TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months ago[Crosspost from r/Firefox] Mozila needs to learn that Chrome's UI/UX is not the "correct UI" for a browser.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1image[Crosspost from r/Firefox] Mozila needs to learn that Chrome's UI/UX is not the "correct UI" for a browser.lemmy.worldTheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
Original post (not mine): https://reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1e1rskb/mozila_needs_to_learn_that_chromes_uiux_is_not/
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoThis new dialog obfuscates what can be deleted. The old dialog gave you check boxes for: Browsing & Download History Active Logins Form & Search History Cookies Cache Site Settings Offline Website Data To see the difference, open about:config, search for privacy.sanitize.useOldClearHistoryDialog and set it to true (Restart Firefox to see the difference) Old dialog: They could at least have a button/tab/something to enable seeing this view.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·4 months agoPersonally, I feel like more advanced use-cases are better covered by extensions.
minus-squareBitrot@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·4 months agoWhat’s the difference between active logins and cookies? Are offline pages used much anymore? I don’t think it obfuscates it, it describes each (most) of those items while grouping them more logically. It is just less granular.
This new dialog obfuscates what can be deleted.
The old dialog gave you check boxes for:
Browsing & Download History
Active Logins
Form & Search History
Cookies
Cache
Site Settings
Offline Website Data
To see the difference, open about:config, search for privacy.sanitize.useOldClearHistoryDialog and set it to true
(Restart Firefox to see the difference)
Old dialog:
They could at least have a button/tab/something to enable seeing this view.
Personally, I feel like more advanced use-cases are better covered by extensions.
What’s the difference between active logins and cookies?
Are offline pages used much anymore?
I don’t think it obfuscates it, it describes each (most) of those items while grouping them more logically. It is just less granular.