What does HackerNews think of Firefox-UI-Fix?

🦊 I respect proton UI and aim to improve it.

Language: CSS

#9 in Firefox
Switching from Chrome to Firefox | Aug 2023
Expand Context ↕
Highly suggest checking out Firefox-UI-Fix [1]. I use it everywhere I use Firefox, and it makes the browser usable.

[1] - https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer | Jul 2023
Expand Context ↕
The handy part about Firefox, unlike Chrome, will shrink tabs to a minimum width and then make them a horizontally scrolling list. I am somewhat of a tab hoarder (I also keep browser windows on vertical monitors), so using Chrome, where it would shrink tabs more and more until there's nothing but a sliver, wouldn't work. Below are screenshots of examples. Firefox keeps things usable; Chrome not so much. (I also know it isn't 1000 tabs, nor is it close to the amount I keep open on my work laptop).

Firefox: https://yld.moe/raw/nVE.png

Chrome: https://yld.moe/raw/vu8.png

Also, if you're wondering why my tabs look like they're from 2017, that's just another benefit of using Firefox [1]. Although as nice as it being able to actually customize our browsers, it would be nice for Mozilla to stop breaking things for sake of breaking things.

[1]: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
The Future of Thunderbird | Feb 2023
Expand Context ↕
My suggestion would be to wait and see.

They know they have a huge user base, including enterprise users. They can do it right and modernize the UI without breaking your workflow. Maybe they will propose compact views and everything. They already have such options.

I've been using Thunderbird for 2005 and like it as is, but I wouldn't mind some fresh air. I'd also love being able to convince my younger relatives to adopt Thunderbird but that somewhat cannot happen in its current state.

Thunderbird is also not Firefox and I would expect them not handle UI/UX changes differently. Worst case, it will remain customizable. I'm not quite happy with the current Firefox UI, but luckily, someone built the Lepton theme [1] which is perfect for me. Thunderbird will still be based on Gecko for the UI, and I'm sure it'll remain at least as customizable as Firefox, even if it involves some hackery.

If Thunderbird works well for you, just wait. Maybe you'll like the changes after all?

As for the suggestions I could suggest KMail, it seems good, and would integrate perfectly with my KDE Plasma desktop environment, though I have been trapped in Thunderbird for more than a decade now.

[1] https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/
Firefox lost ~16M users since last year | Jan 2023
I've been Firefox user for about 10 years. The UI update from last year almost pushed me to another browser, maybe Brave or just giving up and embracing Edge. BUT this UI fix exists [1] and is wonderful. You just paste it into your User profile folder and the custom CSS and user.js fixes the ugly UI.

1. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix

Ad blocking is under attack (2017) | Oct 2022
Expand Context ↕
https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix

Now you don't have to abandon Firefox because of their dumb UI decisions anymore.
Firefox UI/UX History | Mar 2022
Expand Context ↕
Here's what I've been using to get the older design, while also keeping some new niceties.

https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
Firefox UI/UX History | Mar 2022
Expand Context ↕
That's why I made a theme. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
My essential Firefox fixes in 2022 | Mar 2022
I'd highly recommend using Firefox-UI-Fix (aka Lepton):

https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix

It is a userchrome hack rather than an extension though, so I guess its time is limited.

Mozilla Rally | Jan 2022
Expand Context ↕
Install Lepton, it fixes all the issues with the UI.

https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
Firefox 96 | Jan 2022
annoyingly, it breaks the Lepton UI fix: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
The Future of Snapcraft | Jan 2022
A bit of a tangent, but I'm not a big fan of Snaps (or Flatpaks for that matter). Whenever I tried to use them, I ran into issues as soon as I need to do some changes in the configuration.

Take Firefox on the latest Ubuntu for example, it installs as a Snap. Unlike the APT package (or any other package manager) version, the usual ~/.mozilla/ directory changed location. This broke some of my customization scripts and other people's scripts I'm using such as https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix

I would really, really, like if both Flatpaks and Snaps could keep the usual program's config directories. Then I would likely use them often because they have big advantages (especially Flatpaks) over package managers, especially for dependencies.

Lots to See in Firefox 93 | Oct 2021
Talk about a clickbait title. Two hyper-technical features and support for an obscure image format.

To be honest, as a faithful Firefox user, I'm very hesitant to update my browser. A few months ago FF rolled out an abysmal UI update out of the blue, and I had to rely on third-party "fix" [0] to this problem. I really don't want to lose the "fix" due to update, the low contrast of default theme makes Firefox just unusable to me.

I wish there was a no-bullshit fork of Firefox with no Pocket, no Suggestions and Photon UI.

[0] https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix

Firefox 92 | Sep 2021
If you think your new Firefox's vertical spacing is way too large, here is the fix. https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix

Source: firefox 91 - how do you fix this ridiculously large vertical spacing (esp for bookmarks?) https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/p2yuzx/firefox_91_...

How to undo Proton UI in Firefox 91 and onwards | Aug 2021
I have been using Lepton with great joy: https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix

Pulling it from github is a shell script in Linux or a powershell script in Windows; manual installation is a long-winded pain in the backside.