TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to FirefoxEnglish · edit-25 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-textcross-posted to: firefox@lemmy.world
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 FirefoxEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: firefox@lemmy.world
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-25 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-squareBitrot@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 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.
minus-squareEpheralinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·5 months agoPersonally, I feel like more advanced use-cases are better covered by extensions.
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.
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.
Personally, I feel like more advanced use-cases are better covered by extensions.