*more* thoughts on UI design, re Firefox 

... sometimes I forget that Firefox hasn't had a status bar since like, Firefox 3.0. I greatly disliked this change at the time because I preferred to have the information the status bar presented, and to put things like adblock at the bottom of the UI.

You can't do that now. You have to put addons in the address bar space, and loading bars are in the tab icons only.

... my internet is less shit now so I'm less concerned about the loading bars, but I'm sure some people would still benefit from it.

I've at least used userchrome to create a fake status bar because I prefer to have dedicated space to link previews, because it's distracting to have it as a popup-esque shape.

The status bar thing is obnoxious because Firefox literally just copied Chrome, which also changed to a popup effect at the time.
These habits in design changes are functionality and accessibility problems, and no one in the industry will ever give a shit because trends and pretty looks are more important.

*more* thoughts on UI design, re Firefox 

@Taylor ....vivaldi has a status bar......

re: *more* thoughts on UI design, re Firefox 

@Joshi Huh, hm. Never heard of this one... maybe I'll have to consider it at some point...

re: *more* thoughts on UI design, re Firefox 

@Taylor It's made by the folks who originally made Opera (get it, Vivaldi, Opera?), it's built on top of Chromium (so most Chrome extensions work), and a core part of their philosophy is that the user should be able to customise their experience as much as possible.

re: *more* thoughts on UI design, re Firefox 

@Taylor it does still fall into some of the complaints people have with flat design, but IMO it's got a lot more pros than cons

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