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[Crosspost from r/Firefox] Mozila needs to learn that Chrome's UI/UX is not the "correct UI" for a browser. (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by TheTwelveYearOld to c/[email protected]
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Original post (not mine): https://reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1e1rskb/mozila_needs_to_learn_that_chromes_uiux_is_not/

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[–] Creosm 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Personally I don't see an issue with it. What better way could there be to display clearing browsing history and etc

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

This new dialog obfuscates what can be deleted.

The old dialog gave you check boxes for:

Browsing & Download History

Active Logins

Form & Search History

Cookies

Cache

Site Settings

Offline Website Data

To see the difference, open about:config, search for privacy.sanitize.useOldClearHistoryDialog and set it to true

(Restart Firefox to see the difference)

Old dialog: Old Dialog

They could at least have a button/tab/something to enable seeing this view.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

What’s the difference between active logins and cookies?

Are offline pages used much anymore?

I don’t think it obfuscates it, it describes each (most) of those items while grouping them more logically. It is just less granular.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Personally, I feel like more advanced use-cases are better covered by extensions.