Re:Firefox Release 89.0
by userbinator on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @03:45PM
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I'd like some arguments for why this inane trend of UI is occurring, instead of just downvotes... otherwise the "we'll dumb you down so you can't rebel" theory gains more weight! If there's one thing this fucked-up industry is good at, it's lying and pulling the wool over your eyes so they can herd you where they want.
I think I'll throw a fit when my 'tabs-on-the-bottom' css inevitably stops working. Why? I don't know. It's not notably better, it's just I like having the top of the content at the top of the screen. But it uses the most legacy of firefox's legacy features, so I can't see it staying around forever.
My userChrome for tabs on bottom stopped with v89 - can I ask what you're using to get tabs on bottom now?
hey have you tried taskbar at the top? I know you didn't ask for suggestion but I'm guessing the taskbar is why you prefer tabs at the bottom?
Someone who went to the trouble of moving the tab bar to the bottom, which AFAIK was never a built in feature, probably also dragged around the taskbar at some point if they use an OS/DE that has one.
I'm absolutely sick of this trend of dumbing-down lowest-common-denominator UI, removing useful features and affordances for learning. Insanely huge buttons, rounded corners everywhere, floating controls in a sea-of-white/blackspace...
On the bright side, I believe the UI is still highly customisable so it should be possible to make it look exactly as you want, but it's not exactly straightforward.