Behind the design of the fresh new Firefox coming June 1

[DHPersonal]

I've been using the beta version of Firefox that seems to be running the new UI. I took some screenshots to share some of the differences:

Current: https://filedn.com/l4TAWvbSe5i8mJFf1TSvpfS/Image%205-21-21%2...

New: https://filedn.com/l4TAWvbSe5i8mJFf1TSvpfS/Screen%20Shot%202...

• Tabs look like buttons now

• Things feel taller

• Back/Forward buttons are simpler

• "Compact" UI mode is gone

• Light mode finally looks fully light instead of having a gray toolbar

• Address/Search bar no longer has blue outline when active but still gets big

[denton-scratch]

I have to watch a video? No text summary? No transcript?

I can skim text. I can't skim video. I think it's rude to provide only video - it amounts to taking my time for granted.

[sidpatil]

Not only that, but video uses far more data than text, which is terrible for mobile data users.

[0dayz]

Geez, I really wish they showed upcoming features/ui tweaks plain and simple instead of this overdone cheesy "showcase".

[GekkePrutser]

One thing that doesn't make sense is them saying they try to eliminate clicks. But they're removing lots of direct buttons and hiding stuff under hamburger menus which actually adds a lot of clicks and breaks my flow.

[antonyh]

Given the reaction I received from speaking out about moving the 'close tabs to the right' option into a sub-menu, I'm not expecting good things here.

As for the video presentation, zero information. I'll tolerate it whatever it is, but if I want to find out what has changed I'll probably have to install a nightly or beta build.

[antonyh]

Installed 'nightly'.

Key changes... - tabs now look like buttons. - there's no divider line between pinned tabs - icons are a bit lighter, thinner lines - bar at top is a bit taller - a few label changes here and there, but that might be the installed default language pack

Either not all the changes are in nightly (which would be odd), or I just don't know what to look for.