What is going on?
This update SUCKS! WORSE EVER PUT OUT. Looks just like Chrome. CHEAP!!! All of the themes SUCK TOO!
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Hi WesternSlope,
From what I can tell, it looks like your trying to give feedback on Australis. If you want to leave feedback for Firefox developers, go to the Help menu and select Submit Feedback.
That info gets collected at http://input.mozilla.org/, where a team of people read it and gather data about the most common issues. That data is then presented in the weekly Firefox delivery meeting.
If there's a change that you want to know why it was made, asking in here should be fine. But be wary of those whose answers are based on speculation.
Some general comments
I do wish Firefox would give users a direct warning at least a week or so ahead of such drastic changes it would at least give you an opportunity to read up on what is about to happen. Instead of updating and only then providing information.
Firefox has always been customisable and remains so.
I am nothing to do with the design team, I am just a fellow Firefox user, but as you ask what they were thinking some articles
- Learn more about the design of the new Firefox version 29
- Get started with Firefox - An overview of the main features
- Firefox release notes - What's New and Known Issues
Maybe as more advanced users we do not like an over simplified Firefox, but I guess it needs to be designed for the majority and also looking for compatibility and ease of use on other devices. Other programs or applications looking similar to one another is probably at least in part due to similar goals in function and ease of use leading to a convergence in feature sets.
See Also
- What happened to the Add-on Bar?
- How to make the new Firefox look like the old Firefox
- Someone posted this question it may be of interest as it has specific suggestions that may be useful
Lay-out tip(s) for those who dislike FF29 and want a classic (minimal) lay out
/questions/997039
I would not recommend downgrading Firefox. Unsupported versions are not secure. You increase risks to your System and Personal data by using insecure software. When security fixes are released and publicised that also publicises the potential exploits.