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Re:Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy by FeepingCreature on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:04PM (#39304428)
Firefox has yet to top Firefox 57.

Bring back multi-row tabs.

Actually, while we're at it, bring back XUL. And apologize to all the addon developers and users they straight up lied to.

Re:Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy by wvenable on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:40PM (#39304955)
> Bring back multi-row tabs.

I can't live without multi-row tabs but it's totally doable in current Firefox. It's now possible with just CSS. It still breaks every so often when they make big UI changes but it's manageable.

It's the reason that Firefox is my main browser.

Re:Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy by EasyMark on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:57PM (#39305178)
If that's your main reason have you tried vivaldi?
Re:Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy by int_19h on Thursday February 08, 2024 @08:56PM (#39310493)
Vivaldi is great on paper (if you don't care about it being F/OSS), but it's wildly unstable compared to all other major browsers including Firefox. Every time I try to use it as a primary, I end up running into something blocking within a week, reporting it, and switching back to whatever.

Which is a shame, because, stability aside, it really is the best option among Blink-based browsers, at least for the power user. No containers, sadly, but the problem there is Blink itself.

Re:Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy by FeepingCreature on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:17PM (#39311328)
I played that game for a while, it gets old. Also the UX is not nearly as good as TMP when it comes to moving tabs around.
Re:Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy by EasyMark on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:56PM (#39305166)
dropping anything goes xul was a large improvement in security. Extensions still have a lot of power.
Re:Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy by FeepingCreature on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:16PM (#39311324)
Why not drop the browser entirely and get maximum security? Firefox without TMP is not worth using for me.
Re:Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy by rascul on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:00PM (#39305225)
I've been led to believe that xul played a large part in the memory leaks, security issues, and poor performance Firefox was known for.