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Firefox Android has a new stupid menu (discuss.tchncs.de)
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I'm not one to usually diss new UI changes, but this one grinds my gears.

Firefox for Android has released a new menu design. It organizes everything a little differently, which is alright it looks fresh. But 2 things are really annoying and a continuous design trend in Firefox.

  • The option to open page in external app has been tucked away in a sub menu. I used this often and it was in the top level menu before. Companies just love hiding things in menus for no reason.
  • the option to open a private tab as a normal tab is GONE. This is how I use Firefox: someone sends me a link, I click on it and it opens in a private tab by default. If I need to sign in to see it (e.g. private Instagram links) then I open it in a normal tab. This option is now simply gone.

So yeah that's my rant. I'll see if I open a bug requesting the 2nd issue back.

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[โ€“] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The option to open page in external app

For me (rev133.0) this comes up as a distinct top level option when I'm in a tab that could be opened in an app eg a YouTube tab

[โ€“] Carighan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Same, and it ought to only show up if there is any app on the device that can handle this page.