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I really like it, I feel like it fixes some of the issues with groups and tabs looking a bit weird currently. Lol, I always like Firefox redesigns and really cannot understand how people go apeshit when that happens. I swear some people would use NetScape GUI if they could.
So much wasted space 🤮
firefox's photon theme uses the same amount of space and that's without the menubar enabled ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But the space isn't wasted. Its used for greater legibility and generally improved accessibility and UX. But also, I dont think you're right 🤔
People have different tastes of course. Mine are dictated by a reading disability amongst other things.
i respect the need for accessibility, but i don't like not having options. if your vertical resolution is lower than 1080 going into about:config and re-enabling the deprecated compact mode is almost a necessity, and who knows how long that's going to last.
the netscape theme does use a lot of space by default, but importantly, it doesn't have to. text below icons can be turned off, icon size can be reduced, toolbars can be merged, etc. and if it's still too much, this browser a complete theme library, which was something firefox killed off years ago.
is this palemoon?
no, but it almost is
it's a custom build of seamonkey using pale moon's UXP engine
Don't threaten me with a good time
do you actually use it? lol is that even possible without everything breaking?
yes and yes
it's a custom build of seamonkey (the continuation of the mozilla suite/classic netscape) using pale moon's goanna engine.
works well enough for most sites, the browser itself is super modular and useful (it has a really strong addon ecosystem courtesy of seamonkey and pale moon's addon libraries respectively), and honestly i just enjoy utilitarian retro UX
I'd use it if it provided blazing fast performance. For me, usability and performance beats any nice looks
While I agree overall it looks nice, I hate gaps and rounded corners. I’m sick of wasted space. And I’m sick of rounded corners.
Now that would actually be nice!!
i think the space is the same but its just camouflaged to look like it's wasted, maybe we should count the pixels tho
I don't think pixel count would be a fair comparison for a 30 year old browser. You used to actually be able to count all the pixels back then.
Mostly we want them to make the browser itself not suck before worrying about cosmetics.
GUI and UX are totally related so it can improve the not suck part.