NemeskiMozilla is testing new tab wallpapers in desktop Nightly
astrskabout:blank with a dark theme is the only new tab experience I will ever use.
edricSame. Who stares at an empty tab for more than 5 seconds? If I put a wallpaper, I’ll barely see it.
jlow (he/him)But it’ll be just like on the desktop which I never see as well 😸
The tab could have some other useful things… If Mozilla allowed some form of customization or extensibility. Big clock, weather, and the stuff they have right now (icons) are pretty useful too.
There’s a reason UI/UX people design these things, and one day I’ll figure out what it is.
I find it super distracting. The only reason I ever open a new tab is to search or enter a URL, so all I need is it to focus in the URL bar. Or I guess seeing open tabs on other devices, the new pinned tab thing they added solves that.
I’m okay with it existing, as long as there’s an easy way to turn it all off. I use Brave for testing, and I dislike the new tab page there. My OS has a clock, and I can get OS widgets for everything else, I just want my browser to browse…
☂️-i sometimes use the shortcuts for sites i commonly visit
Why not just type the first few letters in the URL bar? For my lemmy instance, I just type “sh” and it completes. For everything else, I use Duckduckgo bangs (“!a” for Amazon, “!w” for Wikipedia, etc).
It should totally be an option, but I don’t remember the last time I ever clicked on anything in the new tab page.
If you’ve just opened a new tab, your hand is on the mouse and the page you want is one click away, why bother typing?
Um, no? I type “Ctrl+T” (or Cmd+T) to open the new tab. I honestly don’t know the last time I used the mouse to open a new tab.
Right, but you asked why not type it, I was giving you a reason why. That’s also why I put in the disclaimer about having your hand on the mouse.
I can see color being used to help encode themed tabs for the end user. Red theme for media tab groups, grey for research groups, etc. Might be cool
Do you look at your desktop wallpaper for much longer?
I don’t, that’s why I don’t have one either, just a black screen.
Alright. Nothing wrong with that, and you’re consistent. But many computer users appreciate the desktop wallpaper feature, so I imagined they’d appreciate this feature. I think I will.
Not much longer, but a bit
ripcordSame, probably, but I also appreciate the option.
Ok boomer
SorteKaninI mean I get that and I think many people on the Fediverse agrees, but I showed my girlfriend this picture with the red panda background and she’s excited about this feature (and hence Firefox) because of a red panda.
Don’t underestimate or undervalue catering to non-technical people. If we want Firefox to be adopted more widely, we need those people to enjoy the experience.
sgibson5150I don’t hate it, but the other options in the screenshot makes it seem like they’re going for parity with Edge in terms of new tab customizability. I love my Firefox but over the long history of the project I feel like they’ve frequently chased the wrong trends.
Personally I always use the blank new tab page, so I bet this won’t even work for me. 🙁
Same. I don’t need anything on a new tab page, I just need to search in the URL bar. Maybe there’d be value if I could use the “tabs on other devices” thing as my new tab page.
Yeah, that would be handy. Good call.
Now all I want is APIs for extensions to create modular New Tab Page sections… Or would that be a major security hazard
boredsquirrel (he)Yay speed improvenents?
does it work with animated images/videos?
RmDebArc_5Can’t you do that with CSS already?
If you are a web developer, sure
Or reasonably good at copy/pasting stuff and searching the web.
Grandma doesn’t want to learn what all the gibberish in “Inspect Element” does. Browsers need to be built for regular people too
The other user was talking about the user CSS thing, and you can basically just copy/paste stuff from the Internet into that file. Grandma won’t do that, but your average Firefox user who likes to customize stuff can probably figure it out. No inspect element needed, just open a specific text file and paste stuff from the Internet.
gedaliyahThat’s why I use tabliss - plus all the other customization and config.
يا ليتني كوري شمالي They are bringing back personas?
I miss them so much!
JackGreenEarthI use Bonjourr new tab page already
I’m one of the devs, always nice to find users in the wild! 🔥
Wild BillThis comment inspired me to try out Bonjourr. Absolutely love it so far. Keep the great work up!
Will do! Thank you 🙌
Beam me out!@neme They should organize the menus in one place and add more overall customization options instead. Seems they just randomly jump in different directions ignoring their core users.
Hal-5700XSo like Brave.
Winged_HussarRed Panda!
best animals
More bloat ? Perhaps there’s other more important stuff to do ?
cabillaudMaybe that took them 10 min
DestideI’d rather they fix the"Firefox is already running" bug
Mozilla seems to believe browsers are the destination, rather than a means of getting there.
Resol van LemmyI wonder if they’ll implement stuff like this:
(Screenshot taken from the Android version of Firefox)
I have been waiting for this. Do you reckon this will put and end to Tabliss?