From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

NOW what. What kind of redesign are they talking about and how many
hours will I wind up having to invest in order to come up with kludges
and workarounds so that I can continue to use Firefox? >80(>
--
John C. I filter crossposts, various trolls & dizum.com. Doing this
makes this newsgroup easier to read & more on-topic. Take back the tech companies from India & industry from China.

--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

"John C." wrote:

NOW what. What kind of redesign are they talking about and how many
hours will I wind up having to invest in order to come up with kludges
and workarounds so that I can continue to use Firefox?

Doesn't look drastic ...

<https://youtu.be/uMtzH3uLpkc>
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:18:06 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
wrote:

"John C." wrote:

NOW what. What kind of redesign are they talking about and how many
hours will I wind up having to invest in order to come up with kludges
and workarounds so that I can continue to use Firefox?

Doesn't look drastic ...

<https://youtu.be/uMtzH3uLpkc>

As long as all that widget garbage and the icons for supposedly
important webpages can be ejected with a blank homepage...
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

On 8/20/26 12:18 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

"John C." wrote:

NOW what. What kind of redesign are they talking about and how many
hours will I wind up having to invest in order to come up with kludges
and workarounds so that I can continue to use Firefox?

Doesn't look drastic ...

<https://youtu.be/uMtzH3uLpkc>

F**king round corners on everything!!!! It's not Android Google messages, no bubbles please!

And I've had tinted the border in the URL since v70 with CSS. Hell it's about time they
did some accents.

More work that is diverted from fixing things.
--
Mint 22.3, Thunderbird 153.0esr, Firefox 153.0.4
Alan K.
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

Is it still purple and pink?
--
<Bill>

Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska

John C. wrote:

NOW what. What kind of redesign are they talking about and how many
hours will I wind up having to invest in order to come up with kludges
and workarounds so that I can continue to use Firefox? >80(>

--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:29:32 -0800, "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net>
wrote:

Is it still purple and pink?

You never did provide an answer to my question back on 20 June about
ability to change themes from the small selection built into Ffox 152.
Does your highly-coloured screen remain after switching to a plain
light or dark theme?
Your experience at the time described Alpenglow, which had been added
as a stock theme -- it can be disabled but not removed.
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:29:32 -0800, Bill Bradshaw wrote:

Is it still purple and pink?

h|Nh|N (-:
--
s|b
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:11:43 -0700, Nobody wrote:

As long as all that widget garbage and the icons for supposedly
important webpages can be ejected with a blank homepage...

+1
--
s|b
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:31:22 -0700, John C. wrote:

NOW what. What kind of redesign are they talking about and how many
hours will I wind up having to invest in order to come up with kludges
and workarounds so that I can continue to use Firefox? >80(>

As Harold said in a different context in /The Boys in the Band/, it
can be as few as none, if you know how to work it.

By which I mean -- no one is forcing you to use Firefox. The devs
have proved over a span of years that what users want is not a
consideration. Maybe this "redesign" will prompt you to choose a
different primary browser.

(Yes, I still have Firefox installed, but it has not been my primary
browser for a couple of years now. For me the turning point was yet
another change that broke extensions I relied on and used regularly.)
--
Trolls wouldn't be trolling if nobody would take the flamebait.
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

Stan Brown wrote:

John C. wrote:

NOW what. What kind of redesign are they talking about and how many
hours will I wind up having to invest in order to come up with kludges
and workarounds so that I can continue to use Firefox? >80(>

As Harold said in a different context in /The Boys in the Band/, it
can be as few as none, if you know how to work it.

By which I mean -- no one is forcing you to use Firefox. The devs
have proved over a span of years that what users want is not a consideration. Maybe this "redesign" will prompt you to choose a
different primary browser.

So far, the only one I've seen that comes close to that is Vivaldi.

(Yes, I still have Firefox installed, but it has not been my primary
browser for a couple of years now. For me the turning point was yet
another change that broke extensions I relied on and used regularly.)

Yeah, that's what I mainly was referring to in the OP, having to deal
with multiple new extension incompatibilities.

As I watch the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMtzH3uLpkc

I again hear nonsense like this "cleaner, softer, and more customizable
feel" mantra. The focus seems to be on looks, not functionality. So yet
again, more advanced users will need to hack using userchrome.css
tweaks. And yet again, doing so will only be the beginning of yet
another chess game with the devs.
--
John C. I filter crossposts, various trolls & dizum.com. Doing this
makes this newsgroup easier to read & more on-topic. Take back the tech companies from India & industry from China.

--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox



Try the New Firefox Design in Nightly rCo Firefox Nightly News <https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/07/27/new-firefox-design/>
--

@~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
/ v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
/( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
The game is afoot... Meow...
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

On 8/21/2026 12:18 AM, Andy Burns wrote:

"John C." wrote:

NOW what. What kind of redesign are they talking about ...

Doesn't look drastic ...
<https://youtu.be/uMtzH3uLpkc>

I hope the new design, when finalized,
would not hurt my userChrome.css. :)
--

@~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
/ v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
/( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
The game is afoot... Meow...
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2