It looks even more like chrome now. DISCLAIMER: I don't like chrome.

tete · on Nov 18, 2013

I agree. It's still more beautiful in my opinion though.

I don't like Chrome either, but a few parts of it are nice.

The thing I dislike most about recent Firefox releases is that the selected search engine influences URL bar search, which is rather annoying in my opinion, but then I removed the search feature from the URL bar, making them at least somewhat distinct again.

evilpie · on Nov 18, 2013

I wrote an addon for that issue: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/keywordurl-ha...

untog · on Nov 18, 2013

But there is a reason why Chrome looks like Chrome. Ironically, it's the lack of Chrome - the UI is unobtrusive and gets out of the way. I see the new Firefox UI in the same way.

sanyi · on Nov 18, 2013

I don't understand how curved tabs are supposed to get "out of the way". The new design seems to use less standard UI elements to push it's own (WinXP / Fisher-Price) agenda: I don't see any gains here and I reckon they just want to appeal to the chrome crowd.

untog · on Nov 18, 2013

And I can't fathom why you'd focus in on curved tabs in this UI redesign. It's one of the smallest details.

sanyi · on Nov 18, 2013

Which is the big one then?

Dagger2 · on Nov 18, 2013

The removal of most UI customization.

sanyi · on Nov 18, 2013

I really wish browsers were like emacs and that one could replace the whole UI on a dull rainy day.

pitterpatter · on Nov 19, 2013

uh, with firefox you pretty much can.

isaacremuant · on Nov 19, 2013

Try removing the button on the top left. The one with the three horizontal bars.