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I'm not one to usually diss new UI changes, but this one grinds my gears.

Firefox for Android has released a new menu design. It organizes everything a little differently, which is alright it looks fresh. But 2 things are really annoying and a continuous design trend in Firefox.

  • The option to open page in external app has been tucked away in a sub menu. I used this often and it was in the top level menu before. Companies just love hiding things in menus for no reason.
  • the option to open a private tab as a normal tab is GONE. This is how I use Firefox: someone sends me a link, I click on it and it opens in a private tab by default. If I need to sign in to see it (e.g. private Instagram links) then I open it in a normal tab. This option is now simply gone.

So yeah that's my rant. I'll see if I open a bug requesting the 2nd issue back.

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Adding a bookmark is indeed one extra click, while viewing a bookmark is still two clicks

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The menu item to save a bookmark is there without scrolling. The option to view bookmarks is below the fold.

I could see why that could be inconvenient for some, though I suspect that like me, most people don't use bookmarks much any more.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

Yes. Because everything needs to be tidy in sub menus!