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Re: [LUG] Firefox Browser

 
On 27/04/2020 22:49, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 22:43, Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 27/04/2020 14:40, Michael Everitt wrote:
>>> On 27/04/20 14:33, Julian Hall wrote:
>>>> On 27/04/2020 13:30, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 13:25, Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> So, being very obedient, I have been using  FF over the last two days.
>>>>>> This was partly triggered by version 75 appearing. I must say that I am
>>>>>> well impressed. It is fast and has plenty of tweaks available. Just the
>>>>>> one that used to be there is still missing, putting the tab bar at the
>>>>>> bottom. That still annoys me.
>>>>> I am a little confused here. Are you saying that FF puts your tab bar
>>>>> at the bottom by default and you don't like it, or that you FF puts
>>>>> the tab bar at the top and you want it at the bottom?
>>>>>
>>>>> Grant. :)
>>>>
>>>> The latter I expect as FF tabs are at the top. Personal choice. I've
>>>> never had a browser with them at the bottom so I'm happy with it as is.
>>>>
>>>> Julian
>>>>
>>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1229412
>>>
>>> I'll let someone else walk through editing your userChrome.css file in
>>> Firefox ... :P
>>>
>>>
>> Exactly. I don't have such a file, so just to start I would need to
>> create it. Not difficult, but it should not be necessary.
>>
>> Neil
> 
> Why not? By the looks of it Mozilla have (a long time ago) decided
> that they would simplify their code by removing options that were used
> by a very small minority of people. The option is still there for you,
> if you wish to take it, however it will now require a little more
> effort on your part. Reading through the how-tos it would seem that
> the overall method has remained unchanged for quite some time now,
> with only minor tweaks required every few major versions or so.
> 
> Grant.
> 
Yes, let's not forget that having a wide variety of choice rapidly leads
to bloatware - and the more complex the codebase is, the more testing
required and the more opportunity for errors and unexpected behaviours.
For items that few people use, it's better to remove that option (but
still allow people to customise their experience via the open source
route (or extra config). For FF, you having to spend a day coding or
configuring is better than them having to do the same for a couple of
users...

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