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about:config --> browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.newtabWallpapers.enabled true

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (4 children)

about:blank with a dark theme is the only new tab experience I will ever use.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I mean I get that and I think many people on the Fediverse agrees, but I showed my girlfriend this picture with the red panda background and she's excited about this feature (and hence Firefox) because of a red panda.

Don't underestimate or undervalue catering to non-technical people. If we want Firefox to be adopted more widely, we need those people to enjoy the experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Same, probably, but I also appreciate the option.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't hate it, but the other options in the screenshot makes it seem like they're going for parity with Edge in terms of new tab customizability. I love my Firefox but over the long history of the project I feel like they've frequently chased the wrong trends.

Personally I always use the blank new tab page, so I bet this won't even work for me. 🙁

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same. I don't need anything on a new tab page, I just need to search in the URL bar. Maybe there'd be value if I could use the "tabs on other devices" thing as my new tab page.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that would be handy. Good call.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

best animals

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Bonjourr new tab page already

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m one of the devs, always nice to find users in the wild! 🔥

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This comment inspired me to try out Bonjourr. Absolutely love it so far. Keep the great work up!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Will do! Thank you 🙌

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That's why I use tabliss - plus all the other customization and config.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@neme They should organize the menus in one place and add more overall customization options instead. Seems they just randomly jump in different directions ignoring their core users.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if they'll implement stuff like this:

(Screenshot taken from the Android version of Firefox)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yay speed improvenents?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Mozilla seems to believe browsers are the destination, rather than a means of getting there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'd rather they fix the"Firefox is already running" bug

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

does it work with animated images/videos?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I miss them so much!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have been waiting for this. Do you reckon this will put and end to Tabliss?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can’t you do that with CSS already?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are a web developer, sure

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or reasonably good at copy/pasting stuff and searching the web.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grandma doesn’t want to learn what all the gibberish in “Inspect Element” does. Browsers need to be built for regular people too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The other user was talking about the user CSS thing, and you can basically just copy/paste stuff from the Internet into that file. Grandma won't do that, but your average Firefox user who likes to customize stuff can probably figure it out. No inspect element needed, just open a specific text file and paste stuff from the Internet.