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.
Is this the same menu that makes viewing and adding bookmarks one step more tedious than they used to be?
To add a bookmark:
To view bookmark (from anywhere but the Home overlay):
Adding a bookmark is indeed one extra click, while viewing a bookmark is still two clicks
You see the Bookmarks menu item without scrolling down in the menu? Most of the time (read: when I’m not on the Home overlay) I need to scroll down to reveal the rest of the menu.
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.
I always assumed anybody on a Firefox subreddit was cut from a different cloth 😉 Especially because Firefox on the desktop offers first-class bookmark management IMO.
I know I use it a ton, anyway.
Yes. Because everything needs to be tidy in sub menus!