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[hector13]

Why is the Gabe tabs being above the address bar a problem?

[Rolan7]

Why is the Gabe tabs being above the address bar a problem?

Yeah really though...  Again, what is the alternative?  Do some people have them on the side?

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Um, since multiple people have mentioned "tabs on top" as a problem, what was the alternative?  Unlike the Windows Start menu or Gnome equivalent, I never noticed an option to move tabs to the... side?  Bottom?

I'm mostly glad it isn't wasting real estate on beveled tabs anymore.  That was the biggest reason I installed Classic Theme Restorer.  This is... different, but fine.

Chatzilla's broken but that's justified.  There was honestly no reason for me to choose an IRC client embedded in Firefox...  And I've kept with it almost entirely due to keeping the logs in one format.

[Egan_BW]

Tabs right under the address bar, I guess. Which, I'll be honest, sounds utterly terrible. So much wasted space. I can only assume that people who like it that way are horrible cannibals or something, because their judgement is clearly lacking.

[Reelya]

I'm thinking they must hate all browsers then, because Edge and Chrome both do tabs on top. If Firefox had forced the tabs to stay below the address bar by default, the same people would probably be threatening to quit Firefox and go to Chrome because Firefox are living in the past. e.g. - why would it just be tabs that stayed where they are? Everyone has one old setting they liked that's changed in modern browsers. If they tried to keep the "old ways" to keep everyone happy their browser would look like it's 1998.

Personally, I think the idea they're going for is that the top bar is evolving to look like the task bar in windows. So now I mainly just have two black strips at top and bottom, bottom is Windows controls, top is browser controls. The new look Firefox is making Chrome look like retro tech that is seriously clashing with my minimalist all-black Windows 10 theme. The new Firefox with the dark theme turned on actually looks like it's part of the OS.

Personally, what I want that they haven't quite implemented is the Firefox options icon being optionally in the top-left (mirroring Windows Start menu), then a Cortana-like address bar (can shrink or expand it), then shortcut icons / drop-downs, then tabs, then add-ons on the right, mirroring the system tray in Windows. Basically one unified strip of browser controls that mirrors the look and functionality of what is at the bottom of my screen.

[smjjames]

Women and fashion, lolwut https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/11/17/16671614/new-vanity-fair-editor-fox-tights-radhika-jones

[Yoink]

Reelya, you say "...their browser would look like it's 1998" like that's a bad thing. I would love to have an old school-looking browser in this day and age... or, even better, a mail client. There are no non-awful email providers anymore.

[Maximum Spin]

Reelya, you say "...their browser would look like it's 1998" like that's a bad thing. I would love to have an old school-looking browser in this day and age... or, even better, a mail client. There are no non-awful email providers anymore.

ugh, so true

I'd love it if website authors would make an effort to be compatible with Lynx. I'd never use anything else.

[Eric Blank]

Women and fashion, lolwut https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/11/17/16671614/new-vanity-fair-editor-fox-tights-radhika-jones

We talking tights with pictures of cute foxes printed on them or pants with fur meant to look, well like fur

Because the latter might be pretty hot depending how its done

[smjjames]

Women and fashion, lolwut https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/11/17/16671614/new-vanity-fair-editor-fox-tights-radhika-jones

We talking tights with pictures of cute foxes printed on them or pants with fur meant to look, well like fur

Because the latter might be pretty hot depending how its done

I THINK it's the one with cute foxes rather than faux fur pants. Either way, fashion....

[Rose]

The article clarifies that it's pictures of foxes.

[Eric Blank]

Damn, that is kinda lame

[scriver]

Why is the Gabe tabs being above the address bar a problem?

Why is the Gabe tabs being above the address bar a problem?

Yeah really though...  Again, what is the alternative?  Do some people have them on the side?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Um, since multiple people have mentioned "tabs on top" as a problem, what was the alternative?  Unlike the Windows Start menu or Gnome equivalent, I never noticed an option to move tabs to the... side?  Bottom?

I'm mostly glad it isn't wasting real estate on beveled tabs anymore.  That was the biggest reason I installed Classic Theme Restorer.  This is... different, but fine.

Chatzilla's broken but that's justified.  There was honestly no reason for me to choose an IRC client embedded in Firefox...  And I've kept with it almost entirely due to keeping the logs in one format.

Tabs right under the address bar, I guess. Which, I'll be honest, sounds utterly terrible. So much wasted space. I can only assume that people who like it that way are horrible cannibals or something, because their judgement is clearly lacking.

My look:

[Tiruin]

Why is the Gabe tabs being above the address bar a problem?

Why is the Gabe tabs being above the address bar a problem?

Yeah really though...  Again, what is the alternative?  Do some people have them on the side?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Um, since multiple people have mentioned "tabs on top" as a problem, what was the alternative?  Unlike the Windows Start menu or Gnome equivalent, I never noticed an option to move tabs to the... side?  Bottom?

I'm mostly glad it isn't wasting real estate on beveled tabs anymore.  That was the biggest reason I installed Classic Theme Restorer.  This is... different, but fine.

Chatzilla's broken but that's justified.  There was honestly no reason for me to choose an IRC client embedded in Firefox...  And I've kept with it almost entirely due to keeping the logs in one format.

Tabs right under the address bar, I guess. Which, I'll be honest, sounds utterly terrible. So much wasted space. I can only assume that people who like it that way are horrible cannibals or something, because their judgement is clearly lacking.

My look: [-the coolest look, DARKLING-]

That's just like mine! But I use a firefox derivative, Comodo IceDragon \o/
...And I see, err, no problem with this whatsoever? My tabs look like blocks, when more then 2, but tabs when highlighted like below!
So I'm probably an IceDragon Cannibal? Hum :I Komodo Dragons are cool.

Spoiler: My Look (click to show/hide)

[Reelya]

I'll guess I'll drop a screenshot of the new Firefox in full-screen too:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[scriver]

Oh and do clarify after actually analyzing my dislike for the look I expressed dislike for earlier it's not that the tabs is above the adress bar that annoys me, it's when the tab field is in the top which should be a headline field.