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Re:Firefox Release 89.0 by godelski on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @02:31AM (#27365587)
I've been on FF for decades, what are you talking about? The last "major" change was quantum and it still looks 90% the same. Even the UI changes look mostly the same. I've seen bigger UI changes between every Android/iOS version. GitHub has changed more. Spotify. Slack. I'm still the tabs, url bar, bookmark toolbar that I've had since the early 2000's. I actually appreciate the fact that things haven't changed much.

Edit: I just upgraded after I posted this. Difference? Slightly darker and forward/backward buttons don't have a circle around them. And pocket button isn't in the URL bar and I can actually remove it (and here the other day everyone was complaining about it being bigger. GONE NOW). That's almost unnoticeable (unlike Android changing the clock location) and I can remove pocket. Win?

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Re:Firefox Release 89.0 by szszrk on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @02:44AM (#27365669)
Check out mobile. I had to spend a lot of time with parents to teach them how this works after upgrade. Only to realize I did not understand recent changes - I though collections are there instead of bookmarks, but it's a collection of tabs... Really confusing for me and my parent-users. Also very easy to mess up by them.

So collections/bookmarks weirdness, menu moved to bottom, dark style, major changes on "new tab" screen. I hope there will be no more changes to mobile view in this update.

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