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Firefox Android has a new stupid menu (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 7 months ago by jol@discuss.tchncs.de to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I prefer not installing random extensions just to replace what should native.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This seems like a perfect use case for extensions. You want a UI feature that the developers seem to have decided is too niche to include in the app.

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

The reason it's a terrible use case is that this feature was 2 clicks away in a menu. No extension can add menu items 2 clicks away.