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[–] deweydecibel 146 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Are we seriously sitting here, in the shadow of the open internet's apocalypse, complaining yet again about Firefox's UI?

It's like Superman trying to rescue you from a fire and you complaining about his breath.

There's no UI in the world that will make the internet bareable without functional ad blockers.

[–] Giooschi 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey, I switched to Firefox because I liked its UI better (after Quantum though)

[–] saltesc 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I switched back from years with Chrome then new Chromium Edge, haven't noticed an issue. But everything I do is Ctrl+W, middle-click, and typing into search fields. If I'm using a browser's UI, it's for the menu or a bookmark folder.

I can't really fathom what a browser UI is used for beside this and the less there is of one on-screen, the better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I left it because their "new" UI, but that was just thelast straw (after 20 years) Won't go back.

[–] TerminusEst 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes. Because the UI and UX of a tool that you use everyday matters. The average user will hold ease of use over privacy 9 times out of 10. In my case though I wasn’t able to use FF for a while due to the lack of debugger support for a project I was working on. Now it comes down to me having to work on multiple projects at once so tab groups and organization are key. Now don’t get me wrong, once Chrome totally kills adblockers I’ll drop Chromium browsers like a bad habit, but the point still stands though, FF could use some UI improvements.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Id argue on mobile for instance, firefox is easier to use. One of the LARGEST differences between chrome and firefox from a UI standpoint is bottom search/site box over top one, especially for larger phones.

This of course doesnt consider anything related to addons yet.

[–] golamas1999 5 points 1 year ago

Or Mr. Incredible being sued for saving a guy commuting suicide..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, super bad breath is not your ordinary bad breath. It would possibly melt your lungs faster than the fire. Bacteria that can thrive in superman's body is not to be messed with.

[–] RubberElectrons 1 points 1 year ago

I'm glad to see that even when we're about to get robbed, there'll still be humor about it. Grim, but I like it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I literally swore off Firefox for half a decade because they removed and broke Panorama with their engine rewrite, so yes.