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A smarter, simpler Firefox address bar | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 1 month ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You can now perform actions like “clear history,” “open downloads,” or “take a screenshot” just by typing into the address bar.

They've reinvented the command line.

[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I'm all for it

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yet they call this the simpler bar, huh?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Command line is the definition of simple. It's not easy, but it is simple: you type a command and it runs the command, that's it. Knowing what commands to run is what makes is it difficult, but the interface is incredibly simple.

[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I mean.. it would be simpler if it didn't run any commands.

I think the point is that the UI of the bar wasn't really more complicated before. So it's not like the bar itself has really gotten any simpler. Specially if they aren't removing the previous ways to access those functions.

That said, I do like the idea.

[–] TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yep, just like all those command palette apps like Alfred, Raycast, and inside VS Code.