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1 hour ago, Demz said:

startin to look more an more like Chrome, soon enough you wont be able to tell the difference

 

1 hour ago, Boo Berry said:

Firefox is already becoming a semi-Chrome clone, so why not go with the theme too? Kt9JW9A.png

 

IMO, it kinda looks more like an Edge clone, which is NOT an improvement.

I am OK with anything beside that ugly Australis (funky curvy rounded tabs). Yuck!!

9 hours ago, Zlip792 said:

 

I am OK with anything beside that ugly Australis (funky curvy rounded tabs). Yuck!!

i dont care what Tabs look like unlike some , as long as the browser  works,  the New Theme however just looks UGLY , ugly enough i'll make the switch to Chrome permanently from 57 onwards

41 minutes ago, Demz said:

i dont care what Tabs look like unlike some , as long as the browser  works,  the New Theme however just looks UGLY , ugly enough i'll make the switch to Chrome permanently from 57 onwards

I might do the reverse. :-p

 

Anyhow, I agree with the part of browser functionality. It should just works. Lets hope that Web Extension does not ruin the experience and customization, which every Firefox power user likes.

34 minutes ago, Zlip792 said:

I might do the reverse. :-p

 

Anyhow, I agree with the part of browser functionality. It should just works. Lets hope that Web Extension does not ruin the experience and customization, which every Firefox power user likes.

Customization in firefox ? you gotta be kidding, Mozilla don want users to customize the browser . you'll get another lackless customization browser like Chrome when 57 hits the release channel. , just go an install Chrome Extensions in Firefox now an thats what you'll get as in WebExtensions

17 minutes ago, Demz said:

It was a proposal then & it is in Firefox 55 so ..

20 minutes ago, Demz said:

thats not new news to me, just readf the Mozilla Nightly Blog

It was never meant only for you.

waiting for WebRender?

 

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When will WebRender reach performance parity with current Firefox55?
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Long story short, in a while. For enablement, it's hard to predict accurately for a project of this scope, but we'd like it to be in a good shape by November (I am a terrible person to ask about time estimates so this might be too optimistic). Performance parity will be some time in between then and now (I think that we don't have a milestone specifically for it other than it needs to be significantly better than what we currently have by the time it ships).

 

20 minutes ago, jupe said:

I thought I'd add this image to make it easier for anyone interested in viewing the version 57 mock up

 

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links to view it has already been posted , no need for the screeny IMO , it just makes me cry to see a browser that had identity to one that wont

5 hours ago, JUANMAS7ER said:

To be fair, almost all browsers look like a Chromium iteration these days. There's not a big feature that makes them apart from each other (at least visually) untill someone comes with any

When Firefox initially was released one of the criticisms was that it looked too much like IE6 (And that it "stole" tabs from Opera). All browsers feed off each other (They all do the same job) and it shouldn't be surprising, a good UI design idea is still a good idea, and will get adopted.

 

3 hours ago, Demz said:

wonder if Mozilla will release a Preview Releases of it before its officially released to the public

Like in a nightly build or beta release?

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