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Not a new article (from 2022), but quite interesting.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Funny thing is, i've had this userchrome.css ever since 2017.

Mozilla designers slowly get closer.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 1 points 8 hours ago

My Firefox chrome never looked much like any of those. I remember when the "classic" theme came along in 2011 and everyone praised it for being more compact and efficient, I was already long-accustomed to an even more compact layout that takes up very little vertical space and is still very similar to how I have it set up today.

From a user's point of view customisation of the UI has gotten slightly more difficult over the years, but it's still not that much trouble and so far it's always been worth the effort.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

What does "abstraction" mean in this context

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I miss 3.5, and I hate the current Chrome-lite design. I want tabs underneath my address bar.

[–] IggyTheSmidge@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago

You can still do this in Waterfox, FYI.

I've not used Firefox in years (just various forks), specifically because of Mozilla's insistence on changing the UI and not allowing you to change it back.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 14 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Legitimately miss 3.5, to this day. Peak functionality.

I have been using Firefox since before it was called Firefox, and I'm not sure I've ever been happy after an update.

  • Inconsistent icon size and texture

No! DISTINCT icon size and texture! Not a row of generic ultra-light squiggles, all the same color, conveying nothing until you look straight at them. The back button is fucking enormous because it's obviously what you'll use most. Stop and reload are weird and discouraging. There's a reason all your plugins use different colors - that's what icons are for, god dammit!

Complexity is a feature. Visible similarity conveys semantic similarity! 4.0 just took all the nested functionality and swept it behind a button.

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 12 points 22 hours ago

I miss Australis.

Photon was pretty great in hindsight, too.