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They probably haven’t fulfilled their RAM usage quota yet
oh fuck no please don’t break my userchrome(desktop) and muscle memory(android)…
Make it do less, a LOT faster, using less resources, with good extension support.
That is a good browsers only job.
Why? Browsers and software can become ever more complex and hog more resources like RAM, which are basically free
You might want to add a little /s there.
But yes, decisions made by people who dont pay for their own hardware.
I just wish the mobile app had an ability to display more than two bookmarks at a time without the need to scroll and click through menus to get to them. Desktop app has a bookmarks toolbar, the mobile equivalent sucks.
Every time I see a blog post with a title like this from Mozilla, I have a conversation like this in my head:
Me: You’re changing the tab shape again, aren’t you?
Mozilla: Today, we’re announcing a new— erm, yes, we’re changing the tab shape…
Me: Anything else?
Mozilla: We’re centering privacy settings in—
Me: So nothing new?
Mozilla: Not really…
eh it looks cool and all, but why do we need a redesign every 6 months?
shouldn’t they be using those man-hours to like, solve the fingerprinting problem for example?
https://arkenfox.github.io/thorin/items/02browserfingerprinting.html
you can’t “solve” fingerprinting. spoofing makes you more unique. and you cannot spoof everything. looking normal helps more than trying to hide. the only real solution to it would be creating a standard to all browsers, which is what tor does, and it’s why it works. same settings, same window size, same engine, etc. if you want fingerprinting resistance, use tor!
the only real solution to it would be creating a standard to all browsers, which is what tor does
there you go. do that to firefox.
this would imply not being able to resize your window for example… you cant do that to a general purpose software. you need to useba tool that fits your needs. it would be the equivalent of complaining about Debian not being an amnesiac distro. Tails exists for this…
this would imply not being able to resize your window for example
Or it would let you resize and report the same size as everyone else.
that’s spoofing, spoofing makes you stand out more…
What do you mean? If all Firefox users report the same size, than you are one of many. That’s the point. It makes you stand out less. Off course this works only if you are not the only one that sticks out and its the default.
since you mention it, firefox has a feature where it launches with a generic predetermined window size so you blend in. even then screen resolution can only get them so far.
i’m not calling for firefox to be tor, just that everyday software must be more private too.
yes, tor uses that feature to make all users look the same, if you resize a bit your tor window that’s it. you can be identified. for fingerprinting to work every browser would need to look the same. this means no extensions, no difference in window size, same settings, etc. do you think that’s actually feasible for an everyday browser? really?
i know. but each point you touched can be improved upon. my point is that browsers are too transparent to third parties, and that’s one of the priorities.
Not sure I’d be okay trusting designers to solve fingerprinting.
i’d trust mozilla to pay for developers instead of yearly redesigns.
I hate everything about “modern design” … Rounded corners, gradients, blur and transparency effects, fading in/out … fuck that! I want my browser to look and feel like the rest of my UI.
This is basically what I was thinking. I customized Firefox to be less rounded with sharp edges, single color and much denser. I don’t know why every application is treated like a new abstract art (off course I’m exaggerating here).
oddly enough all these things have repeatedly appeared, disappeared, and reappeared in my lifetime, e.g. titlebars on Windows became transparent with Vista, then stopped being so in, I think, Windows 8?
well, the rest of my UI has rounded corners, transparency, and blur 🤷♂️
I like some of these things, but I’d be ok with them being optional toggles. I remember seeing a Firefox fork with extensive customization options for the UI
Personally
- rounded corners make it easier to see what is contained in what. It gives more information than just having everything meet at corners
- gradients and blurs match the rest of my UI 😄
Glad that compact mode will be officially supported again. Makes such as big difference on a laptop screen.
New compact mode is great, I might be in the minority here but I like the new design.
They chance the look again. I have to say, the new look looks better than the current default. But it’s not for me and I will heavily customize the look anyway. Hopefully my current customization works as it is and I have nothing to do…
As long as Kit is used everywhere, I’m up for it
