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.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    1 day ago

    Just set firefox to clear history on close?

    I like my history right where it is. I use my phone browser in lieu of apps, so it’s really nice to have things autocomplete for my bank and whatnot.

    So I use private tabs fairly frequently for things I don’t want to be tracked in my history or cookies, such as anything owned by Meta (SO still sends me Instagram links).

    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      1·
      23 hours ago

      Makes sense! I just rather never have history saved so I have it set to clear on every exit. It’s just the way I feel comfortable.