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What does the "bell" icon do?

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When you press the number in the upper right hand corner, you're shown a gray screen with 3 options at the top - i understand the mask for private browsing, the sync icon for syncing, but why the bell icon?


It's the 1st on the top left - i guess it means home or awesome screen? And why's it a bell???


Thanks for any illumination you can provide!

When you press the number in the upper right hand corner, you're shown a gray screen with 3 options at the top - i understand the mask for private browsing, the sync icon for syncing, but why the bell icon? It's the 1st on the top left - i guess it means home or awesome screen? And why's it a bell??? Thanks for any illumination you can provide!

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Ah that's not a bell, it's a smaller, somewhat stylized image of a tab. If you look at the address bar below, you'll see a similar sort of curve on the right had side. If you look at the upcoming redesign of tabs in Firefox, you'll also see that same curvy shape.

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Hello,

Thanks so much for the response! I realize this is sort of a silly question, but it's driving me crazy.

I realize that the "bell" icon provides a thumbnail view of my open tabs (I'm talking about the bell-shaped icon, located on the top left side of the app in the attached screenshot).

But why is it shaped like a bell?? Or is it not a bell at all?

It's just a bit of an odd design, in my very humble opinion -- it looks like it should be doing something. Maybe a grid might be a better icon to use for this?

Or maybe I'm just totally not getting it lol

Thanks again for your help!

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Ah that's not a bell, it's a smaller, somewhat stylized image of a tab. If you look at the address bar below, you'll see a similar sort of curve on the right had side. If you look at the upcoming redesign of tabs in Firefox, you'll also see that same curvy shape.

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Ohhhhhhh I get it!! Thank you so, so much for explaining that!! I really truly appreciate it.

P.S. I'm a long-time user and lover of FF. Keep up the great work!