Mozila needs to learn that Chrome's UI/UX is not the "correct UI" for a browser.
Original post (not mine): https://reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1e1rskb/mozila_needs_to_learn_that_chromes_uiux_is_not/
Personally I don't see an issue with it. What better way could there be to display clearing browsing history and etc
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:
They could at least have a button/tab/something to enable seeing this view.
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.
Personally, I feel like more advanced use-cases are better covered by extensions.
This seems fine to me, too. Personally I want easier to disambiguate tabs. The sexy Australis curves were peak Firefox design. I really dislike the new tab bar
Jesus the monochromatic, shades-of-grey everything-looks-the-same low contrast UI bullshit today really pisses me off.
I feel bad for people with vision issues - some organization needs to sue all these companies for lack of accessibility.
Every time I see someone struggle with some UI, it really boils my blood that some asshole manager/tech bro somewhere decided to chase after fucking retention and engagement. And chose to make life more difficult and frustrating for some poor person who just wants to use the thing they paid for and own
Edit: Sorry for the rant, this doesn't really belong in the Firefox community. I feel like Mozilla has done a fairly decent job, it's just that I'm tired of all the tech BS and it pains me to see things being made so much worse
agree with australis
I don't mind the idea of them having a go at improving it. What I want (and I don't think it's too unusual) is for history and site settings to be remembered when I close the browser, and most cookies + data to be deleted with the exception of a few sites where they're kept. Configuring this has been strangely complicated for a long time. To get it to work, I had to figure out this procedure:
It is with some trepidation that I wait to see whether they will have broken my configuration, made things easier, or made it impossible to set things up this way when Debian stable eventually updates to the new ESR in the next few months.
Thank you for this comment; this is probably the setting that I would prefer but I don't remember seeing the option to have this when I was looking through settings. I suspect I didn't dig far enough — I agree, this is weirdly complicated
What's wrong with it? It's very clear in my opinion.
As much as I hate google and chrome, I think chrome has superior ui/ux and firefox should really port the useful stuff