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WhiteOakBayou lemmy.world WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#102 · Quote Reply
Feyd wrote:
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Thank you, that's great.
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Ross_audio lemmy.world Ross_audio@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-07
#103 · Quote Reply
FoundFootFootage78 wrote:
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No, I'll install a better designed browser instead.
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FoundFootFootage78 lemmy.ml Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-04-30
#104 · Quote Reply
Ross_audio wrote:
No, I'll install a better designed browser instead.
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unwarlikeExtortion lemmy.ml unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-01-26
#105 · Quote Reply
z3rOR0ne wrote:
It'd be news to me, I've used the same userChrome.css and userContent.css for years now and I keep my Gentoo Linux desktop up to date with weekly updates, so the Firefox I'm using is confirmed to be the latest version. Additionally, a quick search on ddg reveals no recent mentions nor plans for deprecation of the feature as far as I can tell.

I found this Reddit discussion

The timeline fits (pre-covid), but I got the word wrong. I thought userchrome would've been killed of by now.
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Delusion6903 discuss.online Delusion6903@discuss.online
Joined: 2023-06-26
#106 · Quote Reply

Unfortunately, style in the GUI means a lot these days. If you don't match what MacOS and Windows are doing, your software will look old and unappealing.

Changing Firefox is risky because you can lose current users, but necessary if you want new people.
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tb_ lemmy.world tb_@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-09
#107 · Quote Reply
LordCrom wrote:
For the love of Odin can I please get a title and menu bar. When you have tabs across the screen where would you click and hold to drag the window?

I didn't know people actually liked title bars eating up a window's vertical space.
Firefox specifically adds a bit of padding either side of said tabs in non-maximised windows.
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tb_ lemmy.world tb_@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-09
#108 · Quote Reply
FoundFootFootage78 wrote:
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That's a different user. I wonder what browser they will switch to which does have title bars enabled by default.
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A🔻atar of 🔻engeance lemmy.ml tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-05-10
#109 · Quote Reply
catscape wrote:
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morbidly curious abt this 👍
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stringere sh.itjust.works stringere@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-15
#110 · Quote Reply

Wtf are the symbols on the left?

  • Display?
  • Sparkles? (bookmark groups?)
  • Star (bookmarks in the current ui)
  • Time

FFS I miss drop down menus with text options instead of hieroglyphics.
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AAA feddit.org AAA@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-22
#111 · Quote Reply
HouseWolf wrote:
I'm far from an expert, but Ui design as a job seems to have a huge flaw were if you eventually make the "perfect Ui" you're suddenly out of a job. So you're straight up punished for doing your job well and the only way to maintain a career is to just re-invent the wheel every so often and chase the trends of others doing the same thing so your Ui designs don't look "outdated"

You are correct. Unlike other teams design teams can be actually "done" at some point. But just like other teams design teams need to constantly produce something.
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aamram lemmy.dbzer0.com aamram@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-07-22
#112 · Quote Reply
DupaCycki wrote:
Old Firefox looked perfectly fine. I don't know why they keep wasting so many resources on changing something that already worked.

Because aesthethics also change through the years. You have to make your product appealing to today's standards.
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Arthur Besse lemmy.ml cypherpunks@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-01-17
#113 · (edited) Quote Reply
stringere wrote:
Wtf are the symbols on the left? Display? Sparkles? (bookmark groups?) Star (bookmarks in the current ui) Time FFS I miss drop down menus with text options instead of hieroglyphics.

Sparkles? (bookmark groups?)

::: spoiler Sparkles icon means stochastic parrot (already in current Firefox)
screenshot of Firefox's "Customize sidebar" panel: Sidebar settings ✅ Vertical tabs ✅ Expand sidebar on hover _ Hide tabs and sidebar _ Move sidebar to the right Firefox tools _ Al chatbot _ Tabs from other devices ✅ History ✅ Bookmarks _ Passwords Manage Firefox settings
:::
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Asfalttikyntaja sopuli.xyz Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-02-15
#114 · Quote Reply
ripcord wrote:
Bring back more drop shadows and skeuomorphism

I hope I can live enough to see that.
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merdaverse lemmy.zip merdaverse@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-11
#115 · Quote Reply

Hmmm, I think it needs more rounded corners and padding. - UI designer in 2026
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stringere sh.itjust.works stringere@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-15
#116 · Quote Reply
Arthur Besse wrote:
Sparkles? (bookmark groups?) ::: spoiler Sparkles icon means stochastic parrot (already in current Firefox) :::

Thanks. And fuck. I guess you can remove it from the menus. So there's that. Relegate that shit to extensions if you have to.
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BurntKrispe lemmy.world BurntKrispe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
#117 · Quote Reply

I'm hoping this rewrite simplifies the ui code rather. The existing userstyle system is a headache to modify with the documentation being so scattered.
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Reginald_T_Biter lemmy.world Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-09-16
#118 · Quote Reply
Scrollone wrote:
No, it's enabled by default when you install Firefox :(

Straight to jail?
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DupaCycki lemmy.world DupaCycki@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-17
#119 · Quote Reply
aamram wrote:
Because aesthethics also change through the years. You have to make your product appealing to today's standards.

While this may be true for commercial products and services, Firefox was never supposed to be one.
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aamram lemmy.dbzer0.com aamram@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-07-22
#120 · Quote Reply
DupaCycki wrote:
While this may be true for commercial products and services, Firefox was never supposed to be one.

Every software application Is a commercial product itself. The more appealing, the more users and thus relevance...
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