/Forward buttons are simpler
• "Compact" UI mode is gone
• Light mode finally looks fully light instead of having a gray toolbar
• Address/Search bar no longer has blue outline when active but still gets big
I can skim text. I can't skim video. I think it's rude to provide only video - it amounts to taking my time for granted.
Of course you can put all this stuff back in the toolbar but I have many systems and this is annoying. In the super-short clips I didn't see any change to this. They still make everything pretty click-intensive.
As for the video presentation, zero information. I'll tolerate it whatever it is, but if I want to find out what has changed I'll probably have to install a nightly or beta build.
Key changes... - tabs now look like buttons. - there's no divider line between pinned tabs - icons are a bit lighter, thinner lines - bar at top is a bit taller - a few label changes here and there, but that might be the installed default language pack
Either not all the changes are in nightly (which would be odd), or I just don't know what to look for.