Two more OS-level windowing features I'd like to see in browsers:
- OS X like Expose that shows a preview of all tabs for a window. That would help me find a tab visually.
- A command to override the meaning of fullscreen to take over the whole tab, rather than be truly fullscreen. That would let me use other window management features with maximum video size within the window.
I feel confident to assume the majority of dedicated Firefox users will read and think of this feature release, et al most new features as of late, as trivial. The true benefit of using Firefox in itself isn't "ease of planning camping trips" but something much more.
Who comes up with these fooken bad decisions? And why does Firefox feel the need to copy every questionable idea that Chrome's dev team pushes out?
At this point, it would be better to just let users customize their own browser UI. The current situation is a complete mess.
And the new YouTube player... What a disaster. There are endless articles about performance metrics, first paint times, and how high the hiring bar is, but the end result just feels bad. All that hard work gets overshadowed by strange UI and UX choices that make the experience worse.
Meanwhile, regulators don't seem to step in, and companies like Google just keep going without much resistance.
Honestly, it feels like everything is moving in the wrong direction. So it's time to summon Godzilla or the aliens from The Abyss and let them rip.